A ruthless knight, a fearless bride—destiny forces them together, but can love conquer their icy hearts?

With the laird of the MacQueens on his deathbed, Robert Bruce sends Torsten de Graham to secure the MacQueen keep, Lochlan Hall, and to wed the headstrong daughter of the dying man to bring the stronghold into Scots' favor. Married already to honor and duty, Torsten, known for his ruthless and unyielding nature, heeds the king's command, but he'd sooner face English captivity than marry a woman infamous as the Killer of Men, accused of dispatching three prior suitors. Expecting a man-eating battle-ax, Torsten is unprepared for—and not at all impervious to—Raina MacQueen's delicate beauty and mesmerizing blue eyes.

Against threats to the people under her care, Raina MacQueen is compelled to wed the man who so effortlessly breached Lochlan's walls. Though she fears little, the icy ruthlessness in Torsten de Graham's eyes chills her to the bone. It's clear he holds her in contempt, believing all the sordid rumors that she'd dispatched three husbands-to-be already. She initially takes solace in his preference for a distant and superficial union—until she realizes he has the power to give her the one thing she wants: a child to call her own.