The battlefields of France stole more than nearly three years of Kinnon's life-it cost him the one woman he'd ever loved.Heir to a lairdship, Kinnon Macrory is driven to prove his worth by fighting the English on the battlefields of France. His dreams of heroic valor are destroyed by the realities of war-the atrocities visited by fellow soldiers on the very people he is sworn to protect. Three years in a French prison for a crime he did not commit leave Kinnon longing for the one thing of beauty in his war-torn life-a young woman of great kindness and wisdom named Melisende.Melisende de la Roche struggles to stay one step ahead of soldiers who would imprison her for helping an injured Scotsman wrongly accused of treason. She finds refuge in her uncle's shop-until a chance encounter sends her fleeing into the unknown once again, haunted by the beguiling friendship with the troubled young Scotsman she is certain she will never see again.Once free of his chains, Kinnon returns to France, only to discover little more than a trail of clues to Melisende's whereabouts. Will a reunion open the doors to passion and love? Or will half-truths and lies from the past destroy the one thing they are both willing to fight for?