The brothers MacLeod have been in hiding for hundreds of years. The castle they live in falling in to ruins around them feed the legends of the past and keep people away and hopefully safe. Cursed in the past, the gods within them the struggle to control and understand while staying out of the clutches of Deidre, an evil woman who wants to use them to control the world.
Cara had lived with the death of her parents and did not remember much of what had happened when they were killed. Raised by the nuns, she had just turned eighteen and was about to become a nun herself. She was not a member of the local clan and knew that love and marriage would never be an option for her. That is until Lucan MacLeod saved her.
Bringing a woman in to the castle should have pushed the fighting brothers further apart, but seeing the love grow in Lucan's eyes, helped each to begin to come to terms with the tragic past they shared. They learned that they must be a family, and work together to keep everyone safe.
An excellent story.