Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold by Ellen O'Connell

So he shuts himself off from the world and isn’t a man of many words (surprise, surprise). A wonderful girl like Annie does not belong with an outcast like him. For a while the niggly voice in his head tells his conscious that she will leave him soon because he is a half “breed” and all he has known is racial discrimination. So they are thrown together in a violent way and she chooses to stay with him (but not in a Stockholm syndrome way). The beginning of the book is quite brutal with both characters being bashed and Annie left to try save Cord’s life. His own brothers occasionally would like to see him dead too. The way Cord is described, he is so dangerous that even the Sheriff is scared of him. These are the dark days of dark times, but in the midst of a treacherous world of secrets and hatred, William and Jordan share a love that is only dreamt of.Cord Bennett according to Goodreads reviewer Heidi Join William and Jordan in a tale of true and utter devotion, of a love that bleeds beyond the boundaries of Scots and English, and where loyalty, friendship, and family bind them all together in this uncertain and political world. Jordan comes to know the man beyond The Wolf of legend, and so the love story begins…. As he escorts her back to Northwood Castle to wed his liege, each passing minute sees him fall more and more hopelessly in love with her. He has thought of nothing else but the lady since the time she tended his injury and now, his infatuation with her takes flight. One look at the Lady Jordan after all of these months and he is stricken with appreciation and adoration. William has never forgotten about his Scots angel. Sir William de Wolfe, the scourge of the Scots, makes his presence known. When the man finally reveals himself, she sees that it is none other than the man whose life she saved. When Jordan looks upon the fearsome English knight, she realizes there is something oddly familiar about his voice. When Lord de Longley sends his mighty and hated army to collect his new bride, the captain of the army personally retrieves Lady Jordan. The Lady Jordan Scott is that bride and her groom is the aged and powerful Earl of Teviot, John de Longley. An English groom is offered to a Scots bride. Several months later, peace is proposed along the border.

Little does the Lady Jordan Scott know that she has just saved the life of the dreaded English knight known to her people as The Wolf…. The young woman is frightened at first but her natural instinct to lend aid takes over.

In her hiding place, however, lingers the badly wounded knight. She is sickened by the tradition of stealing valuables off the dead and runs off to hide. As women from the Clan Scott fan out across the battlefield to collect the spoils of war, one woman breaks off from the pack. After a nasty skirmish along the England/Scotland border at Bog Wood, a badly wounded knight has crawled off to die.

Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold by Ellen O'Connell