A defiant Scottish heiress and a Highland warrior discover that love is the fiercest battle of all... Lydia Farnsworth, the resilient heir to Tornbury Fortress, faces a future dictated by her father's archaic wishes-a contest that offers her hand as the prize. Amid the sea of contenders, one man, Alasdair McTavish, stands out, not for his ambition to win, but for the ghosts of love he carries. His only desire: to protect Lydia...