The chase

Seonaid Dunbar was raised in the Scottish fighting tradition, learning the blade beside her brother under their father's eye. Rather than face a forced wedding to Blake Sherwell, she would take refuge in a convent, though she would happily fight him with her sword first. The English court had nicknamed him "Angel," but to Seonaid no Englishman could be angelic, and she saw plenty of ways to escape a suitor, even one whom King Henry had commanded her to marry.

Blake believes his future bride is quietly stitching at home in her castle, waiting for his arrival. In fact she has already slipped away to a new fortress, where she is preparing her defenses with every means at hand: blades, sleeping draughts, and a few kisses. Whether he can catch her is another matter, and the pursuit is about to begin.