The young English widow Judith Courtbertson hated the “Celtic robbers” with all her soul - until poverty brought her to the marriage bed of a stranger. To the "savage". To the Scottish laird Alisdair MacLeod. To a man who swore to remain faithful to his late wife - albeit not with his body, but with his heart. However, the heart of the brave highlander is suddenly overwhelmed by passion for the English beauty. Thus begins the story of great love - love that plunges lovers into the abyss of mortal danger, but also gives them unimaginable happiness...