Some beasts have the most angelic face of them all…

Faced with her family’s impending financial catastrophe, Roseann Gibson, daughter of the Baron of Croilton, must make a terrifying decision: witness her family’s downfall or tutor a Laird’s brother.

When his men return from patrolling the border, Domhnall MacBeathag, Laird of Greum Dubh, becomes certain that nothing will ever be the same. And it’s all thanks to the beautiful English lady, who presents herself as a tutor.

When news of Scottish villages ransacked by British soldiers reaches their ears, their fragile happiness crumbles.

An old agreement signed in Scottish blood comes into effect and Domhnall has but a single, heartbreaking choice: if he wants to save his people from certain doom, he must marry a lady.

A lady who is not Roseann…