Bride of the spear

the long version

Fifty years after the death of King Arthur, England was gripped by war and rebellion. Seeking to bind the wounds of the troubled kingdom, King Loth offered his beautiful daughter, Taniu, to his bitterest enemy's son, Owain. Intelligent and gentle, Taniu longed to aid her father, but was haunted by memories of a terrible pagan ritual that prevented her from loving any man except one --- a huntsman who had saved her life. Sentenced to death by her father for her willfulness, damned by her people, Taniu had to fight for her life --- and for the life of the huntsman she thought she had lost. 297 pages