It was nice to see a Scottish romance set in a different time period than I'm normally used to - the 1860s to be precise - as most are generally set much earlier. Our heroine Rose is feeling the harsh effects of the Civil War to beg her brother-in-law's family to purchase the cotton she has stored and is unable to sell via normal ways due to the conflict, but a bit of a misunderstanding leads the Scottish MacIain's to believe she is the widow of their relative.

Deciding to risk it for the fiery red haired lass, Duncan MacIain takes on task of running the blockade and smuggling the cotton from the South back to Scotland for his mill. Rose and Duncan fall in love along the way, and various horrors of Rose's past rise up to threaten their union and their cargo.

Fun, but a bit heavy on the lies and deceptions for my personal taste.