The Bride Price — June Francis

She was Welsh, he was English. They had been brought up as enemies, taught to hate each other until fate took a hand.

Cadfael needed a guide into the wild mountains of Snowdonia, and Sioned seized the opportunity to escape from the marriage about to be forced on her by her treacherous brother. She also had her own quest in the mountains… She had no intention of falling in love with a man she suspected of being a spy for the English. But once in his hands she had no choice but to follow wherever he led…