Ross McCabe is ready to head back to his home at Castle Gleann. He wasn't expecting to come across Angela McCarthy being accosted by Lachlan Stewart as he headed to check on an order he'd placed, he quickly saves her and runs Lachlan Stewart off. Ross had never been drawn to any woman like he is to Angela. Although he hardly knows her, he promptly marries her to save her from a possible forced marriage to Lachlan. Angela has no choice but to agree to the marriage with Ross. He has to be a better choice than that horrid Lachlan Stewart. He seems like a nice enough man until she argues with him in front of her guards and ends up over his knee for the first spanking in her short life. She's not sure if she can stay married to a man who spanks her every time he doesn't like what she is doing, especially since she is keeping a rather large secret from him that will impact both of their futures. As Ross and Angela get to know each other and settle into married life, Lachlan Stewart refuses to give up. He pursues them first to Tarmon and then to Angela's childhood home of Tioram. He is determined that Angela will become his, and tries repeatedly to come between the newly married couple. Although this is a stand alone novel, many of the characters were introduced to the series in; "An Honest Mistake The McCabes book one."