Lady Saura of Roget lived a lonely life of servitude--her fortune controlled by her unscrupulous stepfather--until she was summoned to the castle if Sir William of Miraval. The magnificent knight had once sworn to live or perish by the sword. But that was before his world was engulfed in agonizing darkness.

They came together in a blaze of passion--the raven-haired maiden and the golden warrior who laid siege to her heart. Yet danger awaited them just beyond the castle walls. Saura and William soon found themselves fighting for thier lives, even as they surrender to an all-consuming love.