The Norris clan is currently without its laird and lady, and one young daughter, kidnapped by an ambitious laird from another clan. His intentions are to use the Norris family to convince their older daughter to do something for him. He wants his son killed.
Hanna Norris is a headstrong and determined young noble lady who misses her family dearly, but is being commanded to kill a man she does not know to save the lives of her father, mother, and sister.
Craig McConnell has inherited the title of his uncle after his death. He finds Hanna in a few precarious and dangerous situations and finds himself rescuing her. He decides nearly immediately that she is the woman for him and will do anything to help her.
Hanna knows the man she is falling in love with is the man she must kill in order to rescue her family. She has a difficult choice to make but with the right people giving her advice, it all seems to make better sense to her.