When Sandy first set eyes on the dark, unsmiling Lymond Caldwell of Duncreggan, he reminded her of a knight of olden days. Knightlike, too, he seemed to be constantly rescuing her from some predicament or other. She had to be grateful; she kept trying to persuade herself that her feelings were no more than gratitude, for to fall in love with him would be a disaster. But somehow she found herself more and more reluctant to leave Duncreggan for the career she had once planned...