My sheer happiness gave way to thumping panic in a blink. Four staff members moved around the grand table, aligning stemware and cutlery, making last little changes. “Where is everyone?” “We’re a couple of minutes early.” A waiter in black tie stepped forward with a tray and Guy accepted two flut...
The fire sizzled and the flames danced orange and red while the wind rattled the pane. At her back, her chamber door creaked open then clicked shut and she held perfectly still as Duncan’s heady scent enveloped her. “Thank you for the invitation to join you.” From behind, ...
Faith had snuck me in after we’d left the Sol compound. She’d ’ported us both after promising me she’d see any problems with her forethought, and that our mother was elsewhere and wouldn’t spot us. It was just us. Goldie and Maslin had returned to the station. “How does this look? We’re twins. We...
Wherever here was. My heart thundered. Had I done the right thing? “You did.” There was a sliver of light chasing in under the doorway, and I heard the answer coming directly from beyond. From someone who had just read my thoughts. “Come. I’ve been waiting a lifetime for this moment.” I’d always ...
Being separated from Tavish, no matter the short distance between them, sent unease churning through her. She crossed to the center pole, hung her hat on a hook then shrugged off her riding jacket and strung it over the top. “’Tis no’ easy being separated.” “Give yourself ...
Pulse pounding, she tiptoed in Colin’s footsteps as he skirted the edge of the inner courtyard alongside the wooden outbuildings. He kept to the shadows, stopping every few steps to ensure she remained close behind. Near the entrance to the stables, he pressed her against ...
Her head pounded as if horses stampeded within and when she touched the back of her head, she grimaced. Such a terribly large lump had swelled forth. All around her warriors sat on bench seats with oars in hand, stern-faced and wearing the MacKenzie plaid. Swaying, she sat...
His body was hard and packed with muscle, his shoulders and arms thick and strong. She blew gently over the light sheen of his sweat-dampened skin. “Ben, wake up.” “Too heavy?” His voice was a mumble as he stirred. “Yes, but in a wonderful way. I do...
The name Matheson has been attributed to the Gaelic words Mic Mhathghamhuim which means “Son of the Bear,” and the clan chief’s arms carry two bears as supporters. In the twelfth century, clan Matheson settled around the area of Loch Alsh, Loch Carron, and Kintail, and gave their allegiance to cl...
Nessa froze on the pebbly beach next to Julia who’d arrived mere minutes ago on horseback along the cliff-top forest trail. As a seer, she should have had another vision when her people’s very lives were at stake. She hadn’t, and what it meant, she had no idea.“The enemy approaches.” Nessa wrappe...