Hating the Normans for murdering her father, she vows she will never submit to Mikkel's passionate demands...

Born a bastard child of Lord Raybourne of Valdenwald, abduction, rape, murder and mayhem set the prelude to beautiful Edreia's birth in Anglo Saxon England. Sixteen years later she suffers hardships that change her life forever following the fall of England during the Norman Conquest.

When Valdenwald comes under siege by the Norman army, its leader, Mikkel, claims Edreia amongst the spoils of war as his mistress. Vowing never to submit freely to his passionate nature, Edreia's life becomes a conflicting struggle between hating him and loving him, intensifying after Cadena, Mikkel's betrothed, shows up unexpectedly at Valdenwald.

A battle of wits ensues between Mikkel's mistress and his betrothed; finally culminating in a diabolical plot between three of Edreia's enemies to murder her. Struggling to stay alive, the prospect of an insecure future allows slim hope for what she has come to desire more than anything else: Mikkel's love...