Fleeing with only her bow, equine, enormous pet wolf, as well as the cryptic clues hidden in her mother’s drugs journal, healer Meg Boswell gallops north towards freedom, working from the person who falsely accused her mom of witchcraft. Cursed with marvelous healing skills, Meg knows that if she’s captured, she will pass away like her mother-atop a blazing witch’s pyre.

Winter season winds rip over the Highlands, pressing Main Caden Macbain forwards in his desperate plan to save his clan. He’s not above using an innocent female to bargain for serenity if it maintains his clan from starving. But Meg isn’t who Caden feels she is, and when she kills a guy to save lots of the clan, he must select from responsibility and her life. For although he captured her to drive a peace, Meg’s strength and courage have captured Caden’s heart.