She is doing everything to uncover her past. He is doing everything to hide his.

The night Blair lost her father, her childhood was over. For ten years, she and her sisters have lived under their uncle’s control, tormented by his son. The truth of what happened the night their father died is veiled with secrets and half-truths. Blair’s only moments of freedom are the stolen moments she spends with James.. Coming to McMillan keep as a guard in search of a new life, James soon discovers the tormented lives of Laird McMillan’s nieces. Coming closer to the eldest daughter, Blair, James risks his position, and his life, to train the lass in the dark hours of the night, becoming her closest confidant. However, Blair’s arranged marriage changes everything.. Preparing for her upcoming trip to her suitor’s lands, Blair knows that she will have one unique chance to find out the truth about her family. If only Blair could escape her guards. Once more. James will risk everything for her, but when Blair is confronted with the truth, her world crumbles.. To help her, James will have to do what he has been avoiding his whole life: face his own dark past.