Loving another man, the feisty young Rianna becomes an unwilling bride to the possessive yet compelling Lord Rowan McClaron. After travelling to his ancestral home on the storm battered cliffs of the east coast of Scotland, Rowan's passion becomes overwhelming, but a wedge is driven between him and his young bride when Rianna initially fails to produce the expected heir. A ghostly vision on the staircase, an attempted assault by a visiting relative, a ruthless encounter on the moors and Rowan's jealous and violent testing of her love bring Rianna to a fearful decision, one which involves another Scotsman, but leaves death and heartbreak in its wake.