In the time of King Arthur, a young female healer rescues a wounded stranger and grows to love him...but will their love bring pain or peace to their strife-torn Alba? Brenna of Gowrys has grown up in hiding - hunted by the O'Bryne clan, who fear her mother's dying prophecy, and by her own kinsmen, who expect her to lead them against their oppressors. But Brenna is a gifted healer, not a witch or a warrior queen. So she lives alone in the wilderness with only her pet wolf for company. When she rescues a stranger badly wounded from an ambush, she believes he may be the answer to her deep loneliness. Healing him comes as easy as loving him. But can their love overcome years of bitterness and hatred?