Ruan MacLeod has had enough of women once and for all. After all, they only bring trouble. Back on Skye after his wild youth, he wants to find peace at last. In any case, he definitely does not want to split his clan or start a war with Laird MacDonald of Duntulum. He also has no desire to marry, especially not a woman with the worst possible reputation. However, despite her being twice his age, as tall as a horse, and the mother of several illegitimate children, he agrees to marry to save his sister's freedom. But that goes completely wrong. On his wedding day, a seductive green-eyed girl named Bree stands before him. A catastrophe on two legs throws his bride and his world into chaos and shakes his resolve to never love again. Betrayed by her own mother, Bree has come to Skye.