Upon a moonless midnight, his face in shadow, a silent man came riding... Could it be? Is it him, so far from his lands and his people? Meghan can make no mistake, not when her heart cries out his name: Rolf MacDaidh. She had loved him once, in secret—and now the man they called the Lord of Vengeance wanted her. To Rolf, Meghan of Blackthorn is more precious than gold. But he must forget his bygone dreams of her as his bride and remember that she is no more than a captive now. Yet her beauty bewitches him still—and her spirit kindles a passionate desire that cannot be tamed.