Rowan Murray is a prisoner. Accused of crimes against the English Crown and exiled from the Scottish Highlands, Rowan is transported to America as an indentured man. His dreams are dead and buried along with the shattered hopes of the Scottish Rising. A twist of fate leads Rowan to Anna Stanton, rekindling the dreams of his battered heart and inciting a passionate love affair. Faced with the financial ruin of her once wealthy family, Anna has agreed to an arranged marriage to an English Lieutenant. With a heavy heart, she boards a ship to the New World, forsaking her dreams to save her beloved family. When the ship goes down in a violent storm, a fragile possibility arises for both Rowan and Anna. Freedom. And love. Drawn together by a deep and powerful connection, Rowan and Anna explore their forbidden desires. With each kiss, with each touch, their passion for each other grows. Sometimes love happens unexpectedly. And that kind of love is blinding, heart wrenching and inexplicable. True love is certainly worth fighting for. And the wildest of hearts cannot be tamed.