What price is a woman willing to pay to restore a man's honor? When her husband is falsely accused of treason and murdered, Isabelle de Caen vows to find those responsible and see justice done. Of royal descent, Isabelle is stunned when the king orders her hasty marriage to one of his favorites, a man she detests. To save herself from a fate too awful to contemplate, she disobeys the king's edict and commits treason of her own to find the truth. Childhood friend, Guy Poirier, an aristocrat in New France, has always loved Isabelle. When he discovers her hiding in his cabin aboard ship, he agrees to hide her from her fiance and help her clear her husband's name. It doesn't take them long to realize there's more at stake here than her husband's murder. With the fate of the colony in their hands, can Isabelle and Guy prevent a war and find love in the new world?"