King's Warrior (Renegade Lords)

SHE THINKS HE SAVED HER...
Once winsome and full of reckless dreams, Magdalena the Tailor has learned the danger of hope. Now she's a pragmatic merchant, barely scraping by, and she never dreams at all. Until one dark night, when a mysterious knight saves her, and the dreams of her youth come rushing back. Her dark eyed-savior is bold, charming and unafraid, and she thinks she's finally found the impossible dream: a good man.

HE'S GOING TO USE HER...
But Irishman Tadhg O'Malley is not a good man. He's an outlawed warrior with a single mission: escape with the valuable dagger of King Richard before a brutal nobleman hunts him down. Trapped and almost cornered, his plan is simple: plant his contraband on the innocent merchant with the long hair and complicated eyes. Then abduct her, and use her as camouflage to escape. Igniting a raging passion is not part of the plan. Neither is falling in love.

...CAN LOVE GIVE THEM A SECOND CHANCE AT EVERYTHING?
Magdalena knows she should be horrified, furious, and terrified, but she feels alive for the first time in her life, her heart and body awakened by this adventurous, complicated man and his mysterious mission. Swept up into a thrilling chase across France and England, their explosive passion forges a connection that stuns them both, and melts the icy wall around Tadhg's war-torn heart, putting his mission, and his life, in peril. And in the end, when the brutal hunters finally close in, Magdalena must decide if she's willing to risk everything for the savior-outlaw who's given her the most dubious gift of all: hope.

*Novella originally appeared in the anthology, Captured by a Celtic Warrior. This is an extended edition, with additional scenes.