Mairi MacGregor hoped never to again lay eyes on Connor Grant. She was ten and one when he guaranteed her he would 1 day build them a home in her beloved Highlands, spending their lives together. But she was ten and seven and foolishly weeping when he rode from the Highlands to become listed on the British Royal Army. She wouldn’t be so foolish as to waste tears on him now. Specialized in her beloved Scotland, Mairi feels Connor can be a turncoat and a liar, and there’s nothing she despises a lot more than that. No about Tamed by a Highlander one but her sibling, Colin, knows that Mairi is portion of a rebel militia, silently gaining cleverness and revealing traitors to Scotland using whatever means required. Now, at King James’ courtroom in England, she’s established to maintain her missions secret and keep carefully the one man with the energy to create her to her knees at arm’s length-her heart be damned.

Royal Captain Connor Offer never wanted to leave Mairi, but he’d had no choice. It was his responsibility to provide his family’s name, and no matter how he asked her to wait, his lass acquired refused. He’s never stopped caring her, though, and viewing the stunning, passionate, yet mystical woman she’s become at court has taken his breath apart. But King Adam has powerful opponents, and Connor isn’t deaf towards the whispers of treachery in courtroom. So when the ruler disappears in the middle of the night time with Mairi’s brother as his only safety, Connor suspects Mairi is definitely involved. As one key after another unravels about the king’s whereabouts as well as the whispers of the coup develop ever more powerful, can Connor trust the one woman who still has his heart?