A mysterious castle.

A deadly gift.

A missing, unwilling bride-to-be.

And a Norman knight determined to conquer all.

Ordered by his King to carry out a cryptic command-kill a wicked sorcerer lord, seize his castle, and take his daughter like a wife-Alain de Crency needs a fierce battle. Rather he discovers a defenseless castle, the little girl missing, as well as the sorcerer useless, shrouded in an impressive purple cloak. Without knowledge of the bad lurking within it, Alain requires the cloak as his have before about Open fire Dance looking into the whereabouts of his intended betrothed.

Upon Alain’s arrival, Melisande, the sorcerer’s child who begrudgingly learned her father’s sinister trade, hides in plain sight being a servant. But Alain suspects this beautiful blonde knows a lot more than she statements, and he resolves to discover the truth-if he can withstand his burning desire to have her.

Shortly Melisande realizes her father’s infernal magic gets to beyond the grave-and that only Alain can save her people from the menacing bad. But with Alain’s fresh cloak dyed in poison, can Melisande save her people’s savior without revealing her dark secrets to the man who’s captured her center?