The Laird's bridal bid... Is love too high a price to pay? When new laird Ewan Stewart witnesses Catriona Gordon being sold at a market, he buys her to save her from abuse. Then he realises that a convenient marriage could secure his clan's future and her freedom. The only rule is that their arrangement must stay free of love, and yet Catriona's bravery and fire intrigue him. Can Ewan resist falling for his wife—and breaking the one rule he must not?