Desire and distrust combined can their strange bargain hold when faced with adeadly threat? Lady Margaret DArcy has ruled the manor of Warnmark since herfather ... » 

Desire and distrust combined can their strange bargain hold when faced with adeadly threat? Lady Margaret DArcy has ruled the manor of Warnmark since herfather and brother were killed by a vicious outlaw. After six years ofindependence to be told that she must marry someone shes never met offendsher pride. Richard Berenger the bastard son of a nobleman who cruelly rejectedhim has risen to the rank of knight through his own skill and courage. TheBaron chooses him to become lord of Warnmark through marriage to Warnmarkslady. When these two proud people are ordered to wed the result is a fiercebattle of wills that leads to an uneasy bargain Margaret must acknowledgeBerenger lord and husband in public but in private can deny any claim he hason her body or heart. When the rogue knight who destroyed her family returnsand Margaret and Berenger must work together to save Warnmark. In the face ofsuch danger will their strange bargain hold? «