From New York Times bestselling author Jill Barnett comes a delightfully charming tale of a fair English maiden and the brave knight who falls for her.... Desperate to flee a forced marriage to the Baron Warbrooke, England's most fearsome knight, Lady Linnet of Ardenwood hires the dangerous mercenary, William de Ros, to escort her to a convent where she can wed God instead of the cruel warrior who is rumored to be the devil incarnate. Unbeknowst to her, deRos is in truth the king's own man and the new Baron Warbrooke, who by agreement with Linnet's protective grandfather, has only a single week to woo and win her.