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Highland Honor
Christine Young
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Highland Honor
The first book in the
Highland Series
Willfully stubborn,
innocently courageous, Callie Whitcomb braves a journey through the treacherous
highlands to the Macpherson castle. Callie flees from an unwanted marriage as
well as her ruthless half brother. Naively she believes Colin MacPherson, the
head of the clan, is loyal to her father and will give her sanctuary,
protecting her from the vile plans that have been made for her.
As hard and as unyielding as
the winter storms that sweep through the countryside, Colin is irresistibly
drawn to the impetuous beauty who has magically appeared on his doorsteps.
Despite his vows of revenge against her father, she stirs his passion as well
as his sense of justice...but to love her would violate all his vows of
revenge.
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Scotland November 1512:
A heavy frost sat on the
frozen earth, and a full moon shone clearly between the heavy clouds dotting
the sky. Lady Callie Whitcomb looked over her shoulder as she raced through the
deepening gloom toward the lighted tavern ahead. Every shadow, every mournful
sigh of the wind sweeping through the trees, every chilling animal sound filled
her with terror. Fear for her life drove her to put all thoughts of danger
aside. He would follow her, find her, and drag her home.
Home.
"Don't think of that
now," she reminded herself fiercely, even while tears stung in the back of
her throat and fear made her limbs tremble. "Don't ye dare think of home.
It no longer exists." Nothing and no one could coax her back or make her
believe there was naught but terror in the home where she'd been born.
"I will never marry
Lord Huntington. Never!" she whispered fiercely, the chill night air
solemnly echoing her words.
Her stepbrother, Archibald
Covington III, made sure she could never return.
"There ye be, lass!
I've been waiting for you."
The voice rose from nowhere
and surprised her. Her heart froze, lurched, then began an erratic beat, while
raw nerves snapped, sending a myriad of sensations racing down her spine.
"Archibald--" she
whispered, panic sweeping through her. "He's found me." All she could
hear was the pounding of blood in her ears.
Before she could reach her
destination, before she could find safe refuge from him, his men had found her.
No! Not now. Not when she thought she had eluded them all.
A wave of fear sweeping
through her reminded her, that if caught, she would be taken back to Archibald
and forced to marry Lord Huntington.
"I'll help you down,
lass."
"No."
Before she could react and
spur her horse forward, callous, rough hands centered on her waist then pulled
her from her mount.
"No!" She cried
out to no avail. Regaining her wits, she beat fiercely upon the man's broad
chest, tearing at his face and his thick beard with her fingers.
"Ach, lass! Hold still!
I mean ye no harm. Stop this--" His voice was gruff and impatient.
Fear for her life had
spurred her haste. Terror she might see Huntington or Archibald with each turn
of the road haunted every hour of her journey. Archibald had retainers
everywhere. Messages would have been sent. A highlander could be bought.
"Ruffian! Unhand me! Ye
barbarous Scotsman."
If Archibald had guessed
what path she followed...
"Verra well, ne'er let
it be said that I dinna do a lass' bidding." Just as suddenly as he'd
grabbed her, his hold upon her vanished. She stumbled backward.
Instantly, she found herself
sitting on the frozen earth. The man towering above her watched her with
concerned dark eyes. Despite the scar stretching from forehead to chin, his
mouth quirked upward in a humorous slant.
"Ye be a handful,
lass."
Mary of A Romance Review says, "Overall I liked the story and can
recommend it as a worthwhile read. The author has a lot of talent and the plot
and tension of the story are well handled."
Christine Young
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Throughout the Highlands she
is known as Keely, the witch woman. She is a great healer-a woman whose dreams
come true. Ian MacPherson is a man who puts honor, loyalty and duty above
everything. Their lives are entwined when Ian is sent by the Scottish King to
bring Keely to trial for witchcraft. He is attacked and left for dead, but
Keely rescues him. When he wakes, he discovers he has no memory. As he
remembers his lost past, Ian finds that his need to protect the woman who has
saved his life eclipses his duty to his king and country., He is a man torn
between honor and duty to his country and the woman he loves.
Highland Song
Christine Young
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With her white-gold hair and
azure eyes, Lainie MacPherson is as wild and untamed as the rugged Scottish
Highlands where she was raised. Lainie vowed to avenge her rape. Recklessly,
she defies English laws and the man who raped her puts a bounty on her head.
The man who is sent to bring her to Edinburgh sets a dangerous trap. With
nothing left to live for the beautiful Scottish spy steals the sealed documents
the English soldier has tempted her with.
When the exquisite temptress
takes the bait and runs off with not only the forged documents but the purses
of the men in the tavern, Aaron Slade vows to hunt her down and bring her to
justice, never dreaming she will tame his jaded soul. When Aaron discovers the
truth about the tempestuous woman who stirs his passion to the point of
madness, he dares not love her, but desires her with all his soul.
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