Was the man who holds her captive the killer of her mother—or her only chance at salvation?

After a devastating shipwreck leaves Darling MacRae DeLeon washed ashore on a foreign land with nothing but her beloved horses, she awakens to find herself in the clutches of Captain Lawrence MacLeod—a ruthless and cold-hearted Scottish Highlander.

Haunted by the recent murder of her mother at the hands of a shadowy figure she scarcely glimpsed, Darling is horrified to discover that her captor matches the description of the killer.

Desperate to reunite with her estranged Spanish father, yet unsure if she would recognize him after so many years, Darling must decide whether to trust the enigmatic Captain.

As she gazes into Lawrence's piercing blue eyes, doubt creeps in—is he truly the murderer she believes him to be, or is there more to his story?

With danger closing in and her father nowhere to be found, Darling faces an agonizing choice: place her fate in the hands of a man she fears, or risk everything to uncover the truth about her mother's death.

Time is running out, and as secrets unravel, Darling will discover that nothing is as it seems...