After her cousin elopes, Elizabeth is chosen to take her place as a bride for Lord Raymond. Elizabeth lived miserably in a convent for the last thirteen years, and she feels marriage will be her chance to finally have a happy family. Though Raymond frightens her at times, with his cold and cruel eyes, Elizabeth begins to see glimpses of his sincerity and kindness, and she settles into life with him. Until she hears a rumor in the castle that Raymond's previous wife was killed…by him!