Is God in control when the world has gone mad? Weeks after father’s death. Lady Avelina is forced into marriage with a common miller, a man who murdered her father’s knights and aided her traitorous stepbrother. When the king, the church and her guardian betray her, Lina must determine if it was they or God who lowered her station. And how is her hedge-born husband so well educated? What is he hiding from her? Sir Fredric, the second son of the earl of Kensington, laid down his sword two years prior, desiring peace with God and man, but when his friend offers him a chance to protect the Lady Avelina by marriage, he agrees, knowing he will soon need to pick up his sword again. Can he persuade Lina to love him despite her belief that he is a lowly miller? And when he discovers their enemies are allied, can he save his wife before his wicked brother, the future earl, discovers the true terms of his marriage?