With her father murdered, her home burned, lovely Alyx Blackett flees to the woods-and sanctuary in the camp of Raine Montgomery, a nobleman outlawed by the kings edict. There she hides her beauty in the guise of a boy and her sorrow in her work as Montgomery's squire. But how long can such loveliness as hers be hidden? How long can such a gallant man's desires be blind? And soon--even as a blood feud rages between the Montgomerys and the Chatworths, as angry swords clatter in the name of family honor--one woman's love will make all the difference. One woman's love will flame a hero's passion, touch a king's pity and raise a song of praise in every english heart.