Rose Kilchurn wants two things: Segrave Castle; and to never, ever again have to keep another secret. The path to the first lies through a marriage arranged for her by two kings, which she'll accept as long as the man is manageable and she's able to continue to arrange her life exactly as she sees fit. Only she hasn't counted on a stranger with secrets arriving with her last two suitors . . . much less discovering how far she's willing to go to keep him safe.

Tristan de Thierry is heartily sick of living two lives: bastard in his father's house and spy for Louis of France everywhere else. When his brother is chosen to make the journey to England to potentially wed a rich heiress, Tristan leaps at the chance to slip out of France unnoticed. Only he discovers that the fair English flower his brother has been invited to woo isn't at all as wilted as she's rumored to be, which leads him to thinking things he shouldn't, namely how many secrets would he have to keep to make her his . . .