Its 1585 at Gosfords End in the Scottish Highlands where seventeen-year-old Sorcha Fraser is impatient to sample life outside of her close-knit family circle. Graced with the beauty and spirit of her parents, Iain and Dallas, she doesnt have long to wait. While out riding, Sorcha meets a strangely compelling young man in priestly robes. She cant foresee that Gavin Napiers destiny will become forever intrinsically linked with her own fate. As Catholics, they are an endangered species in Protestant Scotland. Even King James has renounced the religion of his mother, Mary Stuart. The lives of all who remain faithful to popish ways are in grave danger. Yet every time fate throws Sorcha and Gavin together, theyre cruelly torn apart. At court, she becomes a favorite of King James, who sends her to comfort his imprisoned mother in England.
