Carrick Gordon gave his word and now he will marry a lass he's never met. After lying with her long enough to procure an heir he will release her from the marriage bed. She won't fight it. Carrick is certain one look at his marred face and she'll recoil in horror. It had to be a cruel joke. Analise Macgregor cannot believe the handsome man is to be her husband. That he rejects her after a wonderful night is hurtful, but not surprising once she sees how Carrick keeps everyone at a distance. Will Carrick and Analise get past preconceived perceptions to finally admit their mutual attraction?

Declan Gordon is glad for a new start away from the ghosts of his past. Just as he begins his new life as laird, he meets a fiery-haired lass who allows him to seduce her while at the same time touting her dismay at the possibility of marriage to the "new laird". Meredith Stuart will only marry a man of her own choosing. When she happens upon a handsome dark man, she decides to seduce him in order to keep her brother from parading her before the new laird, who is rumored to have no honor. What will happen when Meredith finds out her lover is indeed the one man she is fighting to stay away from? Will Declan reveal the secrets of his past and will that revelation push Meredith further away?

Aiden Stuart has become restless with the monotony of his life. Just as he considers taking to the seas again, his village is attacked. Between the new battle for his home and a beautiful woman who calls to his soul, the last thing his feels now is boredom. Breena McGalen is searching for an escape. Will take any opportunity to flee from the cruel man she is engaged to. Upon meeting the handsome laird, Aiden Stuart, she wonders if he will be her rescuer or destroy any chance of happiness. Entangled in different battles, destiny brings two lovers together in a way neither of them imagined.

The announcement of his friend, Elsbeth's betrothal, stirs a shift in Ian McRainey's feelings. He escapes to the sanctuary of the forest to keep from demanding she not marry, but instead be with him in spite of the difference in their stations. One word from him and he can claim his true identity, which will bring him more power than even her father's. But can he return to a past so harsh, that it drove him away in the first place? Elsbeth McNeil knows she must accept marriage to a laird's son. She is after all the McNeil's daughter. But the conflict in her heart begins to chip away at any resolve to do what is expected and instead follow her heart. The struggle to fully comprehend her feelings for Ian McRainey sends her into a tailspin and she takes a chance to lose everything by going after him. When the most powerful clan arrives claiming to search for the son of laird Campbell, things are set into motion that catches everyone by surprise.