She had sworn never to marry,never to allow any man to claimher or her lands. Nevertheless, LadyAdelaide fended off fortune huntersaplenty when she arrived at the king'scourt. Yet when dark whispers in castlecorridors threw her into the arms of avaliant knight seeking a wife, the beautifulheiress began to rethink her solemn vow. To ransom his captive brother, Armand de Boisbaston had great need of a wealthy--and willing--wife. Fate sent him the lady Adelaide instead. A womanwho claimed she wished to avoid the marriagebed, yet whose lips told a different tale. Nowdangerous intrigues forced them into amatch as inescapable as the burgeoningpassion that grew between them....