Winter’s Promise by Jayne Castel

A storm brings them together, but the world beyond threatens to force them apart.

Erea lives alone in the wilderness. Years earlier her mother was accused of witchcraft and banished from her home. Now her mother’s dead, and Erea must fend for herself. But her solitary existence shatters the day a handsome stranger knocks on her door in a snowstorm.

Tadhg mac Fortrenn never expected to find a comely young woman living alone in the wild while he was out deer hunting. The son of The Stag chieftain, he is used to women succumbing to his boyish charm–yet Erea seems immune.

Trapped together inside during a bitter snowstorm, Erea and Tad start to realize that this chance meeting will change their lives forever. In the days that follow, they discover that the hottest fires burn in the depths of winter. Only, as the mid-winter solstice approaches, outside forces put their happiness in peril.