Philippa de Beauchamp, as impulsive as she is beautiful, flees her father's castle when she hears she is to be wed to the repellent Baron de Bridgport. But her daring escape in a wood wagon quickly become a misadventure, and she winds up in the arms of Dienwald de Fortenberry, a rogue as smooth and bold as Aquintaine wine. Soon Philippa finds herself a prisoner at Dienwald's castle, where there are mysteries to be solved, villains to be bested, and a stubborn man's heart to be won.