Noel de Servian is a war-weary knight ready to take hold of
his future and find a home to call his own, something
that's been missing in his life since his parents' death.
He will always be eternally grateful to be part of Lord
Challon's Black Dragon sons; they fostered him and gave him
a family when all was lost. For his many years of serving
as one of King Edwards' English knights, Noel is finally
getting his greatest wish, which he hopes will help him
feel complete. Unfortunately, the road he travels is a long
one and only getting longer; his horse has taken off
leaving him in pain on the frozen ground during a blizzard
in a foreign land. He can't help wondering if surviving
some of the worst horrors in life will all be for naught.
Lady Skena MacIan is a strong and determined Scottish lass
working to keep her people safe and fed during time of war.
Her husband died during one of the worst battles in English
history leaving her alone to protect her twins and what is
hers. Her children are very precious to her, so when she is
unable to find them on a cold, blizzard-filled night, she
begins a search she prays is a successful one. As she comes
upon her lost children, they are unable to contain their
glee that the Winter Goddess has finally granted their wish
of bringing them a strong brave knight to keep them safe.
Though skeptical that her children know what they are
talking about, Skena follows them to a lump of snow hardly
believing what she sees. Below a layer of snow does indeed
lay a knight.
This is the third book in the Black Dragon series and
Deborah MacGillivray once again endears you to the
magic of her characters from the first page to the last
with this tale of loss and love. Absolutely magnificent!
Lady Skena Maclain has seen much hardship this year, and
she fears worse is to come. For a bloody battle in Dunbar
has left her a young widow, and her Scottish fortress
without protectors. She wishes she could be as hopeful as
her babes, who believe the Cailleach, the Lady of Winter,
will send them a miracle in time for Christmas. But life
has taught her that things can never be so easy...Until a
mysterious warrior is found amid a blinding snowstorm, sick
with fever. As Skena nurses the handsome knight back to
health, even she begins to believe he might bring salvation
to her little keep - and passion to her life, as his body
awakens a long sleeping desire within her...a desire her
touch stirs in him as well. But his wounds speak of danger,
and Skena will soon learn, his past carries a secret that
could shake her home - and her heart - to their very core.
