The Highland Crush

Iona Stewart, the girl I grew up with, is back in Bannock, and it's like an old wound has been ripped open.

Memories of our time together--our childhood mischief, the twilight talks by the loch, the nights we spent wrapped in each other's arms--come crashing back.

Things between us couldn't be more different now. She avoids me at all costs. On those rare occasions we do speak, she keeps it civil for the sake of our families, but she can't hide the disdain from her eyes.

She has every reason to...