“I would nae seek tae sully yer lips with my poisonous kiss.”

Calista Muirden refuses to be sold off to one of Laird Warnock’s cruel allies. Desperate and out of options, she runs to the man who once made a promise to her.

But Elliot Knox is no longer the gentle boy she remembers. Hardened by war and betrayal, he sees her as nothing more than a threat.

When survival demands they wed, passion flares hotter than hate. Their hearts were forged in ruin—can love rise from the ashes?