Synopses & Reviews
Although Mairi Macdonald lives in a perilous age when men are violent and unpredictable, the stunningly beautiful daughter of John Macdonald, first Lord of the Isles, is as clever as she is fair. Trusted by her father in ways that most women never dream of, Mairi meets her match when Lachlan "the Wily" Maclean joins her father's court. At a deer hunting expedition, John's Master of the Household Niall Mackinnon, jealous of Lachlan's popularity and also his relationship with Mairi, tries to murder Lachlan. Lachlan and his brother Hector outwit Niall and kill him. To avoid John's revenge, Lachlan kidnaps him and refuses to release him until he agrees to allow him to marry Mairi. When Mairi hears what Lachlan has done, she refuses him.
Synopsis
Lady Mairi Macdonald, daughter of the Lord of the Isles, and blessed in ways other women of her time never even dream of, is the kingdom's most sought-after bride. But no man has touched her heart, least of all the prince everyone expects her to wed. Then Lachlan "The Wily" Maclean, a Highland warrior with a network of spies that keeps him the most well-informed man in the kingdom, joins the Court of the Isles. He passionately wants Mairi, and although she scorns his impudent ways, she gasps at his touch...Accustomed to fighting for what he wants, Lachlan forms a daring plan to win her, only to ignite the jealousy of a powerful, implacable enemy who expects to win not only Mairi but the entire Kingdom of the Isles.