Driven by rage and heartbreak, Caitlin MacLeod, the daughter of a powerful Scottish chieftain, searches for the man who betrayed her and stole her clan's most priceless treasure-a man who is now desperate to get back into her good graces.

Deidre Kenney made a deathbed promise to her father after he was shot by two gunmen looking for the land deeds he was hired to deliver: to finish the dangerous job. She and her cousin Maura each take a different route west. But what Deidre didn't count on was a bodyguard-and that's what she gets in Patrick Callahan. With his broad shoulders, steady gun, and a crooked grin that's stirring secret desires-and a Christmas wish-Deidre knows the real danger...

Lady Annys MacQueen has no other choice. The deception that enabled her to keep her lands safe is on the verge of being revealed by a cruel kinsman. To shield her young son from the sword and her people from devastation, she must turn to the one man she could never forget.