An unthinkable danger. An unexpected choice. Annabel, once the daughter of a wealthy merchant, is trapped in indentured servitude to lord Ranulf, a recluse who is rumored to be both terrifying and beastly. Her circumstan...An unthinkable danger. An unexpected choice. Annabel, once the daughter of a wealthy merchant, is trapped in indentured servitude to lord Ranulf, a recluse who is rumored to be both terrifying and beastly. Her circumstances are made even worse by the proximity of lord Ranulf s bailiff a revolting man who has made unwelcome advances on annabel in the past.