Ruby de Burgh acts more like the son her father always wanted, and nothing like a lady. She is not pleased to find out her father has promised Lord Sheffield his choice of one of his daughter’s hands in marriage, and he has chosen her.
Lord Nyle Dacre of Sheffield needs a wife so he can carry out his secret mission for the king. However, after losing three wives in a matter of months, he is sure their deaths were not accidents. They were murdered. Now, to catch the murderer that he believes to be inside his castle walls, he chooses a wife as bait who he knows can wield a sword and hold her own against any attacker.
Will murder and mayhem place a wedge between an unconventional wife and the Lord of Death, or bring them closer together as emotions are brought to the surface?