Magnus MacLeish and Lark MacDougall grew up together on the same castle grounds, but Magnus is now the laird of the great house and the Isle of Kerrera while Lark tends to his bees. When Magnus finds that his wife has trouble bearing an heir, he goes to Lark to request a tincture that might help his ailing wife conceive. When his wife suddenly dies, Lark finds herself on the run, accompanied by Magnus, after a whirlwind of accusations expelled them from their beloved island. After running towards a life of indentured servitude in the New World, Lark and Magnus find that maybe this is a chance for a new beginning—together.