<p>Wales, 1296, a time of turmoil.</p><p></p><p>Recently widowed, Connor Hunter, Lord Sheridan, is ordered by the king to take a Welsh wife, and sent into hostile territory to help bring the local rebels to heel.</p><p></p><p>Having lost her husband in traumatic circumstances, Esyllt has no wish to remarry. She is given no choice, however, when an English husband is chosen for her in a strategic move. Married to one of the despised invaders, she will be the instrument of his destruction.</p><p></p><p>Determined not to be used so cynically, she devises a plan to rid herself of her would-be groom before it's too late. But on the night they meet, nothing goes as planned-and distrust settles in.</p><p></p><p>How will the two strangers, whom everyone considers as enemies, overcome the huge odds stacked against them and find the happiness they crave in their forced marriage?</p>