Ominous rumors are circulating about the beautiful lady Fiona Jardine. As a girl, she was considered very capricious, not recognizing anyone’s authority over herself. Now that her hated, cruel husband has gone missing somewhere on the Scottish border, she is blamed for it...Only one person does not believe in dirty suspicions - Richard Seyton, the powerful Scottish Laird of Kirkhill, who is supposed to take care of Fiona and her lands, until the missing spouse returns or is declared dead. The fearless highlander is ready to sacrifice his life so that the lady is not in danger. However, can he save Fiona from the greatest danger - his own passion, violent and indomitable?..