**alternate cover edition** Calder MacGerry, laird of an impoverished clan, has resolved to end the bitter feud between the MacGerrys and Sinclairs. He jumps at Laird Sinclair's offer of marriage to his only daughter, Katja, to seal the agreement between their clans—only to get more than he bargained for. Katja's chance to escape her father's harsh treatment appears to be too good to be true. But becoming Lady of a clan that despises her because she's a Sinclair, doesn't make her life any easier. When the attacks turn deadly, she fights her way out, making a dangerous passage to the Shetland Isles for refuge with her Viking family. Calder and Katja's marriage, built on mistrust, rushes quickly into disaster. As Calder seeks to repair the damage, Katja discovers not another enemy, but a husband who pledges a new beginning. Do you enjoy a colorful bit of history with your romance? Northern Scotland was under heavy Viking influence for hundreds of years, and the people of the Shetland Islands retain their Norse heritage to this day. With her wolfhound at her side, Katja will travel from Scotland to the Shetland Islands to escape a failing marriage, distrust, and three attempts on her life, leaving behind her husband and his spurned mistress, and a clan that does not want her. Encountering miscreants and pick-pockets along the way, this hardy heroine is determined to live life her way. What will she do when she is offered a second chance at love?