Rejected by her favoured knight, Joanna Sollers knows she will never love again. Especially when the man she's now forced to marry is none other than her beloved's half-brother! For blacksmith Hal Danby, marrying Joanna makes his life-long dream of entering the Smiths' Guild possible, even if the secrets in his past mean he'll forever keep his distance. But everything changes with one stolen night, and in the arms of his new bride, Hal wonders if this loveless arrangement could transform into something real...