When William Stafford, Baron De Broke, learns that Jane, his first and only love, has been commanded by the king to marry his long-time rival, he vows to get even. Not only has John De Vere, Earl of Harmton, stolen his lands and wealth, but now he will have the woman William planned to wed. William plans the perfect revenge when he learns that John De Vere has a daughter of marriageable age. Elizabeth De Vere, the Earl’s beautiful daughter, would rather become a nun than wed the man her father has chosen for her. When she approaches a handsome stranger at her father’s wedding and asks for help escaping the castle, she has no idea that she is putting herself in the hands of her father’s avowed enemy. When William kidnaps Elizabeth, there is an attraction neither can deny. As news of their marriage spreads to Harmton Castle, it sets off a series of events which trap them in a diabolical web of passion and deceit. Will William and Elizabeth find love, or be forever separated by lies?