Ransom My Heart is a romance-novel by Mia Thermopolis

Mia Thermopolis

Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo, Crown Princess of Genovia , commonly known as Mia Thermopolis, is a fictional character and the protagonist of The Princess Diaries novels by Meg Cabot...

 with help from Meg Cabot

Meg Cabot

Meg Cabot is anAmerican author of romantic and paranormal fiction for teens and adults and used to write under several pen names, but now writes exclusively under her real name, Meg Cabot...

. It was released in the US on January 6, 2009, concurrently with the novel Forever Princess. The book is, according to the Princess Diaries series, written by Mia Thermopolis as her Senior project. It was accepted for publishing during Forever Princess.

Plot

When the feisty but beautiful maiden Finnula Crais kidnaps a knight on his way home, she has no idea that she has trapped new Earl of Stephensgate. But Hugo Fitzstephen is quite happy to be kidnapped, especially by such a spirited beauty. Before long Finnula realize she is out of her depth, since Hugo not only wants his freedom but also the possession of her body, soul and heart. Finnula isn't afraid of anything, well except maybe falling in love.

Finnula Crais

Is the youngest daughter, she has five other sisters and one brother. Finnula is also called Finn and also goes under Fair Finn. She is a very good markswoman and prefers to wear men's clothing. She feels that Reginald Laroche is using the serfs injustice and uses her markswoman's skill to kill the game on the estate and gives the kill to the serfs so they don't die of starvation. Because of her older sister Mellana's situation she takes it upon herself in getting money for her sister's dowry.

Hugo Fitzstephen

Is the new Earl of Stephensgate. He has been absent in England for the past ten years fighting in the Holy Land for possession of Jerusalem. Back now in England he only wants to return home. He doesn't want to kill anyone and is plainly just tired of fighting. He finds Finnula to be a whole different type of woman and seems to never have met any woman of her kind before.