Christine Robertson is an all American girl with strong views on just about everything, so when she comes face to face with medieval customs and attitudes in Scotland, a monumental clash of cultures is inevitable. For Christine and her brother Jason, Scotland is a source of some interest and a puzzling bequest, but nothing more. Until, that is, they stumble across the mirror, worlds collide and suddenly they are no longer in control of their own lives. The feisty Christine finds out very quickly that history is not the dry subject matter of dusty libraries but is vibrant, violent, bloody, thrilling and courtly, all at the same time, and not so easy to escape from. Especially when she finds herself thrown slap bang into the middle of the violent Scottish Wars of Independence and face to face with a warrior who could very well turn out to be the love of her life seven hundred years too early…