Married as a young girl and now the widow of the elderly Lord of Tremont, Mellisynt is once again a prize of war. Only this time her husband is a well-muscled, battle-tested knight who she prays will give her the babe she longs for. Richard Fitzhugh has no time for the kind of courtly love sung about by troubadours but the more time he spends with his young wife, the more he wishes he’d learned the art of seduction.