Lady Isobel MacLeod has decided that she'll never marry and
it doesn't bother her at all. But when she's out riding
alone and rescues a stranger being beaten by a group of
men, things quickly spiral out of control. Both Isobel and
the man, Michael St. Clair, are held captive in a cave
until Isobel manages to free them.
Impressed by the fact that Michael listened to her and
didn't argue all the time just because she's a woman,
Isobel is nevertheless unwilling to wed him when her family
demands it. Michael would be happy to marry her, but says
he won't if she is forced.
But circumstances conspire against Isobel -- and besides,
Michael really is different than most men and she thinks
about him all the time -- and she finds herself married and
searching for treasure.
Isobel is the kind of heroine that you like to see in
modern books -- spunky, sure of herself, determined to go
her own way and society be damned. Michael is a modern man
set down in this medieval book, aware of when it's
necessary to hand control to a woman and when he needs to
take it himself. I thoroughly enjoyed their meeting and the
blending of their personalities. Ms. Scott has written a
real love story, where the man and woman get to know each
other and aren't completely guided by lust. Although that
part is pretty great, too! As always, I highly recommend
this author's books!
To Lady Isobel Macleod, marriage is a prison and husbands
irritating encumbrances. Her domineering father and
ferocious brother-in-law have proven as much to her. But
when she comes upon Sir Michael St. Clair, master of
Rosslyn Castle, being beaten by vicious strangers, she
flies to the knight's defense, helps him escape, and flees
with him into the rugged Highlands and beyond to the misty
Isles.
Alone under the stars with the man whose gaze holds her
spellbound, Isobel ponders her long-held prejudices. But as
their relentless enemy pursues them, she faces a new danger-
surrendering her freedom to this fearless yet tender man…
and linking her fate forever to the treasure that stirs
mankind's greed and imagination to this very day.
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