Ariane, the Lady of Faire Isle, is renowned for her mystical skills. When a stranger arrives, close to death and possessing incriminating evidence against the Dark Queen, Ariane must forge a liaison with the comte de Renard, a nobleman whose family secrets rival her own and the man she once spurned. As Catherine vows vengeance. Ariane and Renard answer with defiance --- even as they tempt destruction, desire, and the devious hand of fate.