Two misfits. One great love. Bethia may be the former Ramsay laird's daughter, but she fears she'll never marry. She loves her cousins, but their beauty makes her feel plump and plain in comparison. The lads never notice her like they do the others. She's most confident when she's nursing the clan's animals back to health, yet her heart desires a family of her own. Then a man rushes to the castle gates, desperate for someone to save his dog, and Bethia's simple life changes forever. The tragedy in Donnan's past ruined him. For the past two years, he has shunned his adopted clan. He now lives alone, beyond the castle gates, and associates only with his beloved dogs. But when one of the dogs is injured, and beautiful Bethia is the one who treats her, he realizes there may be room in his heart to love again. Her kindness is just the salve he needs to recover from the past-if he can bring himself to share his secrets with her. The Ramsays' enemy, Bearchun, watches them, eager to ruin the clan once and for all. He's certain that Bethia and Donnan might be the key to destroying them. But has he underestimated the two misfits?