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After achieving world renown as a classical and medieval literary scholar, marrying twice, fathering a son, and having an ill-fated love affair, uprooted and alienated Jed Tewksbury returns to his Alabama hometown to visit his mother's grave and make peace with himself.

In medieval Scotland, Lady Alice offers Hugh the Relentless a bargain, she will help find the stolen Stone of Scarcliffe, which he needs to rule his lands, if he will provide a dowry so she can leave her nasty uncle and enter a convent. The knight agrees on condition that she will be his bride for a year first. By the author of Mistress.