The Black Knight's Captive

Dieter Von Wolfenberg burns to rid his Saxon homeland of the tyrannical Holy Roman Emperor. A plot to kidnap the Emperor's wife goes awry and her English lady in waiting is stolen away instead.
When the daughter of King Henry I is betrothed to the Holy Roman Emperor, Blythe FitzRam is forced to travel to the foreign court to serve her mistress. Isolated and disdainful of all things German, she is nevertheless drawn to her captor.
Elements of this story appeared previously in the novella Carried Away.