Forbidden to see each other because of past clan hostilities, Ryan's and Gilda's decision to wed could only lead to disaster.Returning home after a ten-year absence, Ryan Macraig falls in love with a fiery, red-haired lass from the wrong side of the firth. He can't ignore his need to see her again, even knowing she is the daughter of the hated Macrory.Gilda Macrory trespasses Macraig land, but haunting memories of the young man she met there draw her again to the forbidden place. Learning he is Laird Macraig's son threatens her dreams, for her father would never agree to a marriage between his daughter and their enemy's son.When pirates raiding the coast threaten to destroy their happiness, will their refusal to bend to old clan feuds cost them their love? Or their lives?