When Ennis Ballister's family abandons her in a rush to escape an approaching snowstorm, she finds herself stranded in the Scottish Highlands, where she must defend herself from the attacks of bandits who terrorize villages, plundering isolated homes during the winter. Her only hope is in her neighbor, the inhospitable hermit Duke, who seduces her with his glances, kisses... and now Ennis is afraid that robbers and a snowstorm are not so terrible in comparison with the danger that threatens her heart.