Just when she is about to marry Sir Edward, the suitor chosen by her family, Victoria is kidnapped and taken to a freezing Scottish castle, where a mysterious young man reminds her of a promise of love he knows she hasn't forgotten... It is James, her former love, and yet there is something different about him, a secret he refuses to tell her. Despite everything that separates them ? his pride, a cruel revenge ? Victoria knows that he will keep his promise...