Sixteen-year-old Isabella MacDuff lives under the protection of her brother in a castle along the sea. But when King Edward of England attacks her home and takes her brother hostage, Isabella's world is torn apart. Forced to marry a cruel nobleman and move north, she finds herself in an inhospitable land, vulnerable and alone. Help is not coming. No one will save her. Will she break beneath the brutality of men? Or will she rise and find her way to freedom?
