No beauty in England could outshine Elizabeth Cameron Countess of Havenhurst. But beneath her exquisite emerald eyes and cloud of golden hair lived a girl of rare gentleness good humour and a splendid even ferocious courage. In Ian Thornton's powerful embrace Elizabeth felt the first stirrings of a passion that blazed through her senses. Yet for Thornton a dangerously handsome man of secret wealth and mysterious lineage the voyage to Elizabeth's heart was fraught with intrigue scandal and a venomous jealousy. From the elegant salons of London to the wild beauty of the Scottish Highlands their tempestuous dramatic romance was played out a romance between two lovers destined for each other even though they refused to admit it.