Baron Mullens' plot to kidnap Eleanor Grey is foiled by an unlikely rescuer - an apprentice blacksmith called Lucas who dreams of becoming a knight. Sir Thomas' widowed sister-in-law visits Covington Cross and the family patriarch is so struck by her likeness to his late wife that he becomes smitten - much to the disgust of Lady Elizabeth. Meanwhile, Mullens and his henchmen plot to kidnap Eleanor during the harvest festival.
—David Bassler