“Maggie Shayne is better than chocolate!” —New York Timesbestselling author Suzanne Forster

Ethan “Bubba” Brand was found on the doorstep of the Texas Brand Ranch as a baby, then adopted and raised by the big, loving Brand family. But he’s not a real Brand. He never has been.

Edith wants only one thing: to become a surgeon like her father. Who has time to make friends when she has anatomy books to study? Who wants to go to a ball when she has medical conferences to attend?

Peregrine, Perry to his friends, doesn’t share her enthusiasm for books. He’s the brother of the Earl of Ravenscroft, titled, and powerful. Studying? Why would he need to study? He’s the spare. With no title comes no responsibilities.

Outlawed for murder, a mercenary who has sold his services to the French king, Ruari Fraser returns from the battle at Calais victorious but badly wounded. He wants only to see Scotland again and if he is to die, then let it be on Scottish soil.