After her clan's brutal defeat, Lady Isla Balfour escapes into the perilous Scottish wilderness with her baby brother, Andrew. Battling exhaustion and the threat of bandits, she stumbles upon the territory of the fierce Laird Magnus Galbraith.

Captured and imprisoned in his dungeons, Isla is determined to fight for her freedom. But as she confronts the distrustful laird, unexpected feelings begin to ignite between them.

Just when hope seems within reach, a figure from her past emerges, revealing a danger greater than she ever imagined. Will Isla find safety and love in the arms of her captor, or is her true peril yet to come?