Meet the notorious Folville family, dashing local gentry of ill-repute.

1329. With growing rumours of an outlaw terrorising the Leicestershire countryside, the Folvilles are on edge. When one of their servants is attacked, they are determined to assert their power and catch the culprit.

Cold, hungry and homeless in the grip of winter, Adam Calvin has no choice but to steal to survive. When he steals from the wrong people, Adam is captured and thrown into the Folvilles' gaol. Is he the outlaw they've been looking for?

Mathilda - betrothed to Robert de Folville - is not convinced that the threat is over.

With larger forces moving against them, the Folvilles have no choice but to trust their prisoner...