Lord Henry has no need for love. Well favoured in looks and fortune, he has the ear of the king, and any woman he wants. Yet when his friend Jenova announces she wishes to marry, Henry realises that love is what he desperately seeks.
Lady Jenova has been content as a widow for the past five years, running her large estate and being a mother to her young son. But she's been restless of late and contemplates a marriage to someone who would be a companion, someone compliant and uncomplicated.
When she asks her good friend Henry for advice, she is unprepared for the desire he inspires. What is this unfamiliar gleam in Henry's eyes, that dark and sensual look that arouses in her a passion she never knew? And when he kisses her, all her dreams of an uncomplicated bridegroom are forgotten . . .
