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...