Lady Alana Sinclair's father, the Earl of Caithness, banished her years ago after hearing lies that she was ruined. The truth was her cousin brutally beat her, leaving her for dead. Alana is now the Earl's sole surviving child. He orders her home to marry her cousin and produce grandsons. Cormac and James MacDougal fostered with the Earl. They knew Alana as a child and lusted after her as a maid but as penniless bastards they had no right to touch her. Expecting she has long married, she remains an impossible dream until they are hired to escort her from Fraser Castle to Caithness. They know her brutal cousin well, and will do anything to protect her. That includes allowing her to seduce them into marriage even though they know her father will not hesitate to kill them for disrupting his plans. But will Alana-and her husbands-be satisfied with a marriage of convenience? Or will they want far more...