fearless men their allegiance is to one another to the oppressed and to the secret society known as the brotherhood of the swordand they must never surrender to the passionate yearnings of their noble heartsa lady of lovebeautiful peaceloving rowena knows that stryder of blackmoor is a warrior and is therefore a man to be shunnedbut something burns in the eyes of this powerful knight that she has never seen in others of his kind a tenderness and a need to love and be loved yet to enter his world would be madnessagainst every principle by which she has lived her lifeso she must resist the yearning that would draw her into his armsa man of warduty bound to battle for right stryder has never desired the comforts of home and hearthuntil he gazed upon the exquisite face and form of the incomparable rowena he dares not succumb to her sensuous charms for stryder is a man sworn to know no love but when treachery and danger threaten the noble knight must stand as the unsuspecting ladys championthough his actions could cost him his honor his heart and his forbidden dream of happiness