"Kathleen Kirkwood at her best...a sure-fire winner." --New York Times bestselling author Cathy MaxwellSir Royce de Warren is a man haunted by memories. He can still see the ravaged village from when he was young--the ground strewn with bodies, the smoke rising from burning buildings. He remembers the beautiful orphan he delivered into the arms of a peasant couple who promised to love her as their own. And he cannot forget the look in the child’s emerald eyes when he handed her his own silver cross…Returning to England after fighting in the Crusades, Royce discovers that he made a terrible mistake on that long-ago night. The young girl he saved was not a commoner, but a noble heiress--and he inadvertently robbed her of her birthright. To right this wrong--and fulfill her dying grandfather’s last wish--he sets off to find her...The stunning, saucy Lady Juliana Mandeville does not believe Royce’s story. But she still has the silver cross--and though she cannot remember his face or his name, she has never forgotten the brave young man who saved her so long ago…