"Mourning the death of his father and gravely injured at the hands of the English, Jamie Fraser finds himself running with a band of mercenaries in the French countryside, where he reconnects with his old friend Ian Murray. Both are nursing wounds; both have good reason to stay out of Scotland; and both are still virgins, despite several opportunities to remedy that deplorable situation with ladies of easy virtue. But Jamie's love life becomes infinitely...

Enemies become lovers in a divided Scotland in this "marvelous tale" of history and passion (Diana Gabaldon).

From birth, Catriona Campbell and Alasdair Og MacDonald are enemies—for he is the second son of her clan's most powerful foe. Yet from the moment they meet, they know they will lie in each other's arms someday. Their love, though centuries forbidden, comes at the most dangerous of times, as they become pawns of war...