Daniel MacPherson, the Earl of Hawick, has always been a man caught between worlds-Scottish aristocrat, guarded loner, and keeper of secrets he can never share. When he discovers his true biological father was an Irish Catholic from Belfast, a door opens to a family he never knew existed: the O'Briens of County Clare.

Then Airmid Roberts walks into his life. A fiercely independent single mother from Derry with a sharp tongue and a guarded heart, she's the last woman Daniel expected to need-and the last woman he expected to fall for. Thrown together by work that takes them far from home, what begins as reluctant partnership slowly becomes something neither can deny.

But Airmid has her own wounds, her own walls. And Daniel has spent a lifetime keeping people at arm's length. As danger circles closer and their lives intertwine, they'll have to decide what they're willing to risk-for the truth, for family, and for a love that could change everything.

A sweeping romance about second chances, found family, and learning to trust again. Perfect for fans of Jean Grainger and Tricia O'Malley.