Scotland: 1816

Siobhan waits for her husband to leave the ship and finds him as hesitant to meet as she. The same individual who lied about him and had him impressed has brought misery to them both. The MacGrough clan is in tatters, Hamish's younger brother dead and the cousins disbursed far and wide. That is not the worst of it. She has something she must tell the man she loves and hopes his heart will forgive and accept.

His highland dreams dashed forever, his family scattered, Hamish didn't expect to find his love broken as well. Her tale of agony leaves him hungry for vengeance. But survival comes first, and who is to blame? If he discovers his tormenter, can he take revenge and not be a suspect?