When he returns from the Crusades, battle-scarred and tortured by painful memories, it is only Count Giseux de St-Loup's code of chivalry that sees him escorting a sharp-tongued spitfire of a lady on a quest to help her injured brother. The beautiful Lady Brianna is fiercely independent, and finds his powerful presence disturbing. As the danger surrounding her grows deeper, Giseux is forced to extend his protection further than either of them ever wanted it to go...