Lira Senn Var longs for a family and yet is realistic enough to know that she is not a woman who was made to tend a hearth and home.

Talrion Finn Mal, High Chieftain of all the Clans of Atrios, has resisted taking a wife. After meeting and making love with Lira, Tal's reluctance begins to fade. He realizes that here, in this tall huntress, he may have found the woman of his dreams. His only problem is — how to convince Lira?