"There's nothing to do but send you out of the country as quickly as possible." She was born to be a queen, reared in luxury and manipulated by male relatives for their own welfare. But when her nobility, her wealth, her family, and her future were taken away by a cruel twist of fate, Hayley Douglas was left to her own devices—and her faith in God. Sent from her native England to spare her life, she found herself in colonial Virginia, a strange land where she was without friends, family, or fortune. Almost before she had time to ponder what would become of her, once more a man took over her life. But Philip Lawrence was not like the men she had known in England. A true son of the new land, he asked nothing of her she was unwilling to give. He gave her those things she was unable to ask for but desperately needed—protection, a home, a sense of belonging, a future. And most of all, he gave her his love.