The king's order was simple and clear: the mighty knight Kyren Broderick and the lovely Irish aristocrat Maeve O'Shea were to marry, because this was the only way the crown could keep the lands of the bride's rebellious father in its power. However, Maeve is not at all going to allow her stranger husband into her bedroom or into her heart - and she intends to refuse him again and again until he... loves her with all his soul and makes her love him back! Not an easy condition?' Oh yeah! But desperate Kairen is not one to shy away from difficulties when it comes to love!