January, 1067 – Thomasin knows her time is running out. William the Conqueror has enacted a policy of forced intermarriage between Saxon noblewomen and Norman invaders, and now that her father’s death leaves her unprotected, Thomasin knows that an arranged marriage is her inescapable fate. Still, it is not in her nature to accept defeat. She plans to sabotage any attempt to bring her to London to marry her off to one of the invaders responsible for destroying the world as she knows it.

Dashing and debonair Geoffrey Valois joined William’s conquest after his fiancee left him for another man, leaving him heartbroken and rudderless. He and his brothers are commanded to retrieve the notoriously troublesome Lady Thomasin and bring her to London. Thomasin is headstrong and assertive, the opposite of Geoffrey’s former love in every way. Intrigued and refreshed by her fierceness, he falls for the brusque and beautiful lady in a matter of days. But the qualities that draw Geoffrey to Thomasin repel others, including Geoffrey’s irascible younger brother.

Thomasin and Geoffrey begin a whirlwind romance. King William’s plans for Thomasin, the ongoing war, and their families all stand in their way, but the biggest threat to their happiness is Thomasin herself, who is still dead set on holding every Normans personally accountable for destroying the life she once had.