Stephen loves the life of a knight errant, with no obligations to anyone other than his eldest brother and liege lord. But now duty calls – 'tis time for him to wed an heiress to enrich the family coffers. But when Fate intervenes and he's reunited with the poor but peerless Marian de Lacy, his first and fiercest love, he vows to never again let her go. If she'll have him.

Marian knows she could easily fall in love with the dashing Stephen of Wilmont all over again. She let him go once, convinced she could never hold the free-spirited knight to hearth and home. To trust him with her heart might be possible, but dare she trust him to love and care for the twin daughters conceived during their youthful lovemaking – daughters he doesn't know are his.