Mary Lowell isn't interested in marriage until Alex MacGannon, Earl of Kilgannon, strides into the ballroom. The rough-hewn Scot eventually carries her off to his ancestral castle in the Highlands, where Mary finds passion and danger in the rugged land, torn by rebellion.

In this sequel to "Kilgannon, " the love story of Mary Lowell, an English aristocrat, and the Scottish chieftain Alex MacGannon continues amid a war at Castle Kilgannon. When news comes of Alex's imprisonment in the Tower of London and his trial as a traitor, Mary unleashes a campaign for justice for the rugged freedom fighter.