They met in the mountains of Scotland - the lovely young widow Catherine Siddons, whose late husband had destroyed her faith in love, and the brave Hugh MacDonald, who was preparing to marry an unloved woman in order to strengthen the alliance between the two clans. They both no longer hoped to find happiness, but this meeting radically changed their destinies. From now on, no obstacles will be able to stop those whose hearts are engulfed by the raging flame of indomitable passion...