A woman of duty. Following a path set for her when she was no more than a child, Anna finds herself battling between doing as she is expected or breaking tradition to seize the love she has only just realized.A man of integrity. Robb has lived his entire life within the harnesses of expectation. Growing up with the laird's daughter at his side seemed a nuisance when they were young, until he realized that she had become his everything, and she was leaving.A twisted heir to a crumbling clan. Alastair demands that Anna wed with his younger brother, Gordon, a lad he thinks to puppet for his own gain. Alastair's clan desperately needs Anna's wealth and lands. Nothing will stop him, even if he has to kill to take it.