He had been encouraged by her obvious physical reaction to him. During the first month of their marriage, he had done his best to woo her, but in spite of all his efforts she seemed rigidly determined to remain as distant as possible. That was until the evening they spent playing chess. &nb...
Her mother hugged her, looking at her quizzically. Less discreet than his wife, her father commented boldly, “Ye’re different this morning, Mairead. Ye have been so tense of late, and now ye seem, well, peaceful. What happened?” “Nothing happened, Da.” Still as bashful as ...
First Fearchar had refused to announce their presence on MacLeod land, assuring him they would as soon as he returned from a walk, of all things. Then four of his brother’s men disappeared. Darach decided to go on to Curacridhe on his own, but the men his brother’d left behind stopped him. ...
Clearly, her injured feet were as effective as a locked cell at preventing her escape. Roddy hadn’t even bothered to bind her hands again. He allowed her to ride the next day. Frankly, he had no other choice if he wanted to reach Durness in less than a sennight. Although Roddy had her ride sittin...
Although he told her to go back to sleep, and she tried, she simply couldn’t. She was too excited at the prospect of being with her mother again—something she never dreamed would be possible this side of heaven. Still, it wasn’t daylight yet, and it would likely be hours before the Sinclairs arri...
but it took Katherine a while to really understand what that meant. She loved to go riding, but she had been so focused on the management of Duncurra, she hadn’t been on Eachann’s back since the day she arrived. On one late summer day, the open heath outside of Duncurra’s walls practically called...
She was not fine—every inch of her body ached and she was hungry. But while taking a cup of willow bark tea and lying down would provide a small bit of immediate relief, saying cellphone would fix everything. The sooner she found out what the consequences for them would be, the better.She spent t...