When Lady Brynne Weston was just fourteen, she made a pact with her brother's friend, Lord Lachlan Campbell, a charming Scottish boy with a rebellious streak that called to her own sense of adventure. If, in ten years, neither was married, they would marry each other. The promise was sealed with a stick of sugar, and then forgotten about... until almost a decade later when Lachlan comes to claim his prize.
A promise broken...
The charming, rebellious boy has grown into a charming, dangerously seductive man. And try as she might, Brynne is helpless against the smoldering passion that flares between them. Everything is perfect... until a devastating secret comes to light.
A promise that cannot be denied...
Betrayed by the man she loves; Brynne flees back to England and resumes her old life as if nothing is amiss. But try as she might, she cannot forgive - or forget - the husband she left. When Lachlan unexpectedly returns to win her back, sparks flame anew... but are the ashes of old desires left denied enough to ignite a fire hot enough to burn away old hurts? One thing is certain... this Scot isn't leaving without his prize.
