Ten years ago Caedmon left his home town to forget the woman he's loved all his life and who married another. Now he's back, with no real plan or hope for the future. The only certainty is that he will never trust another woman again. After a traumatic experience with a man from her village, Ingrid is determined to live her life on her own terms. She is struck as soon as she meets the Saxon, however. But nothing is what it seems with the intriguing man and when she finds herself leaping to his aid, she is mistaken for his lover. After days pretending to be a couple, can they become one in truth? Could he be the one to make her rethink her decision?