Magdalen Deacon has forgotten how to live. Ever
since her younger brother Peter drowned a year earlier in
a swimming accident, Magda has been unable to focus on
anything but her work as a curator at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. She doesn't want to follow the path her
socialite parents have laid before her, attending parties
and charity events where she'll meet the "right" sort of
people, but her life of rebellion, living in a small
studio apartment in Manhattan and working nearly every
moment of the day, hasn't brought her any joy, either.
Nothing brings her joy, at least until the day she
encounters a portrait of James Graham, a seventeenth
century Scottish marquis who led an army of Scottish
soldiers against the Covenanters in 1638, but was captured
and hanged in Edinburgh. Drawn by a mystical fascination,
Magda lays her hands on the painting and finds herself
suddenly transported through time and into the bed of the
roguishly handsome Marquis.
James Graham isn't sure what to think when he
wakes to find a gorgeous woman in strange clothes astride
him in his bedchamber. The woman reacts to his presence
with confusion and mounting fear and keeps insisting that
she's dreaming. Her unusual accent and bizarre behavior
intrigue James, especially when the woman informs him that
she's from the future, and is able to present objects,
such as her "lighter", which substantiate her claim.
James finds himself believing her, even though the
portrait which she claims was the portal to his time
doesn't seem to have the power to return her. He agrees
to help her locate the monk who painted the portrait in
the hope that they will both get some answers, but as the
weeks pass without success, finding the missing monk
becomes less important to James than convincing the woman
he has fallen in love with to stay.
Magda knows that she has a rare opportunity to
experience love in a way she never dreamed, but the fear
of being trapped in the seventeenth century forever, away
from her family and without the comforts of her modern
life, prevents her from enjoying the moment, especially
because she knows that history has decreed that James will
be captured and executed. Every time James leaves on
another campaign against the Campbell and his Covenanters,
Magda lives in terror, wondering if this will be the
moment when he won't return. When Magda discovers that
the portrait has regained the power to send her home, she
must decide whether to return to her own time and leave
James to face his doom alone, or stay and try to find the
key to changing their fates which will allow them to enjoy
a future together.
SWORD OF THE HIGHLANDS is a fictional tale of the
life of the historical figure James Graham, Marquis of
Montrose, who was captured and executed after leading a
Scottish army to a string of brilliant victories during
the mid-seventeenth century. After seeing a portrait of
the handsome Graham and learning about the tragedy of his
death, Veronica Wolff decided that he deserved a better
fate, and she has delivered on that promise. The beautiful
Scottish countryside provides the perfect background for
his heroic adventures, while his charming smile and calm
courage are guaranteed to have you wishing you could
travel back in time to win his heart and save him from
certain death. You may never look at portraits the same
way again.
SHE HAD TO GO BACK IN TIME TO FIND THE MAN OF HER DREAMS...
One minute, she’s New York heiress and art curator Magda
Deacon,
enraptured by the sexy Scotsman captured in an old portrait.
The next,
she’s falling through time to 17th century Scotland—and
embarking on
the most erotic journey of her life…
Infamous playboy James Graham, First Marquis of Montrose,
doesn’t
know what to make of the strange woman who’s stumbled into
his life.
Her accent may be foreign, but Magda plays golf and rides like a
red-blooded Scotsman—not that James could ever mistake her
succulent
lips and curves for anything but deliciously female…
But war rages in the Highlands, the land for which James
and his men
will lay down their lives. And when Magda faces a terrifying
enemy and
a daunting choice, only her Scottish hero will be able to
set things
right…
© 2003-2024 off-the-edge.net
all rights reserved Privacy Policy