He built walls to keep the world out.
She tore them down with a single smile.
Three years after losing his entire unit in an ambush, former soldier Finn MacLeod lives alone in the Scottish Highlands—building furniture, avoiding people, and punishing himself for mistakes he can’t forget.
Then a winter blizzard brings Maisie Campbell crashing—literally—into his life.
Stranded together in his remote cabin, she’s everything he can’t afford to want: brilliant, brave, and heartbreakingly kind.
Her career is in ruins, her confidence shattered, but she sees beauty in the man he’s become—and the hope he’s long buried.
As snow traps them together and desire melts the ice between them, Lachlan faces an impossible choice: keep hiding from the past… or fight for the woman who makes him believe in love again.
A grumpy Highlander. A fearless heroine.
One storm that changes everything.
Skye MacKinnon is a Scottish romance author who was raised by elves in the mystical Highlands and calls the Loch Ness monster her friend. Her bestselling books weave together romance with action, suspense and whimsical humour, creating page-turners filled with strong heroines, alpha heroes and loveable monsters.
Whether she’s writing about aliens in kilts, hunky Vikings or cat shifter assassins, Skye likes to put a new spin on familiar tropes. Some of her heroines don’t have to choose, some fall in love with other women, and others get abducted by clueless aliens.View all by Skye MacDonald