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Eirica MacDougall's ailing father promises her in marriage to a line of suitors who want her farm and are willing to overlook "the incident" that ruined her reputation at sixteen. But Duncan MacKinnon, hired by Eirica's father to be a governess to her young sister, steals her heart. When her father dies, the suitors become more adamant and Duncan steps in to help Eirica run the farm. But someone desperately wants her inheritance and threatens her family. Eirica tries to convince Duncan to marry her to save her from the suitors. Duncan, however, having nothing to offer but his love, refuses. Nevertheless, he soon realizes that, before it's too late, he must do something to save Eirica's reputation...and perhaps even her life. But can he do so and still protect his heart?