Accustomed since birth to having her own way, headstrong heiress Madeleine de Moncelet was determined to avoid an arranged marriage to the Duke of Burgundy. But she found her escape plan thwarted by a tall stern-looking knight who'd been set to guard her chamber door. Saxon baron Wulf of Rugen, a soldier by choice, had a reputation for never letting an enemy get away alive. But Madeleine's flirtatious ways tempt Wulf beyond endurance.