From her rescuer...

...To her husband?

When a braying mob attacks her home in the night, heiress Annis Flemming seeks shelter with her enigmatic neighbor Sir Bennet Thorne. With her life at risk, Ben escorts her to safety at Henry VIII's Hatfield House. Though they grow closer on the journey, Annis's distrust of men makes her wary, and Ben still grieves for his late wife. But when they realize the threat has followed them, there's only one means of true protection--marriage!

From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.