Logan MacPherson and his highlander clan have returned from a brutal war against Cromwell's English forces in which they lost. Now is the time to make peace, but old feuds ignite and threaten to take all Logan values, even the beautiful daughter of an old friend whom he's pledged to marry and protect.
Cailla MacLaren is no ordinary damsel in distress. While her father is away fighting the hated English, she's commanded the ragged forces that protect her family home. She's prepared to die, if she must, to repel Donel Moncrieffe who wants her castle and her body. When Logan whisks her from Tioram, forcing her to travel to his family home, Cluny, and takes her as a country wife, she's determined to return, with or without Logan's help. But dark forces are rising against them, and this reluctant bride might get more than she bargained for.