Highland Messenger

Scottish Strife Series - Book 4

The war is coming steadily closer, and Mairead MacGregon makes it her business to know everything she can about the inevitable clash. But she is thrown off guard when she learns of a potential marriage plan between herself and a neighboring laird. Desperate to prevent this union from occurring, she decides to make the dangerous trek to Bracken Ridge, and elicit the help of one man who might love her enough to save her. The only requirement now is to convince the brooding Messenger to escort her to the war zone...

Except Thom MacCullvin refuses the beauty's proposal. His life is complicated enough. He believes that his dealings with the appealing lass are over until he discovers Mairead trailing after him. Forced to take her along with him on his journey, he finds himself softening toward her. Somehow she begins to lift the darkness in his heart. Yet even as the undeniable attraction between them sizzles and burns, he is painfully aware that she loves another. Can Thom be enough for her to forget the other man? Or will she leave him once they reach Bracken Ridge?

Highland Messenger Excerpt…

Mairead glanced down at their joined hands, startled at the contact. His large hand clasped her small one as his thumb stroked along the base of her palm. Each tiny caress sent a stream of fiery heat to shoot up her arm.

At the same time, her heart pounded in her chest, the rhythm so loud that she feared that he could hear it. He brought his thumb and forefinger to her chin, tilting it so that she met his gaze. When she looked into his depths, her breath caught in her throat. She licked her dry lips as all thoughts and reasons why she spoke to him fled her mind...

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