When retired knight Rowan Blackwood turned his back on court life, he expected to spend his remaining years in solitude, buried deep in the woods with nothing but his axe, his land, and the odd company of a few stubborn animals. But when a desperate letter arrives from an old friend, Rowan’s quiet world is shattered. Tasked with protecting his friend’s heir — a stranger to him, highborn and hunted — Rowan must open his home and his guarded heart once more. 