Set in treacherous sixteenth-century Scotland, the first volume of
Amanda Scott's Border Trilogy tells the unforgettable story of a woman
sworn to defy the knight she is forced to wed - only to discover a love
she'll do anything to claim.
As Mary, Queen of Scots, languishes in the Tower of London as a prisoner
of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, war tears Scotland apart. To save her
beloved homeland, a proud Highland beauty named Mary Kate MacPherson
must wage her own battle when she's forced into wedlock with a knight,
Sir Adam Douglas, from the barbaric borderland of Tornary.
Even as she succumbs to her seductive husband's sensual demands, Mary
Kate vows never to give him her heart. She will belong to no man. But
Adam burns with something deeper than desire. Sworn to carry out a
long-awaited revenge, he won't rest until he has vanquished his enemies.
Accused of treason, the last thing he expects is to lose his heart to
the woman he's determined to tame but never to love: His own wife.