Love’s Sweet Sting by Anna Markland

Aidan FitzRam joins the monastic community at Lindisfarne to atone for what he perceives as his role in his parents’ drowning. But he quickly realizes he cannot ignore the plight of Nolana Kincade, a Highland lass who is fleeing an abusive stepfather. Their growing attraction to each other bears out the reality his sister has always maintained—he’s just not cut out for the religious life.