Lady Skena Maclain has seen much hardship this year, and
she fears worse is to come. For a bloody battle in Dunbar
has left her a young widow, and her Scottish fortress
without protectors. She wishes she could be as hopeful as
her babes, who believe the Cailleach, the Lady of Winter,
will send them a miracle in time for Christmas. But life
has taught her that things can never be so easy...Until a
mysterious warrior is found amid a blinding snowstorm, sick
with fever. As Skena nurses the handsome knight back to
health, even she begins to believe he might bring salvation
to her little keep - and passion to her life, as his body
awakens a long sleeping desire within her...a desire her
touch stirs in him as well. But his wounds speak of danger,
and Skena will soon learn, his past carries a secret that
could shake her home - and her heart - to their very core.