◆ He never meant to fall in love with his best friend's sister ◆

Ian MacKeefe is haunted by the demons in his head, taunting him of his tarnished past. On All Hallows' Eve he sees the face of a man in the fire. It is the image of an enemy he's killed and buried three years earlier. It is a disturbing thought since this is the night when supposedly the veil between two worlds is the thinnest and the dead can come back to life.

Kyla has taken a liking to Ian, but she is his best friend's sister. They've grown up together, but now she is a woman and has caught his eye, or at least she hopes she has.

Ian shouldn't be having feelings for Kyla and it scares him. If Aidan finds out, he'll have Ian's head. Meaning to frighten the girl off the way he's done in the past, Ian kisses Kyla, but it only makes things worse since she seems to be attracted to him as well.

When Ian is asked to escort Kyla home, his past comes back to haunt him. He hears rumors that Tearlach MacTavish, the man he killed, has come back to life and is looking for an alliance with the MacKeefes in the form of a bride. No one, especially a man who should be dead, is going to take Kyla away from Ian. He will give his life to protect her. That is, if his past doesn't stop him first.

Can Ian face his past before it's too late, now that he realizes Kyla is so much more to him than just his best friend's wee sister? Will true love give him the strength to set things right, and this time keep his dead enemies in the ground where they belong?