A thief with a talent for baking airy scones. The doctor who's never stopped loving her. They might have a shot at a second chance, if it weren't for the crime lord who's sworn to slit both their throats...

Emma Waterstone has been lying to her friends for years. She is not just the vicar's daughter and purveyor of the Highlands' lightest scones. She is a wanted thief and murderer. Thief, she'll allow. She was once quite a skilled one, in point of fact. But she was never a murderer. Those who believe her to be guilty have tracked her down at last, and they know just what leverage to use to make her come out of the shadows.

Her son.

Declan Glenn has loved Emma for years. He helped her escort her child to safety when she was accused of murder, and he helped her escape to the village of Loch Bana to flee persecution for a crime she did not commit.

Can he save her now from Edinburgh's most powerful crime lord, who's sworn vengeance against her?

In Emma's world, love is the most dangerous risk of all...