When the Scottish king falls suddenly ill, William Scott enlists the aid of a beautiful gypsy, Tamsin Armstrong, and finds himself torn between loyalty to his country and his love for Tamsin as they seek to stop a plot to kidnap the infant Princess Mary

Mhairi Macrae felt danger all around her. Her twin brother, Iain, had seen a vision of a tall Border rider galloping his dark horse through a storm, calling Mhairi's name. Now lain had been unjustly arrested, and Mhairi had done the only thing she could: become an outlaw to intercept the messenger bringing his death warrant. Despite his own notorious past, Border officer Rowan Scott had reformed and pledged to enforce the law. And it was clear that the raven-haired, silvery-eyed girl who attacked him was a thief, a Highlander. Yet what she stole from him that dark night was his heart, leaving him torn between his duty to imprison her and his passion to embrace her. She had thrust him into the secret intrigues of her life, intrigues that could destroy him. But in a way she had also freed him, making him a man ready to take any risk, ready to lay down his life for the woman he loved. For Mhairi.

Elspeth Fraser, a beautiful Highland seer, has a sudden vision of a handsome stranger's death. Then he rides into her life. Duncan Macrae is the Queen's lawyer, sent north to end the feud between Elspeth's wild Highland cousins and a neighboring clan. Determined to save his life, Elspeth resists her strong attraction to the queen's handsome and mysterious lawyer, and tries to send him away Duncan ignores the vibrant Highland lass and the stormy passion she invokes. The Queen's mission must be completed. But then, a dangerous enemy threatens all Duncan and Elspeth hold dear. They must face their shared destiny—for if the prediction holds true, they will lose all... including the powerful love that could save them both.