Jill Tanner

After her father gambles away his fortune and their beloved estate, Mannerling, Isabella Beverley sets out to court Mannerling's new owner, Mr. Judd. But her schemes are undermined by the arrival of Lord Fitzpatrick, a dashing Irish aristocrat.

A witch, a reanimated Crusader Knight, and two members of the church are bestowed with an immense task. So begins an unlikely and accidental alliance between these ill-assorted characters as they strive to slay the dragon Ziegfried, which is terrorising the countryside.