Kat MacGregor--daughter of a banished clan...and heir to its fury and shame...her beauty was beyond compare, her spirit defiant...she swore to protect her family from a tragic fate.

Darach Campbell--proud son of a rival clan...dark, brooding, and treacherously handsome, his reluctant love for the ebony-haired Kat forced him to deny a legacy of passion and vengeance.

Fired by a smoldering sensuality, which once released could not be long denied...torn by the blood and rage of a bitter heritage...they fought the storms of their families' injustice on love's battlefields -- and surrendered their hearts to burning desire...