Sarah Matthews longs for adventure to break up the monotony of small-town life, but a wish sends her and her sister, Lily, back to the twelfth century, where they become embroiled in assassination plots, kidnappings, and mysterious encounters with the Shadow, a masked hero. As Sarah unravels a conspiracy and falls for the handsome blacksmith, she must find a way to return home before it’s too late. Will she succeed, or be trapped in the past forever?