What happens when you put someone working for a ruler who is fearful of betrayal in the midst of the greedy group who is looking to betray him? Apparently, you end up with a kidnapping and romance.
Enemies to lovers in the Highlands of Scotland on the run for their lives from the enemies of the king while trying to reach the king to let him know that his fears were correct.

Somehow, and I've not figured out how, Hannah Howell has once again managed to make the impossible seem plausible. I mean, if you were hiding out in a cave, trying to hide from those who searched for you, just snagging whatever was in your packs that just happened to be in the stable with your horse when you make your escape, surely you wouldn't have to worry about food? It would already be there, wouldn't it? And then take an extra mouth with you? You would surely not run out of it, no matter how long you stayed holed up.

I do mock one point of this story, but it just seems like that is something that is consistent throughout any of her books--whoever has some sort of bag, it seems to hold everything you need at the moment, and not weigh very much. I guess we can't have the characters starving to death while they are on the run, can we?

It is an enjoyable read, if not always believable throughout when you stop to think about it as it settles in your mind, but somehow, in the middle of the story, of reading about it, those details don't always matter.