Rabbie Dinwiddie has left his beloved Scotland to start a new life in a country that offers a better and brighter future. He longs to be master of his own land and destiny, not work for someone else for the rest of his days. But where there’s an opportunity, there are rogues, and Rabbie suffers the consequences. He never imagined he would be forced to return to Scotland poorer than when he had set out. Miss Elisabeth Anderson is born and bred American and proud of it. Established as a wealthy farmer’s daughter, she is not limited by old world constraints and has a drive that served the early pioneers well. Elisabeth has prospects and bold ambitions, none of which include an irascible Scot, whose path seems destined to entangle with her own. When events occur that shatter everything Elisabeth believes in, there is only one man who can help. But is it too late to redeem what has gone before?