Set in 1745, in the time of feuds between the Clans and the Scottish support for the Old Pretender, Katherine Fraser falls in love with James MacDonald, and despite the family feuds which separate them, their love never dies. She was Katherine Fraser, the stunning, flame-haired daughter of the mighty Fraser clan. masters of the great castle of Clandara. HE was James Macdonald, a nobleman notorious for his lurid past, and the scion of the family whom the Frasers had fought for centures. She was as proud as she was beautiful. He was as violent as he was handsome. They broke every taboo to come together—and not even a conflict that tore all Scotland in two could keep them apart....

Their marriage shocked the most corrupt court in Europe Anne de Bernard, was the richest heiress in France in 1745, and a beautiful bride to be given into a marriage of convenience. Charles Macdonald, an impoverished Scottish nobleman, was the most handsome and notorious young rake in the royal entrouage - no woman was immune to his charms, no man safe from his sword. The wealthy and sheltered Anne was a young woman whose angelic beauty was matched by her spotless innocence. When Anne enters an arranged marriage to Charles, with a reputation for having no morals, and discovers that she is falling in love with her husband. Neither could imagine that their marriage of convenience could defied the power of the king himself....