**LOVE THE CONQUEROR** Proud, strong-willed and beautiful, no man could force Anise into submission or break her spirit. The invaders had seized her home, torn the man she loved from her arms. Now their leader had come to claim the richest prize - Anise herself. From castles aglow with torchlit merriment to the stark drama of the battlefield - the stirring novel of an age of conquest and the woman beloved by both victor and vanquished. **SIGURD,** the handsome young nobleman who had been betrothed to Anise. Defeated in battle and forced into hiding, he vowed to avenge the man who had taken Anise from him. **WALTER DE GRIS**, the soldier whose lust for battle was equaled only by his hunger for beautiful women. He had taken Anise's home in the name of his master. Now he wanted to take Anise for his own. **MARGWENT,** Anise's cousin. Any man was fair game to her wandering eye. Her ruthless ambition warmed her heart towards those in power - even when the man she wanted belonged to her cousin. **RAOUL OF CAEN**, the darkly handsome conqueror, knew he loved Anise the moment he saw her. His victory gave him the right to take her. But his heart wanted her to come to him out of love, not by force.