Book 3 in the Passions series.The people of Alderwood, including young, lovely Lady Mary, received rough treatment at the hands of their last lord, Sir Benwyck of Cryll. When the King grants the estate to Sir Philip, they're determined to see him gone, and the sooner the better. Mary certainly didn't count on an offer of marriage from the handsome knight. Philip's got one year to show Mary the pleasures of sex to win her as his bride, to bind her with his passion...