Trapped in an arranged marriage to a veteran of the wars against Robert the Bruce, Lady Johanna FitzHenry has one last chance to escape. If a stranger can be found who is willing to swear to a court that she was secretly wed to him before her match to Sir Fulk de Enderby, Johanna will be set free.
Fleeing bounty hunters after the Battle of Boroughbridge where Edward II's army defeated the rebels, 'Gervase de Laval' is discovered on FitzHenry land and made and offer he cannot refuse.