Scozia, 1098 - Per vendicarsi del misterioso Connor, che con le proprie visioni profetiche ha causato la morte dei suoi famigliari, Moira si spaccia per una delle fanciulle che gli vengono donate come schiave dal potente Lord Diarmid e finisce per fare l'amore con lui. L'esperienza la turba profo...
Christian Dumont Had Been To Hell To Pay For The Sins of His Father. . .Now a royal command to wed would restore all he had lost—but at what price? For though marriage to landed, beauteous Emalie Montgomerie seemed to present no hardship, his countess harbored a secret dangerous enough to destroy...
All Miranda Warfield had ever wanted was to be a wife to a man, not a title, but her marriage to Adrian, Duke of Windmere, had been merely a polite ton alliance for years. Now, miraculously, the tender, loving Adrian of her youth had returned, making her feel like a bride again. But dare she trus...
There were worse things than to be shackled in marriage to a handsome, powerful lord who desired her -- but Marguerite of Alencon was bred to be consort to a king and could not abide her fate. She had great power as Henry Plantagenet's mistress, and to be set aside and promised as a bride to nobl...
She will not surrender....As heiress to the MacDougall clan, Lara, Maid of Lorne, knows that when she marries it will not be for lovebut never dreams it will be used as punishment. When Robert the Bruce takes control of her castle home, Lara is forced to wed the Bruce's man, Sebastien of Cleish....
She was a whore, trained to it, and one who could not or would not see that she was so much more. He reminded himself he’d bought and paid for a woman who would be able to keep up with his increasing sexual needs over the next weeks. That she was more than that somehow had obscured his perspectiv...
Emilie made some noise of displeasure again at having the shutters thrown open, allowing the damp air to enter the chamber. But Brienne had no intention of closing the window. The air from the storm might be moist and chilled, but it was fresh and somehow soothed her jagged nerves and heart. &nbs...
“She is already my wife,” he replied. They both watched Catriona MacDonnell as she sat talking to some of the other women at the gathering. Padruig glanced at his brother to see if the man was pissed-drunk and decided he must be. His marriage had been arranged to bring peace to the neighboring ...
Now though, as Marcus peered into the window of the small chamber from outside, Ander lay bloodied and beaten on a clean bed. The woman servant had tended to his injuries and he lay unmoving. Marcus knew the priest survived only because Lord Hugh needed him. But as he wait...
Not what he thought would be needed to signify such a momentous decision. Not even an obvious one except that he was watching her for any sign. Her hand slipped on the blanket and the woolen cover shifted off her shoulder. When he expected her to adjust it, she did not. Instead, she held her hand...
Then her mind and heart filled with such pain over what had happened, how it happened, and worse, her part in it that she could not think in any rational way for days. She’d left Harald in the middle of the night and wandered through the countryside without sleeping or eating or thinking. I...
Her clothing had been packed in trunks and placed on the wagon the night before. Any personal items she needed she would carry in her satchel. The line of wooden animals on the mantel of the hearth in her small chamber stood waiting expectantly. Ciara could not decide whet...
Too late to keep him from harm. She’d pushed Rob as the bolt whooshed towards them, but not hard or far enough. But the impact took him the rest of the way down and his head hit the wall. She screamed for the guards, screamed out his name and then tried to get to him from where she’d fallen. Of a...
There was a strong resemblance between the two that marked them as siblings. She stood tall for a woman, but did not come close to his height. Their colouring was the same—auburn hair and brown eyes. His eyes were much lighter than hers, for there were small flecks of gold in his that Eva did not...
Amen.” “Father, could you not choose another prayer?” William asked the priest as they stood outside the circle, unable to get in or stop the abomination that would be released now. “Do you think they will open it, then?” Brienne stood at his side a...
Then, her eyes darkened and she leapt from the back of the horse at him, throwing her full weight onto him. Her knee landed a blow in his gut and he could not breathe from the power of it. Then, she screamed unintelligible words as she clawed at him with her nails. The bla...
She marvelled that she could function during the days after spending her nights completely in the power of the passion he roused in her. She would find herself drifting off in the middle of speaking to her maids when something reminded her of what he’d done or said or made her do. The only thing ...