"Captivating Scottish romance."
Reviewed by Suzanne Tucker
Posted June 17, 2005
Romance Historical
They've spent a lifetime living in near poverty, but
Juliana MacKay makes a deathbed promise to her mother. She
must journey to Kintail, a country on the western coast of
Scotland, to deliver an unpaid debt to the heavily pursed
laird, the Black Stag. He deserves a hundred thousand
curses piled on his head, not the last coins of a poor and
dying woman. Robbie MacKenzie is returning to Kintail after being away
for 10 years. He's a living legend in Scotland and the sole
heir of the Black Stag clan. He's a prize catch of any
lucky lassie he chooses for his own, but Robbie has
promised to marry a bride from a rival clan. That is until
he accidentally meets a red-haired beauty who stirs his
heart and soul like no other has ever done. Robbie sees the fairest face he e'er laid eyes on, a
beautiful woman with a crescent-shaped gash on her forehead
after rescuing a ewe from an icy cold lochan. Juliana has
forgotten her own identity, as well as her mission. But one
look at her dashing rescuer, and she knows he'll slay
dragons for her. Her heart is lost. They were meant to meet. They were made for each other.
They are each others' darkness and light. They are consumed
by love. ONLY FOR A KNIGHT will win your heart. It's a fast-moving
adventure that captivates and intrigues. It's steamy,
sensual and utterly breathtaking. If you love Scottish
tales as I do, you'll treasure this one.
SUMMARY
For ten lusty years, Robbie Mackenzie has savored the
sensual pleasures that only a man with no wife can taste.
To the lassies of Scotland, he is a living legend, the
sole
heir of the Black Stag clan, and a prize catch indeed. But
Juliana Mackay has no such interest in the rogue or his
powerful family. Her mission-to deliver an unpaid debt for
her dying mother-is the only thing that could force her
within reach of the wayward knight. That is, until an
accidental blow to the head sends her reeling right into
the brawny arms of Robbie MacKenzie himself. In the heat of the moment, their passions ignite. But
Juliana has forgotten her own identity, as well as her
mission-and Robbie has promised to marry a bride from a
rival clan. How can these two star-crossed lovers resist
the love that burns in their hearts…and the desire that
consumes their souls?
ExcerptChapter One IN THE MIST-SHROUDED FASTNESSES of Kintail, a rugged
country of sea lochs, wild heather hills, and moorlands on
the western coast of Scotland, one man has e'er held sway.
Since time beyond mind some might say, Duncan MacKenzie,
the famed Black Stag of Kintail, has called this
hauntingly beautiful place his own. His, and the great house of MacKenzie, the most powerful
clan in the region. Truth be told, those who visit Kintail cannot help but be
awed by the grandeur and magic of the land, or the tall
tales circulated about its legendary chieftain. A
deceptive air of tranquility and timelessness clings to
the dark peaks and shadowed glens, a peace made possible
only by the puissant Black Stag's competent rule-and his
formidable reputation. Few are those who would cross him. And most who have tried are no more. Yet, of late, during long Highland nights beside the fire,
the more bold amongst the tongue-waggers declare that the
Black Stag has grown complacent and would surrender his
lairdship to his only son and heir, Robbie MacKenzie. A
braw young man whose task would seem tame, inheriting a
land so favored, its people already loyal and true. But all is not as it seems in the soft Highland air and
broad, cloud-hung hills of Kintail, its purple moors and
empty glens. For deep within the most remote corner of this expanse of
hill and sea, change and disruption stir like an ancient
benediction chanted just beneath the surface to echo
across the heather until even one so mighty as the Black
Stag cannot deny its truth. Or run from the burdens and memories of the past. Robbie, too, must trod the path of fate. A path indelibly inscribed on his destiny and unleashed by
the whispered last wishes of a frail and dying woman.
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