Evanna Mulholland is the only daughter of a struggling tavern owner. Growing up without a mother was hard, but after her father became sick, the lass has been trying to run a tavern all alone! Since she’s been raised around drunk men, she has become tough, but even she will be frozen with fear of what she will face next.
After hearing loud noises coming from one of her rooms, Evanna discovers a semiconscious wounded man who has broken in looking for shelter! The lass is unsure if she should throw him out or help him, but she realizes that he is hiding from someone, and leaving him outside would be like killing him.
Right away she begins to tend to the man’s wounds, wondering who he is. Unfortunately for Evanna, she learns that Fraser McLachlan comes from an enemy clan, and sheltering him is dangerous. As she moves upstairs to find Fraser and talk to him, Evanna discovers that she had not locked him and he is now… gone!
When guards come at her place looking for an injured man who is a criminal, Evanna realizes what she has done. Now she must find Fraser and, before her father learns about it, she must make a hard decision. If she finds the wounded warrior, should she deliver him to the guards, or is there another side to the hunted man’s story?