The race is on, and she’ll be claimed by the winner.
Orla Gordon is no elegant lady. Headstrong, wild and with a reputation as a hellion with a sharp tongue, she has no desire to saddle herself with a husband. But her parents are keen to be rid of her, so they devise a horse race, and the prize - Orla’s hand in marriage. With the added temptation of a plum piece of land attached to her dowry, the local gentry come running.
Enter Wolfric Munro, who is by no means a gentleman, and certainly not the best prospect for the unwed ladies of Inverness. As the black sheep of his rough clan, Wolfric enjoys a reputation as a brawler, degenerate and dark seducer, with a fearsome temper to boot.
He also happens to be an excellent rider.
Determined to scupper her parents’ plan, Orla devises a scheme of her own. But if the race doesn’t go her way, she will end up in the hands of black-hearted brute of a Highlander, Wolfric Munro. And he is no more the gentleman than she is a lady. Worse still, while he proclaims he only wants her for the land, Wolfric insists he will claim his marital rights – and he doesn’t just mean the land.
But as Orla grapples with the prospect of sharing the bed of a savage Scot with dark desires and looks to weaken the strongest of knees, she is courted by another, more dangerous suitor. And this one wears the regimentals of the English army.