Tessa Garrett learned at a young age that life was tough. Lost in the foster care system as a child, she grew up struggling to find herself. Her one escape from this harsh reality was within her dreams; dreams of a castle she thought only existed there…

Until she woke up within its walls in the thirteenth century.

Eric Bartholomew Hadley had no time for love, unless it became necessary to lure a woman into his bedchamber, however fleeting the promise may be. Though, as future lord, Eric has no choice but to honor his father’s dying requests: marrying the woman he’s chosen, whose dowry includes a lucrative estate, and carrying on the Hadley bloodline…

Until he discovers Tessa in his courtyard.

Can true love overcome all odds and bridge the gap of eight centuries?