Lady Delilah Jefferson can do nothing but suffer in silence as war tears her away from the man who holds her heart.

Having spent years waiting for any signs of life, the answer comes in the form of a letter: an invitation to his betrothal.

Resentment and anger are all Marcus Malloch, son of the Laird of MacConnair, feels after the woman he loves cuts off all ties with him. He is convinced she doesn’t care if the end of the war found him dead or alive. Or so he thinks.

What was cruelly taken away from them is finally within their grasp, as the spark that rekindles their love erupts into a soul-scorching fire.

As Delilah’s parents push her towards a vicious man, Marcus is divided between saving his clan, or the love of his life. On the verge of ruin, their last hope lies within a series of letters. Letters that have been stolen that will stop at anything to claim what is rightfully theirs…