1135 AD--Christmas and Epiphany are past, and the dark days of mid-winter have settled over Ryd Lliw, a small manor estate in the wilds of southern Wales.

Away from the priory, the place he had lived since his youth, Brother Rhonwellt adapts to his new life as priest at Saint Tysilio's, aided by Brother Ciaran. The challenge is living this close to Sir Tristan, the knight he first loved as a lad-the man he loves still. Reunited after thirty years apart and no longer able to deny his feelings, Rhonwellt struggles to reconcile his devotion to God and the forbidden love he has for his moody knight.

Strangers arrive, bringing death and reminders of events from long ago. Who is the child that appears at the gate of the churchyard next to the dead body of an old crone? Who is the mysterious young woman Tristan rescued from bandits and carrying secrets about his past? Will these things change their lives and could Rhonwellt possibly lose Tristan a second time?