The last woman he wanted … becomes the only one he needs. A wounded warrior. A forge-maiden. A love strong enough to remake them both. Greig Maclean went to war for Scotland and came home broken.
Lamed. Bitter. No longer the warrior a chief’s son should be. Then his younger brother dies—leaving behind a final wish. A list of dreams he’ll never fulfill.
And one of them is … Win the forge-maiden’s heart. Brighde never asked to run a forge.
But with a blind father and a brother too young to wield the hammer, she becomes what the clan whispers about—a woman who does a man’s work. Strong and skilled, yet untouchable.
Greig would rather face another battlefield than woo her.
But when Brighde offers to help him get strong enough to complete the other challenges on his brother’s list, an unlikely bond forges between them. Scorn shifts into respect.
And respect turns into something far more dangerous. Because Brighde is not a duty. She is a reckoning.
