<p>This time she will resist him — whatever the cost.</p><p>This is the game they play. Charles the Hammer Martel has returned home from war and his bloodlust has fueled his passions. A great hall full of willing women and yet the most powerful man in all of Europe has eyes for only one.</p><p>Melisandra fills his knights’ cups and refuses to meet The Hammer’s advances. There is only one thing to do with such a willful wench. With the help of his trusted knights The Hammer restrains his headstrong maid and takes her for all to witness — rough and unprotected.</p>