When young James Brizwell, squire to Richard Earl of Wayfair, died in a jousting accident, his grieving sister swore vengeance on Richard, blaming him for the death of her father, her brother, and her betrothed. She contemptuously spurns Richard's attempt to make retribution, choosing instead to seek wardship under King Edward. The king's solution to Ranna's problem is to find her a strong husband, one who would tame her volatile temperament and subdue her arrogant pride. To Ranna's dismay, the husband selected for her is none other Richard himself. Wed to her enemy against her will, hatred wars with desire in her heart, until the blissful moment when passion overcomes them both.
