From New York Times bestselling author Sharyn McCrumb comes a finely wrought novel set in nineteenth-century West Virginia.

The Highland Protector series brings to life four mouthwatering Celtic brothers in twenty-first-century North Carolina . . .

In spite of their differences, Trey Walker Stafford knows he owes his life to cowboy and legendary rancher Sam Stafford . . .

Buck Maddux spent two years in jail for a crime he didn't commit. Now a deathbed promise has brought him to Tempest's homestead.

Would you sacrifice everything for the person you love, knowing you can never be together?

To protect his cover, he must claim her as his captive. To save her own life, she must claim his heart…