Sir Arnon de Bar has just been released from a curse by the old witch Hecuba. The problem is, some side effects still linger. He sees a beautiful but mysterious woman at the swamp one night, and he catches her kissing a frog before she vanishes into thin air. The baron of Slapton is holding a competition with the winner being rewarded his daughter's hand in marriage. To his surprise when he approaches the castle, he discovers the baron's daughter is also the girl he saw in the swamp.

Is age just a number?

Magnus Mackenzie hasn’t been to Dunbeath Castle in nearly three years. Eager to see the clan he fostered with and to visit with his half-sister, Siùsan, he welcomes a trip to visit the Sinclairs. Barely escaping a doomed betrothal, Magnus intends to put the near disaster behind him. He’s unprepared for the beautiful woman he meets just beyond the castle gates. Saoirse Sinclair is not the lass he remembers.

Strian Eindrideson has served alongside his friends since he was old enough to swing a sword, but beneath the handsome but brutal exterior lies a wounded heart. Separated ten years earlier from the only woman he ever loved, Strian searches for his missing wife until a pair of blue eyes captures his attention during a raid in Scotland. Those blue eyes could only belong to one woman. A woman he feared was dead but always hoped he would find. Now returned to their homeland, Strian must prove that he can be the protector and partner he swore to be all those years ago.
Will love be enough to repair the damage caused by so many years apart?