No longer one of the spoils of war, Catherine, Queen of England and France, resolves to fight for her new life - on her own terms Catherine of Valois, daughter of the defeated king of France, looks down from the battlements as her future rides to greet her. As one of the spoils of war, she is to be married to her father's enemy, Henry V of England. She is prepared to do her duty - what could be worse than continuing to live with her ailing father and cold mother - but she wasn't prepared to fall in love. Henry is everything that she wanted in a husband, and a king. In him she finds a devoted lover and inspiring ruler. When he dies, shortly after she has delivered his heir, her future and that of her son is in doubt. Not only must she protect her baby, the young Henry VI, she must protect his legacy from the grasping and scheming of his uncle and protector. When Owen Tudor -- Welshman, commoner, troublesomely attractive -- stumbles into her lap, she sees her future. A man who will not lead armies, nor rule kingdoms. Instead, one who will devote himself to protecting what is hers. But he must sacrifice everything he has in order to marry her, and even that may not be enough to keep them all safe.