Conan, Baron of Wyndham, wasn't pleased when the Queen commanded him to a mist-wreathed island in Glastonbury to investigate a monk's murder. There he found the accused, Alianor of the Lake, a woman touched by mystery, by a healing gift—and perhaps by witchcraft. For with her gentle smile and flashing eyes, she enchanted him.

A fiesty Irish lass meets her match in a fearsome English knight, who rescues her from a watery death. Enemies by birth, together they work to discover the muysterious assassin behind a brutal murder. However, their mutual distrust turns to a powerful desire and as their passion grows hotter, so does the trail of a killer, with the fate of the English throne resting in their hands.