Living under her uncle’s commands to find a betrothed, Jane Keppel suffers a predetermined & cruel fate: trapped in a loveless marriage to a man she loathes, for the rest of her life.

But her uncle is none other than the notorious Earl of Compton, the man responsible for the death and suffering of many local highlanders, including Laird Bhaltair McColl’s most dear ones – his beloved wife and father.

Blinded by hatred, Bhaltair and his bloodthirsty clan abduct Jane and her father the night of her coming-out ball. Captivity brings the two heroes more close than apart, but there is one thing Jane keeps buried in her heart that the handsome Highlander must never know.

This secret is Jane’s only weapon to escape…but also the path to her eternal imprisonment.