The Baron's Bounty

Book 2: The Barons of the Cinque Ports Series

by Elizabeth Rose

Synopsis

She was only a proxy. They were never meant to fall in love!

Isobel MacEwen is sent as her cousin's proxy to marry Conlin de Braose, Baron of the Cinque Ports. But several months before she leaves Scotland, and on the same night that the baron's ship is docked in port, she witnesses the murder of her Scottish king. From her hiding place on that stormy night, she only sees the murderer's shoes as he walks by. Isobel's weakness is shoes. She loves shoes and notices not only everyone's feet, but the way they walk as well. Now a pair of shoes is the only clue to what really happened that night.

Lord Conlin de Braose of Sandwich has made an alliance. But he's never met his betrothed, who he's learned is called the Shrew of the Scots. Either way, he has a daughter to think of since the death of his wife. She needs a mother, and he needs the alliance with Scotland.

On the day his betrothed comes overseas to meet him, a storm takes the ship. The bounty he pulls from the wreckage is a woman - his betrothed's cousin and proxy, Isobel MacEwen. The woman is beautiful, but a bit addled because of her love of shoes. And when Conlin falls in love with the proxy, he realizes he is in a horrible bind.

Can a baron of the Cinque Ports keep his alliance to ensure the safety of his daughter and his people? Or will he risk evertyhing to be with the woman he loves?

Release date: October 5, 2015

Publisher: RoseScribe Media Inc.

Print pages: 320