Edith Drummond is at Castle Drummond having been poisoned and near death. Her friend Saidh sends her brothers to check on her. One brother, Niels, gets Edith help and ends up falling for her.

Meanwhile the brothers, and Edith, work to figure out who has killed all of her family and is still trying to kill her.

A standard Lynsay Sands mysterious romance, set in the Scottish highlands, this story is funny and action packed. However, be forewarned that the solution of the mystery is very dark, which is rare for a Sands book.