Four lairds. Four unwilling brides. Four dangerous bargains. One secret masquerade holding a kingdom together.
“If I claim ye, lass… I willnae be gentle about it.” Lady Margaret Drummond enters the Masquerade wearing her sister’s mask—never intending to be chosen.
She only means to buy her family’s silence and secure her sister’s escape.
Instead, she is claimed by the most feared laird in the hall…
Domhnall Campbell—the Iron Lord of the Sea Lochs—did not come seeking a wife. But when the Crown forces his hand, he chooses the sharp-tongued woman who dared bargain with him in the shadows.
Their union is meant to be a white marriage. Untouched. Until enemies close in, hungry to prove the vows were never sealed in flesh. Domhnall will not lose Margaret.
And if sealing this marriage means taking her as his wife in truth—so be it. A white marriage was the bargain… until desire made it real.
