Sir Hugo Beauford had no idea what to expect when the king summoned him from Calais, away from the battles securing the French throne for their English king. A quest to find Earl Chanderling's wayward daughter was not something he wanted, but being a knight in the king's service, he was duty-bound to fulfill his king's wishes - even if the bothersome girl he remembered had last been heard of in Venice. He'd never had plans to travel as far east as...