Athena Trappes thinks she’s in love . until she discovers the scoundrel only wished her as his bit privately. Enraged, she will what any spirited Englishwoman would do: set fire to his belongings, incur his harmful wrath, and flee-immediately. With nowhere else to carefully turn, she seeks independence in the wilds of Scotland.

Highland Laird Symon Grant lost his wife years back, and it’s his duty to get another. Athena isn’t just what the clan provides in mind for him, but Symon’s center burns with unforeseen passion for the woman who risk everything to be free.