Eager to secure permanent loyalty from Bracken of Hawkings Crest, a most promising young knight, King Henry commands that Bracken marry into one of the crown's most loyal families. But Lord Vincent's oldest daughter, the beautiful, yet deceitful Marigold, scorns the king's edict. She will never marry a lowly earl. Now Lord Vincent must call his beloved Megan from the abbey and send her to Hawkins Crest to wed.