Book two in a 5 book series. Spring 1155, England. He was a novice monk, pledged to God throughout this earthly life, never to know the joys of the marriage bed, never to be tempted by a woman, and most especially not by this woman. She was a woman in love with a novice Benedictine monk, never to know the joy of his touch, never to be tempted by a man she could never have. Then, at a word, they were married. Richard did not want a wife, and he did not want Isabel. Isabel had always wanted Richard, and now he was hers. By God's own will, he was hers. In the marriage bed, she would turn this reluctant monk into a man of passion. In the marriage bed, they would become one body with one purpose...all she had to do was get him there.