Love is a deadly duel with the face of a promised dream…
Refusing to become a stranger’s trophy wife, Lady Magdalene Crompton does the one thing she never thought she’d do: she flees. Ambushed while journeying to her estranged aunt, her salvation comes in the form of a charming Highlander.
Angus Williamson, Laird of Ratagan, sees his world shift and settle into the eyes of the runaway English lady he saved from certain doom. Between letting her go and spending a bit more time with her as her escort to her destination, the choice is easy.
But the night is dark and they are far from home.
An unexpected meeting with someone Angus knows all too well changes everything. A long-standing feud that has haunted him for years, comes back with a vengeance to threaten Magdalene’s life.
Now Angus has just a few days to save the woman he loves from the claws of an anthropomorphic monster…