It was probably the most incredible wedding night in England. The groom, the frivolous Earl of Rothmore, could hardly bring himself to look at the girl whom he had taken as his wife on the king’s orders: as a sign of protest, the indignant bride, the beautiful Frances Kilbracken, tried to appear before him in the most unattractive form... Who would have thought that this is how it would begin a story of burning passion and great love, pure and sensual, a love that was to bind Frances and Rothmore with inextricable bonds?..