Never stray from the path.
Fitzwilliam Herne has the bad habit of not looking where he's going - which is how he lands himself and his beloved dog Pepper in trouble with the Fairy Queen. To earn back his and Pepper's freedome, Fitz strikes a deal: he will recover the Queen's lost Starlit Crown from ehr lost castle under the lake. But firsat, he has to find it. He needs help.
Tam Lin lives a quiet life as a swordsmaster in a small village. He's the only mortal man to have ever escaped the Fairy Queen, and he knows how hard it is to do so and live to tell the tale. When Fitz asks him for help, Tam Lin has no choice but to accept; he refuses to abandon another innocent creature to the Queen's machinations.
Together, Fitz and Tam Lin embark on a perilous journey filled with deceit, trickery and sabotage.They will have to rely on each other to survive - so the growing, fierce attraction between them is a little inconvenient.