Gillian MacDonell was sent away as a young girl after witnessing her mother's horrible death. Now, she's been brought back to Glen Laire to her home, her sisters and her dying father, Alan MacDonnell. They're all together again, but Alan is very ill, and his wish is to see all three of his daughters married before he dies.

Gillian believes she has no magic powers, and this lays heavy on her heart. She doesn't fit in like her sisters, Isobel and Rose. She can't help with healing her father, and anytime she thinks of her mother, she has debilitating head pain. Gillian feels useless.

Cynical Nicholas Lyon, twelfth Earl of Kincreag, is summoned to Glen Laire. One of his oldest friends is dying and he can't deny Alan MacDonnell's wish to see him. Nicholas arrives to find MacDonell unwell and offering him Gillian as a substitute. He feels betrayed and is bitter toward the MacDonells. Betrothed to marry Alan's eldest daughter, Isobel, she found love with a Highland knight and married him instead (in MY WICKED HIGHLAND, June 2005). Nicholas is not happy with the situation. How can he agree to marry Gillian when he was humiliated by her sister? How can he trust another MacDonell witch? Witches are tried and burned if found out. Nicholas finally accepts Alan's dying pleas, but only because he owes Alan a debt and has no other choice. Nicholas and Gillian marry hastily and travel to Kincreag Castle.

Gillian begins to break down the Earl of Kincreag's walls, showing him what a marriage is all about. But something strange has been happening at the castle since Gillian's arrival. Someone, or something, wants her dead. The ghost of the earl's first wife, Catriona, is said to haunt the cliffs where she was thought to have been pushed by her husband. Although acquitted by the king, some still believe the earl killed her.

Rose and Isobel come to help Gillian discover her mystical powers and break the curse that's been placed on her since the death of their mother. Disobeying her husband's warnings against using her craft, Gillian falls into the hands of a deceitful accomplice, someone close to Nicholas. Nicholas discovers who's trying to kill Gillian and finally puts an end to the mysterious ghosts of Kincreag. Gillian melts Nicholas' heart, showing him how to open up, forgive and believe in the power of love.

MY DEVILISH SCOTSMAN blends elements of mystery, suspense and magic into a romantic tale of finding true love. I look forward to reading the next in Ms. Holling's trilogy, MY SHADOW WARRIOR, coming in August. If you like historical romances set in medieval Scotland mixed with mysticism, adventure and witchcraft, you'll enjoy this trilogy.