Harlequin Historical #340: My Lady Midnight

Lady Claire de Coverly simply wants the freedom to chose her life's course -- and one of her choices would be not marrying again. And her Uncle comes up with a deal -- one that sends her into a Norman estate to kidnap Baron Hawkswell's children. But as Claire grows to know Alain, she comes to realize that she can't destroy his life, not when she loves him more than her own life and freedom. Betraying her Uncle and her King, Claire follows her heart, but to what end? There was something about his children's English nursemaid, a mere serf, that touches Alain and leads him to claim her as his own. But can his passion for her grow to something greater, and can thier newfound feelings survive the lies that stand between them?Laurie Grant writes a touching story of a love that can withstand treachory and lies, that can withstand the battle between a King and an uncrowned Empress -- a love that nothing can destroy.