The Guardian

He broke her heart once. She’ll be damned if she lets it happen again.

Ailith Shaw once gave her heart to Hendry MacNichol—only to watch him walk away shattering her heart. Now widowed, impoverished, and fiercely independent, she scrapes by in the shadow of the very clan she blames for her husband’s death. The last thing she needs is a guard from that cursed clan forcing his protection on her… especially him.

Once a reckless warrior, Hendry is now a loyal guard to the laird—and a man haunted by the choices that cost him the woman he loved. He let Ailith slip through his fingers once, and she married his rival. Now, he’ll risk everything to shield her from brewing tensions, even if she despises him. Even if she refuses to admit the fire between them still burns.

She doesn’t need a champion. But he’s never stopped wanting to be hers.