In the dark days after the death of Richard the Lionhearted, Gillian is desperate to find her long-lost sister and a treasure of incalculable worth—one for which many already have died, including her own father. The key to resolving her past appears in the form of the handsome Scottish chieftains Ramsey Sinclair and Brodick Buchanan. In Gillian, Brodick encounters a woman of immeasurable courage and determination, one not at all intimidated by his legendary temper or imposing size. As he realizes that he has met his match in Gillian—whose sense of honor and duty equals his own—their passion for each other grows ever stronger.