When a drunken sailor accosted Clemency Cameron on the docks of Kittery Harbor, Maine, Jamie Maclean's first instinct was to protect her..his second was to claim her with a passionate kiss. From that moment on, the banished Highlander vowed to keep the delicately beautiful healer by his side forever--plunging them into a love born of stunning desire and shocking deception. For a devastating secret from the past threatens to destroy their fragile happiness, and Jamie must choose between fulfilling a debt of honor and losing the woman he cherishes.