A widow with a treasure trove of secrets... A brooding and reclusive Norman Warrior... Lady Caroline, widowed with her son by her side is devastated when she is forcefully wed to the king's man known as The Beast. She'd survived one loveless marriage, she could survive another. But it would be hard to do when the scarred man holds her heart from first sight The lovely widow's kiss tore his unforgiving soul asunder England has been conquered and Darc Renald agrees to go on one last quest with his king to crush usurpers, the last thing he expects is to find himself wed and saddled with the chestnut- haired widow and her young son.