As the black wolf suspiciously glared at her, Evelyn
Godewin, once a gently raised English Lady, slowly pulls
her bag with its few possessions off the dead carcass of
the half-starved and partial eaten carcass of the old
horse. With her eyelashes half frozen from ice and tears,
Evelyn was terrified. She had hoped for a new start when
she set off to accompany the elderly Minerva Buchanan back
to her Highland birthplace on Loch Lomond. Despite the
weakening of her psychic powers, Minerva had deliberately
lead her past Buchanan lands to the MacKerrick homeland of
her beloved Ronan. After promising Evelyn she would not
die, Minerva expired in a storm of ice and riddles.
Stumbling off a cliff, Evelyn lands in an old hunting lodge
while she tried to recover from her injuries. Finding the
black wolf who had been injured from saving her from a
group of attacking vicious grey wolves, Evelyn soon tamed
and named her "Alinor".
Things had been bad for the members of the MacKerrick Clan
ever since Minerva had cursed them and the winter of 1077
was particularly harsh. Wild game and animals were few and
far between. The Chief of the Clan, the handsome and
rugged Conall MacKerrick, was particularly despondent.
With his people hungry and his wife and newborn baby dead
from the traumatic childbirth, Conall felt the impact of
the curse more than any. Leaving his town in the care of
his twin brother, Duncan, he left for the old hut to see if
he could find some game. When he saw smoke rising from the
roof, he barreled in to reclaim the cottage, only to be
tossed on his back by a huge black wolf.
Unsure of her reception in the highlands, Evelyn claimed a
false kinship with Minerva. Hearing she was a Buchanan,
Conall first blanched, then set about getting her to marry
him so he could end the curse. When they both find out the
other lied, how could they be with each other? Would the
curse be lifted even if Eve wasn't a real Buchanan? What
was the secret meaning behind the leather amulet? Would the
feud between the Buchanans and the MacKerricks ever end?
You too will want to find out how the lives and lies got so
tangled as you immerse yourself in this spellbinding 11th
century romance. Completing her Medieval Warrior
Trilogy, the very talented Heather Grothaus has spin an
engrossing highland romance where the impact of new and
past deceptions come home to roost in an isolated woodland
cottage. You'll be captivated by the strong and tender
lovemaking as easily as Eve tames wild creatures. As a
Buchanan descendant, take my word that you'll relish the
double entendres and witty dialogue between Eve and Conall
and Conall with his brother, Duncan. This is one Highland
romance you won't want to miss! If new to mystical and
medieval world of Heather Grothaus, you may also want to
enjoy her other books in the trilogy, The Warrior
and The Champion.
When
Evelyn Godewin departs from her native England, she's
looking for a new
beginning. Yet fate has other plans in store for her when
she's left
stranded alone in an unforgiving highland forest, hunted by
wolves as
winter sets in. Determined to make the best of her
surroundings, Evelyn
seeks shelter in an abandoned cottage in the woods. But when
Conall
MacKerrick, a highland chief, bursts into the cottage and
accuses her
of trespassing, Evelyn tells him a lie she knows she will
regret one
day. Much to her surprise, she finds herself falling in love
with the
highlander...
Conall MacKerrick believes his clan is
cursed,
and when he meets Evelyn he thinks he has found the key to
lifting that
curse. He must marry her-or at the least, get her with
child. Seducing
the striking beauty is the only way to save his people and
his pride.
Even as he begins to trust that she will heal not only his
people's
troubles, but his own heart, he discovers the secret that
could destroy
their newfound love...
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