Holly's new, young teacher has a dark past, and a dangerous future. She soon finds herself charmed by his ways, and gets thrown into the chaos. Who knew having an ex-gangster for a teacher could be so troublesome? As Holly and Mr. Heywood grow closer, more questions about his past come upon Holly, as does danger. What is Mr. Heywood keeping from Holly? And why is it so bad? But most importantly, if she falls for him, could their relationship survive? After all... it would be a proscriptive relationship.

Prince John's biggest fear? Becoming King, and everything to do with it, from the sheltered life, to someday having to get married. Celia, a lady knight, minus the 'Lady' if she can help it, is not looking forward to coming of age and attending the High Ball which she thinks is nothing more than a market for single girls. The two have hated each other since childhood, but when the stress gets to John and he does something drastic, Celia's the only one who can help.

Nina Dimatteo's life was never easy. She had enough family problems to make a lesser person seek therapy, had issues with her so called 'friends' and she would literally have to save every penny if she wanted to get out and go to college and study art. Life was hard. But it just got harder. As it normally does when you wake up only to find that you got MARRIED! Oh, and don't remember it. And it certainly doesn't get any easier when her so called 'Husband' seems to irk her to the point of exploding. And won't stop calling her 'Red'! Yup, her life just got harder.