"Get Out, Ye Bloodthirsty Half-Breed!"

Since the infamous Battle of Falkirk, Cristiane MacDhiubh had these words—and worse—hurled at her in the village streets. Half Scot, half English, she could claim no place as home—until the Lord of Bitterlee, as gallant a knight as any could dream, came in search of a bride…!

Marriage had been naught but sadness for Adam Sutton, yet duty demanded he wed again. Cristiane MacDhiubh, as fey and wild as his own island fiefdom, might rouse his forgotten passions. But brave of heart though she might be, could Cristiane ever heal his sorrowing soul?