Irish noblewoman Briana is a tomboy who has just left the convent where she's been living for several years. While on the familiar road home, her party is attacked by hostile English soldiers and she is mortally wounded! Keane, a feudal lord, saves her from the brink of death. While Briana recovers in his castle, she is drawn to Keane's kindness, but there is a loneliness that haunts him...