4.5 stars. There was a lot of activity in the first part of the book as Abby packed her bag more times than I could count to escape from various threats. She was placed by her father Calum with the Earl of Huntly, his nephew actually, to keep her safe from the Count of Damville and to have a marriage made for her.
I am not sure what or why happened to her father's wishes, but she was soon being sent off for a marriage not to her liking. She and Ian MacGregor had been handfasted in a prior ceremony, but as he was traveling incognito as a spy and mercenary, she assumed he was not honoring their marriage.
Somewhere along the way a French female, Claudine, attached herself to her as a friend. Abby's mother had abandoned her father and herself years before so the female attention was welcome.
She and Claudine are taken from Huntly by Damville to her incipient marriage. Ian was also taken prisoner but with Claudine's help she and Ian kill the Count and with her seriously wounded father get back to the Castle.
The ending is fun as she finds that Claudine is actually her mother Marie, and they work through their anger and pain at that abandonment while nursing Calum. The family now being united, Ian and Abby have a ceremonial marriage and presumably are expecting a child. Calum and Marie Claudine are at a different location resuming their relationship
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