Contents

Introduction to Ransom My Heart

Chapter One

The hawk was back.

Chapter Two

Hugo Fitzstephen might have spent the past decade in the…

Chapter Three

Finnula knew what it was she had to do. She…

Chapter Four

Hugo wasn’t certain how much longer he was going to…

Chapter Five

Hugo could scarcely believe his ears. “What?” he demanded stupidly.

Chapter Six

The insufferable knight seemed actually to be enjoying himself, and…

Chapter Seven

Lord Hugo Fitzstephen, seventh Earl of Stephensgate, looked down at…

Chapter Eight

For the rest of the day, Finnula tried as best…

Chapter Nine

Hugo was amused the next morning when Finnula, waking slowly…

Chapter Ten

Finnula lay on the bed she and Mellana had shared…

Chapter Eleven

It had been ten years since Hugo had last seen…

Chapter Twelve

Dinner at the millhouse that night was a draining affair.

Chapter Thirteen

Dawn had just turned the eastern sky rosy and sent…

Chapter Fourteen

The banging sound that woke Hugo shortly before noon was…

Chapter Fifteen

My what?”

Chapter Sixteen

When Hugo woke the next morning, it was because his…

Chapter Seventeen

Don’t be ridiculous.”

Chapter Eighteen

Finnula would never approve of her sister’s relationship with Jack Mallory.

Chapter Nineteen

Finnula’s surprise was not the kind Hugo had expected…at least,…

Chapter Twenty

If the entire village of Stephensgate had turned out for…

Chapter Twenty-One

Finnula saw Hugo’s head fall limply to one side, and…

Chapter Twenty-Two

When the man who had called himself his father was…

Chapter Twenty-Three

It wasn’t until they were a good distance away, and…

Chapter Twenty-Four

When Lord Hugo finally regained consciousness, the sun was high…

Chapter Twenty-Five

In the three days that she’d been a prisoner in…

Chapter Twenty-Six

Finnula waited only until darkness fell, encompassing the land in…

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Like bloody hell I will!”

Chapter Twenty-Eight

She found him well before dawn.

Chapter Twenty-Nine

No amount of cajoling, pleading, or threats on John de…

Chapter Thirty

As it happened, though she fitted herself promptly with new…



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