Eighteen-year-old Lady Catriona Mackintosh, fiercely proud daughter of a Highland chieftain and granddaughter of Clan Chattan's powerful captain, discovers a wounded man in the forest near her home and persuades Sir Finlagh Cameron to heal under her family's protection.
She has no idea he has sworn a sacred oath to kill her father and other members of the Clan Chattan confederation, or that her father led the battle that wiped out Clan Cameron's finest warriors, including Fin's own sire.
The sole survivor of that slaughter, Fin has come north on a mission for the heir to Scotland's throne, who wants Clan Chattan's chief to arrange a secret meeting with the Lord of the Isles and the Lord of the North.
As Fin falls in love with the woman he was bound to harm, two other men vie for her as well, one of them his royal master.
With mischief stirring at court, Catriona and Fin must risk honesty with each other if they hope to prevent a disaster that could reshape Scotland's history.
