October 1756 ...A young English girl is kidnapped from her family by a mad and ruthless mercenary in a plot of revenge against her mother, who jilted him for another. A night of vengeful madness results in a daughter, Claire, who grows up in the Scottish Lowlands not knowing her true parentage. After discovering her true identity, she must leave the only family she has ever known to escape a family seeking to destroy her. She flees across the ocean to a land seeking its own freedom, and there she must confront two men from her past; one intent on murder and one intent on winning her heart.