22 Nights

"Just when the lovely Belavalari has given up on Merin--the dashing general to whom she lost her maidenhead--he appears in her native village, with orders from the emperor to return with Bela as a prospective empress. Fearless and skilled with her magical sword, Bela embodies everything Merin could want in a soldier. Except that she's female. And already married--he's horrified to learn--to him..."