William Malcolm has made sin an art form. A legendary drunkard and womanizer, he wants only to forget a devastating loss. Juliana Fitzgerald lives in hiding beneath the king's very nose in Edinburgh. Her betrothed is a monster and she fears every day that he will find her and destroy her. When he arrives in Edinburgh looking for her, she turns to William Malcolm for aid... And finds that he is not all that rumor says he is. He is so much more. But as the past sweeps in to destroy them both, they must learn to trust one another or be consumed by the fires of tragedy.