A Tender Magic

Leandra of Lyonesse has learned to handle a bow long before she has learned what a man expects from a wife. Brigands keep the castle on alert, so she spends her days walking the battlements, arrow ready. She has agreed to marry a wealthy, older earl whose power can shield her homeland, yet she worries she will fail him in the marriage bed. Rather than admit her inexperience, she quietly turns to a love potion to help her.

Sir Garrett Bernay places honor above everything. When his lord orders him to escort Leandra to her wedding instead of riding into battle beside the king, he is furious. The journey gets worse when her archers mistake his ship for an enemy and open fire. Garrett cannot help noticing her green, bright eyes and her pale, flawless skin, but she belongs to another man, and he is determined that no power on earth will tempt him into stealing even a single kiss.

The potion was brewed to produce a selfless love that would bind a couple together. Instead, fate's mists gather around Leandra and Garrett, and the elixir draws the knight and the lady toward a passion they can no longer deny.