Lady Caroline Ainsworth is on her way to an arranged marriage when she is captured by a band of savage Highlanders. Her captor is Jamie MacTavish, the Laird of the MacGregors - a scarred giant whose hatred for the English is as deep as the lochs. He refuses her ransom, declaring the spirited Sassenach his to keep.
Jamie enforces brutal obedience, tearing her fine gowns and showing her the true meaning of a captive's submission. But when she witnesses his fiercely protective nature, Caroline's terror gives way to an undeniable, forbidden passion.
Now, as her powerful English father marches north with an army to reclaim her, Caroline must choose between her noble past and the wild, passionate future she carries inside, bound forever to the angry Highlander who claimed her body and heart.