when emily hamiltons family is ordered to send a woman to the scottish highlands for marriage to the laird of the sinclair emily volunteers in order to save her younger sister from such a fate but at her new home the only friend she finds is the lairds sisterespecially after emilys stubborn streak causes the laird to cancel the marriage and though her plans have gone awry she refuses to return homelachlan balmoral is laird of his clanand leader of his pack one of the most feared werewolves prowling the highlands he is on the march against the hated sinclair who have abducted a balmoral woman he kidnaps the sister of the sinclair laird planning to marry her off in revengebut the woman he takes along with her proves to be the greater prizefor emily feeds a desire he has never known existed and though lachlan would not think of touching his enemys betrothed he must know how a mere woman could tame his heart so easily