Forced to abandon the husband she has always loved, Freya hides in the confines of the Mckendrick lands. Her kin plan to snatch power from her heirless father and want no opponents for the succession. They threatened to kill Drostan if she did not leave, which she did with a heavy heart. But she did not know she was with child--a child who could thwart her kin's ambitions. She must hide to protect her husband and son.
Drostan McKendrick hangs on a grey zone without knowing if he is married or a widower. His wife vanished four years ago, never to be found. As he happens on her in a remote cottage, he discovers he has an heir, and is furious about her deceit. He will exercise his right to keep his son since his disappeared wife will not tell him why she chose to live in isolation. Drostan's discovery of his son transforms him and the boy in targets, and Freya will do anything she can to keep the two most important people in her life alive.