Lady Rosalind Ellingham still mourns the husband she lost in a carriage accident, left scarred, withdrawn, and determined to raise her young son away from London’s scrutiny.
Scotland’s quiet isolation promises refuge, until her neighbor Cormac MacKinnon, Earl of Ravensmuir, awakens feelings she thought she had buried with her grief.
Cormac has kept his heart at a careful distance, yet a promise to look after a friend’s widow draws him into Rosalind’s life and toward the woman he has sworn only to protect.
Affection grows as they share the care of her son, until a mysterious visitor arrives with concern that conceals greed and a bid for control.
Dark secrets press in on their fragile bond, and both must decide whether past wounds can ever yield to love.
