Julitta is none too thrilled with the match, but sparks soon fly between the two as Julitta's uncle Lord William and his cronies conspire to support young Henry in his plan to oust his father Henry II and rule England instead. Adam takes Julitta back to his keep bent on rape, but the ever resourceful Julitta knocks him out with a stool and when he's sober Adam marries her to assuage her damaged honor. Lady Julitta is mistaken for a peasant and is accosted by a drunken 'Red' Adam de Lorismond, the new lord of Brentborough. Long out of print though highly acclaimed, Red Adam's Lady is a true classic of historical fiction along the lines of Anya Seton's Katherine and Sharon Kay Penman's Here Be Dragons. And the love story in it is an unusual one, since Julitta won't let Adam get closer than the length of her stiletto. Its vivid details give the reader a fascinating and realistic view of life in a medieval castle and village. It is a story of civil war and border raids, scheming aristorcrats and brawling villagers, daring escapes across the moors and thundering descents down steep cliffs to the ocean. Red Adam's Lady is a boisterous, bawdy tale of wild adventure, set against the constant dangers of medieval England.

Then, to the astonishment of all, he marries her. Though she fends him off, keeping her virginity, he has sullied her honor. On one of his nights of drunken revelry he abducts Julitta. Red Adam is the lord of Brentborough castle-young, impetuous, scandalous, a twelfth-century hell raiser. And her liege, whom she despises, is intent on rape. And the love story in it is an unusual one, since Julitta won't let Adam get closer than the length of her stiletto.The fair Lady Julitta has a problem. Red Adam is the lord of Brentborough castle young, impetuous, scandalous, a twelfth-century hell raiser. Summary: The fair Lady Julitta has a problem.

Red Adam's Lady by Grace Ingram