Banished for bearing a child out of wedlock, Lady Eadyth spends her days tending bees. But when her son's father threatens to reveal the boy's true paternity and seize her lands, Lady Eadyth turns to Eirik of Ravenshire--England's most virile bachelor--and offers him a chaste marriage in exchange for revenge on his most hated enemy. Eirik soon succumbs to the sweet sting of the tarnished lady's love.