As convent-bred beauty Astra de Mortain she frolics in a woodland pool outside the nunnery at Stafford, she is unaware of the stranger who watches her. It is Richard Reivers, a celebrated knight in the service of King Henry III. But will Astra’s gentle spirit be enough to heal Richard’s wounded heart and make him whole? Or will the web of treachery and lies that surrounds them destroy them both?