No man existed who could tame Alexandra Rubliov. Fiery, wilful & beautiful, Alex defied her father's wish for her to marry until, in desperation, he recalled a long-forgotten agreement between him & his oldest friend that Alex should marry his friend's only son, Count Vasili Petroff. Vasili, overbearing, arrogant & unbelievably handsome, was forced to take the unwilling Alex back to the kingdom of Cardinia
- as his bride.
While the unwilling pair travelled through the snowy mountains back to Vasili's home they did their best to repulse each other
- but the passion which flared between them was too strong to be denied, & the fires of their love blazed for all to see.