The Protector -- Kathryn Le Veque

<p><strong>They call him The Protector.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>But once upon a time, he was a knight who had failed in his greatest duty.</p><p><br></p><p>It has been said that the Plantagenet royal family is full of vipers. No one knows that so well as Sir Fox de Merest, a knight of the highest order once given the ultimate assignment - to protect a royal bastard from the rage of Eleanor of Aquitaine. It was a task he failed miserably at - he fell in love with the woman he was supposed to protect. That failure resulted in her being committed to a nunnery.</p><p><br></p><p>As the trainer known as "The Protector" at the most elite warrior training school in England, Fox has carved out a niche for himself training new recruits and distancing himself from the crushing failure of being unable to protect his love from a furious dowager queen. No one knows of his past, but ten years after his abject failure, the subject rears its ugly head again.</p><p><br></p><p>Fox's lady love was <strong>Gisele of Hampshire, </strong> royal offspring of Henry the Young King, and now her uncle, King John, is brokering a treaty that would see her plucked from the convent thrust into the limelight of a strategic marriage. Fox is now tasked with saving her from a marriage that would certainly cause her death and taking her to safety - again. At William Marshal's request, he must take a leave from Blackchurch to try and finish what he started those years ago.</p><p><br></p><p>Can he complete his