1126. Heulwen daughter of Welsh Marcher baron Guyon Fitz Miles has grown up with her father's ward Adam de Lacey. There has always been a spark between them but when Heulwen marries elsewhere to Ralf le Chevalier a devastated Adam absents himself on various diplomatic missions for King Henry I. When Ralf is killed in a skirmish Heulwen's father considers a new marriage for her with his neighbour's son Warrin de Mortimer. Adam recently returned to England has good reason to loathe Warrin & is determined not to lose Heulwen a second time. But Heulwen is torn between her duty to her father & the pull of her heart. Adam is no longer the awkward boy she remembers but a man who stirs every fibre of her being
- which places them both in great danger because Warrin de Mortimer is not a man to be crossed & the future of a country is at stake.. .