Escaping to the wilds of Scotland to hide from a deranged suitor, Fiona MacEnroy is captured by a fierce stranger who takes her to his sinister keep, where she finds a safe haven and love with the very man who is using her to protect his clan from the invading Scarglas.

Grayson Christopher, Duke of Darlington, angrily complies with the Prince of Wales's plan to have him pose as Katherine Bergeron's lover and is shocked to discover that Katherine is far more appealing than he expected her to be. Once they fall in love Katherine refuses to remain his mistress; she wants to become his wife. But how can the duke bring a woman of such low birth into his august family--or publicly claim the woman the prince was set on...