Returning home after a ten-year absence, Ryan Macraig falls for a fiery, red-haired lass from the wrong end of the firth. He can't ignore his need to see her again, even knowing she must be a hated Macrory. Gilda Macrory trespasses Macraig land, but haunting memories of the young man she once met there draw her to the forbidden place. Learning he is Laird Macraig's son threatens her dreams, for her father would never agree to a marriage between his daughter and their enemy's son. With pirates raiding the coast, bad blood between the Macraig and Macrory clans could cost Ryan and Gilda their love-and their lives.