Once bested in falconry by a beautiful girl he calls Lady Shadowhawk, Charles Cavendish, falconer to Queen Elizabeth, is imprisoned beside his former rival when the two are captured by Spanish agents plotting against England.

A young falconer is 16th-century England has been bested once, by a girl he calls Lady Shadowhawk. Years later he is sent on a mysterious escort mission and finds her again--now an agent possessing documents that must be smuggled to the Queen. Forced into intimacy as captives, the two rivals try to resist their mutual attraction as they plot escape, but soon find a love that takes flight instead.

FLIGHT

Charles Cavandish, the Queen's Master Falconer, has caught many wild creatures, but not the woman he called Lady Shadowhawk. They first met as children when her hawk bested his. But now, sent to escort a mysterious woman to England from France, he finds her again, a grown woman of exquisite beauty and willful independence.

CAPTURE

Frances Morley, Lady Shadowhawk, maneuvers herself in a world of dangerous secrets, possessing documents that warn of a Spanish invasion of England -- documents she must smuggle to the queen. Charles knows nothing of Frances's mission or that the enemy is closing in on them. Forced into intimacy as captives of the Spanish, they plot their escape, still resisting the growing attraction to one another. But once their tempestuous wills blend, Frances and Charles discover a mutual passion and the true power of love that soars....