Daughter of well-known and powerful Laird Aileen McKenna is given free rein until her mother takes ill in the Campbell terrority four days away on horseback. Leaving without guards or maids Aileen rides into McDonald terrority where she meets a complete brute. Tannar McDonald has never met a more stubborn woman than Aileen. After she hurts herself he is forced to take back her to his castle, where she continues to fight him at every turn. Yet he can't help but start wanting her and things he should never want.