Though she must marry to survive, she refuses to be owned.
England, 1498
Daria Camber's future has been sold to save her father's ancestral estate.
Promised to Baron Morgan, a powerful English nobleman whose obsession has taken a sinister turn, Daria chooses the only path left to her. She flees England and sends word to the aunt who married into a Scottish clan years before.
The man sent to bring her to safety is not what she expects.
Scarred, formidable, and bound by duty, Ronan Morray has no intention of becoming entangled in the troubles of an English gentlewoman. He means only to escort Daria across the border to Morray Keep. Instead, he finds a woman with a stubborn will, a courageous heart, and no intention of allowing another man to decide her fate.
Before their journey is over, blood has been spilled, a powerful enemy lies dead, and Daria is left with nowhere to turn.
Returning her to England is impossible.
Leaving her unprotected is unthinkable.
Marrying her himself was never part of Ronan's plan.
But the vows meant to protect Daria soon become something neither of them expected. Beneath Ronan's fearsome scars is a man whose restraint hides a fierce capacity for tenderness, while Daria awakens in him desires he had long ago resigned himself to living without.
Yet Morray Keep offers no refuge from danger.
Ronan's embittered half-brother, Ewan, believes Daria should have been his—and that Ronan has stolen far more than a bride. As old grievances turn deadly and loyalties are tested, Daria discovers that escaping England was only the beginning.
She fought once for the right to choose her own fate.
Now she must fight for the man—and the life—she has chosen.