With the king's execution, madness has descended on England and Cecily Alderman's father pushes forward the moment she'd been dreading for six years, her marriage to the most notorious libertine that ever graced the king's court. Sent to the wilds of Cornwall, she has to face a man exiled from all society, chased by the uncertainty and dangers of a country ripping itself apart with war.The contract to the Marquis of Wickerley bride might be the worst injustice her father had ever visited on her and dealing with this man who shows her no manners will prove an impossible task.