New York Times bestselling author Karen Ranney takes readers back to beautiful

Scotland in the first novel in

her breathtaking new series.

Since she was a little girl, Jennifer Adaire,

daughter of the Earl of Burfield, has loved Gordon McDonnell even though his

station as the gardener’s son made him strictly forbidden to her. After Gordon was forced from Adaire

Hall, taking Jennifer’s heart with him, he headed for London, intent on making

a better life for himself. Though they’ve

kept in touch through letters and Jennifer has waited patiently for him, it’s

taken Gordon five years to return to Scotland. Now Jennifer doesn’t know if she

can manage seeing again the man she loves—but can never have.

In the time since his departure, Gordon

has achieved the success he’s always sought. When he learns that his father is

dying, he returns home and discovers much to his surprise that the feelings he’s

always had for Jennifer burn ever stronger.

But when a family secret surfaces,

Jennifer and Gordon’s chance at a future together could be threatened…