THIS IS SPOILER-Y AS HELL. PROCEED WITH CAUTION!!! 
 I loved this book. It was great and had loads of action from start to finish. Ok, let me start at the top. Forgetting what the hero's name was in the blurb, when I started reading and Mairin was kidnapped by Cameron, and he proceeded to BEAT THE CRAP out of her trying to make her marry him, I was sitting there like 
 I was asking myself if this was one of those the guy's an utter a**hole at first, but then she changes him into a human being? 
 But then Mairin and Crispen escaped that abusive f**k and got on McCabe land. Ok crisis averted. 
 Then we meet Ewan and boy, was he a delicious man. He had some moments of general male stupidity, but overall he was a great hero. He protected Mairin and his clan, not to mention he was a great father to Crispen. 
 So now Mairin needs to marry Ewan for protection and he needs to marry her for her dowry and the land that comes with knocking her up. I mean, anyone is better than freaking Cameron so I was all for it. Plus good old Crispen needed a mommy. So they get married and the wedding night was HILARIOUS and awkward, but mostly hilarious. Lets just say Ewan was in a rush, being that Cameron's army was at his door demanding Mairin back and he had some bloody sheets he needed to show. So their first sex was, well... 
 But I found it funny because it was so realistic. Pain and discomfort and it's over. I mean most girls really don't get much out of their first time. 
 But rest assured, he MORE than made up for it after that. Especially since she told him she thought he was unskilled at 'loving'. He shut that thought right down... many times and it was hottttt. 
 They were a great couple. They worked together, they were great parents to Crispen, and the clan really welcomed Mairin. There was drama here and there with other clans, and the threat of Cameron always looming, but then it really went down. The king's men come, and everybody assumes they're coming with Mairin's dowry, but it's something veryyyyyyy different. Cameron has claimed that Ewan kidnapped and raped HIS wife Mairin amd they have to go before the king, so he can judge the matter. 
 Ewan kept reassuring Mairin everything would be fine and it would be over with and she would bring her pregnant self back home with him, but I was just like 
 Because I knew things were going to go downhill from the moment they reached that castle. And downhill they went. 
 Cameron had more than a few tricks up his sleeve. 
 I mean, the level of his manipulation was shocking. I was like, 'Well damn, I guess that's checkmate.' Of course he had so and so in his pocket and Ewan and his men were arrested and Cameron took Mairin home. He agreed to spare her child's life if she backed his story of their marriage and gave him her body. 
 Of course, this was after backhanding her and trying to make her abort her baby with poison. He told her he would even call her a healer for the pain. What a gentleman. 
 As disturbed as I was that Mairin was back in Cameron's hands, I was now counting on Ewan killing the hell out of Cameron when he escaped the castle dungeon. 
 So Ewan sneaks into Cameron's keep and finds Mairin, who hasn't been eating or drinking because she feared Cameron would change his mind and poison her anyway, and rescues her, with the help of his brothers and trusted men. 
 He gets her back to McCabe land and prepares to be at war with both Cameron and the crown. The traitor who helped Cameron in the first place tries to kidnap Mairin again, but she takes care of that with a well placed dagger to the gut. The king finally arrives, but it's to say he had no idea of what went on when they were at his castle and he was being poisoned by the man who was working with Cameron. And oh la la, he's having Mairin's dowry released to Ewan. All ended well, except for one little thing..... 
 I didn't get to read about Cameron dying a bloody, ruthless, brutal death. I got to the last page and was like.... 
 This man slapped around and kidnapped Ewan's wife and I don't get to know what happened to him??? Maybe it's in the next book or something. Idk, but that threw me for a loop. But still a great, great read.