Lorne McBryde desperately seeks a means to escape the savage violence of her Scottish Highland home. Her headstrong nature is countered by her instinctive kindness- yet, for Iain Monroe, Earl of Norwood, she will be marked forever by her family's betrayal. Kidnapped in the dead of night, held hostage for justice, Lorne is now in Iain's hands. She protests her innocence- but does her tempting beauty mask a treacherous spirit?