<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Beautiful headstrong Afton is taken from her parents at an early age and raised in the castle a companion to the earl's daughter. Schooled in the ways of kings and surrounded by splendor Afton falls in love with the earl's son brave Calhoun her childhood protector.&nbsp;</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But Calhoun's mother the Lady Endeline has much different plans for him than marriage to a villein's daughter. Suddenly Afton's world is torn viciously apart. She is cast out of the castle given to a man she fears and despises as a reward for his loyalty-an all too clear reminder that for all her dreams she is nothing but a villein.&nbsp;</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now all she has left is a burning desire for vengeance . . .</span></p>