When an injured Fianna Byrne turns up at Connell O'Neill's gate twelve years after their separation he knows this could be his last chance to find happiness with the woman he loves. False accusations against Fianna had strained relations between their clans and forced Connell, under Irish law, to divorce her. Their disastrous three-month relationship left Fianna pregnant and heartbroken. She has avoided Duncarraig and her ex-husband ever since. But with her home obliterated by the Vikings, Fianna must face her past in order to save her son, and prove once and for all she is a woman of courage.