As McLeod clan leader, Graham has always placed duty to his heritage and people before everything else. Even when it means honouring a ridiculously outdated pact to become betrothed to a McAuley descendant. His business arrangement with American Katie McAuley suits them both - she spends a month at his Scottish castle, where she can take refuge from her overbearing family and figure out her future - if he could just keep Katie"s courage and honesty at arm"s length, not to mention their all-too-sizzling attraction.