One cittern-playing spy. One granite-hard warrior. One betrayal that changes everything.
Francis Seymour’s mission was doomed from the moment he set foot in the Highlands. Ambushed and broken, the Englishman finds himself at the mercy of Alasdair MacColl—the formidable Master of the Guards and a man Francis was born to loathe.
Alasdair is a towering force of nature: fiercely loyal, impossibly stoic, and the ultimate captor. But as they trek through the mist-laced hills, the lines between prisoner and protector begin to blur. Behind Alasdair’s cold resolve lies a heat that Francis can’t resist, and soon, the tension crackling between them is more dangerous than the wilds they travel.
When a deadly conspiracy within Alasdair’s own clan emerges, their forbidden passion is pushed to the breaking point. With war on the horizon, Francis must decide: stay loyal to the Crown he serves, or risk his life to save the enemy who has claimed his heart.
Bound by duty. Driven by desire. Can love survive a war of kin and crown?
