Above the Wind and Fire

the long version

SHE OWNED NOTHING BUT HER BEAUTY...AND HER HONOR Escaping the conquering Normans when they confiscated her father's estate and imprisoned him, Aylsaun fled through the barren English countryside with only a faithful old family retainer to protect her. He stole to feed her, fought for her against the rapacious Normans; but when he died at their hands, to whom could Aylsaun turn? Only to Brand de Reynard, the russet-haired troubadour whose stolen rabbit she had eaten, who quick-wittedly had saved her from her attackers by claiming she was his wife. He called her a thief; she knew him a liar, yet fate made them traveling companions -- and she would journey with him to the ends of the earth...