A baron has been murdered in the northlands of New Camelot. High Sheriff Bronson O'Toole is on the hunt for the suspected murderess. However, there are impediments to solving the case. The body has been cremated, leaving no proof there was a murder. There is a serfdom of people who wanted the baron dead. Bronson has located one too many murder weapons. The suspect has fled to parts unknown. And, the case has grown cold. However, Bronson is single-minded in his pursuit of the criminal who allegedly used the supposed murder weapons to kill what is now a pile of ashes. Garth Equus is also in pursuit of a woman in New Camelot. He is a Pooka looking for a wife. He'll not settle for just any wife. He wants an independent sorceress—one who can give him strong sons and daughters and tend to his farm while he pursues his duties as the High Sheriff of the Pooka Kingdom. King Wolfrick Asarlaís has decreed that men from friendly kingdoms can hunt on New Camelot lands. However, the female must be agreeable to the romantic pursuit and be wed before she leaves. Garth's quest has brought him to O'Toole's Stable where the vittles for both man and Pooka are delicious and the price is right. Gillian is a horsewoman. Large and unrefined, she has talents no human can rival. Dressed as a man, she is running for her life from a crime she didn't commit. Out of money, out of food, and out of ideas, she takes the position an unsuspecting Seleta O'Toole offers her. Conflicts abound when the justice-minded High Sheriff, a wife seeking Pooka and the real murderer are all determined to possess a most unusual woman.