Juliana Mendoza has seen firsthand the horrors of the
arranged marriage between her beautiful mother and her
hateful father. Now it's her turn, as she's given no choice
at the prospect of being married to a man she doesn't know
and taken to a country far from her home in Spain. It seems
Juliana's main purposes in life are to enrich her greedy
father, to tie Spain and England and to be a dutiful
daughter or suffer harsh consequences. Juliana is being
taken to England on a slave ship owned by her uncle.
Patrick Maclean ignores the pain, ignores the hammering of
his heart and ignores the feeling his lungs are going to
burst by thinking of the green hills and locks of his
beloved Scotland. It's the only thing giving him the
strength to survive. That and revenge towards his father
for not paying the ransom for his return home six years
earlier. Being held prisoner on this slave ship, oar
splinters embedded into his hands, thirsty, starving and
praying for just a little wind, has hardened Patrick to
life, to the world and to forgiveness, should he ever
survive this torture.
Call it fate; call it destiny; call it an undeniable
strength to survive, but Patrick takes control of the ship,
killing Juliana's uncle and the entire crew. Patrick sails
towards his beloved Inverleith, to brothers who don't even
know he's still alive. But what is he to do with this
beautiful woman onboard? She and her young companion are
the only witnesses to his mutiny. She can send Patrick and
his crew to the gallows if she reports their identities.
They have survived too much terror to take any chances now.
But he's never hurt a woman and will not start now. He'll
decide what to do when, and if, they make it to Scotland.
As they sail to his beloved homeland, Patrick and Juliana
fight an attraction too powerful to ignore. There's
something that radiates between them; something compelling
and irresistible. Patrick has been too long without a
woman; and Juliana is not free to marry anyone except the
man chosen for her by her father, or her beloved mother
will suffer the consequences. As they step foot on the soil
of Inverleith, their adventures begin.
BELOVED WARRIOR is a spellbinding story, so beautiful, so
compelling, so heart rendering, you almost forget to
breathe. You weep, you cheer, you celebrate. It's a triumph
of the heart. If you've missed the first two books of this
fabulous trilogy, BELOVED IMPOSTOR and BELOVED STRANGER,
about the other two Mclean brothers, you simply must read
them. These three handsome Scottish scoundrels and their
lassies will melt your heart. BELOVED WARRIOR is a truly
wondrous conclusion. The story stands alone beautifully,
though, with a passionate and remarkable adventure of
survival, love and forgiveness.
Here is the story of Patrick Maclean - a bold warrior who
must rethink his strategy for defeating the enemy if he is
to rescue the woman he loves from doom.
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