Book excerpt: Scottish Highlander Bram MacKinloch spent seven years in captivity, dreaming of revenge against his enemies and holding his beloved wife in his arms again. Nairna is stunned when she sees Bram again, for her husband is no longer the boy she fell in love with—instead, he’s a powerful man with a hunger that kindles her wildest desires. She tries to comfort him from the brutal nightmares of his past, but more than all else, she fears what will happen to their marriage if Bram learns of her own secrets . . .