After her oppressive fatherтАЩs failed plan to rebel against the king, Elin loses her title as the daughter of a baron and is instead labeled the daughter of a traitor.┬аThe despicable Baron of Redwood, who sees women as nothing more than his playthings, wants to make Elin his wife, regardless of her current crime-by-association, in an attempt to gain dominion over her fatherтАЩs lands.┬аBut for Elin, if that is her only option, sheтАЩd rather be executedтАФand she tells the king as much!┬аBut the king, moved by ElinтАЩs declaration, decides on a different fate for her.┬аInstead, he unexpectedly marries her to his bravest, most loyal knight, Malcolm, a man who has built a reputation for himself in combat!