Though Joan knows she must avoid the handsome warrior or risk discovery, his knightly chivalry touches a place in her long since buried.
Alex Seton once stood with Bruce but now fights for the enemy. The man determined to uncover her identity poses her biggest threat yet. Known only as the Ghost even among her Highland Guard brethren, Joan has become the most wanted traitor in England. Now the mysterious beauty slips into men's hearts like a specter and entices England's most illustrious barons to unwittingly divulge their secrets, then shares them with her king. This was going to be more fun than he’d anticipated.Joan Comyn swore allegiance to Robert the Bruce the day she witnessed England's barbarous king torturing her famous mother, Scot patriot Bella MacDuff. Running parallel to the shore wasn’t going to work he was going to have to lead them straight in and turn-directly into the wind-at the last minute.Ī broad smile curved his mouth. In fact, he was good enough to throw off Erik’s timing. He looked back over his shoulder and cocked an eyebrow, a hint of admiration coming into his gaze. On a clear day the majestic dark walls topped with emerald green hillsides took your breath away, but tonight the looming shadows looked menacing and haunting. The dramatic high cliffs of the headland came into view ahead of them. Have a little faith, my fearless young knight.” If the lad didn’t learn to relax, his heart was going to give out before he reached three and twenty. “But how can you see anything in this mist?”Įrik sighed. “Rocks?” Randolph said, his voice taking on a frantic edge. As the battle for king and country sounds across the shores, will Ellie’s love be enough to finally tame the legend known as the Hawk? Still, he is a man driven by loyalty, and she is a woman with secrets that could jeopardize Bruce’s chance to reclaim his throne. Yet Erik will sweep away Ellie’s resistance with a desire that resonates deep within her heart.
Her captor may look every inch a rugged warrior, but Ellie vows that it will take more than a wickedly suggestive caress to impress her. Worse, this irresistible woman is determined to prove herself immune to Erik’s charms-a challenge he cannot resist. Ellie’s ordinary appearance belies the truth: She is in fact Lady Elyne de Burgh, the spirited daughter of the most powerful noble in Ireland.
When Bruce is forced to flee, his bid for freedom rests on the shoulders of one extraordinary warrior.Įrik MacSorley is a brilliant seafarer who has never encountered a wind he could not harness or a woman he could not win-until he drags a wet, half-naked “nursemaid” out of the waters off the Irish coast. Handpicked by Robert the Bruce to help him in his quest to free Scotland from English rule, the elite warriors of the Highland Guard face their darkest days.
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