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The race is on, and she’ll be claimed by the winner.
Orla Gordon is no elegant lady. Headstrong, wild and with a reputation as a hellion with a sharp tongue, she has no desire to saddle herself with a husband. But her parents are keen to be rid of her, so they devise a horse race, and the prize - Orla’s hand in marriage. With the added temptation of a plum piece of land attached to her dowry, the local gentry come running.
Enter Wolfric Munro, who is by no means a gentleman, and certainly not the best prospect for the unwed ladies of Inverness. As the black sheep of his rough clan, Wolfric enjoys a reputation as a brawler, degenerate and dark seducer, with a fearsome temper to boot.
He also happens to be an excellent rider.
Determined to scupper her parents’ plan, Orla devises a scheme of her own. But if the race doesn’t go her way, she will end up in the hands of black-hearted brute of a Highlander, Wolfric Munro. And he is no more the gentleman than she is a lady. Worse still, while he proclaims he only wants her for the land, Wolfric insists he will claim his marital rights – and he doesn’t just mean the land.
But as Orla grapples with the prospect of sharing the bed of a savage Scot with dark desires and looks to weaken the strongest of knees, she is courted by another, more dangerous suitor. And this one wears the regimentals of the English army.
Set against the backdrop of Scotland’s reluctant union with England, Won By The Highlander is an enemies-to-lovers, forced marriage romance. It is Book One of the Seductive Scots Series.
Plunge into the dazzling world of Jacobite Scotland.Race for your freedom, get seduced by a dark-hearted Highlander, visit a whorehouse, brawl in the street, cause a juicy scandal and above all - never act like a lady!
Extract
Orla could not gain her footing until a broad, dirty hand appeared before her. She grabbed it and was hauled upright, only to confront a rough scoundrel with the black look of Satan himself. He bore the thuggish bulk of a footpad, yet his face had a hawkish beauty and was undeniably striking. His clothes, too, might once have been fine indeed, were they not torn and dirty.
The man raked his black hair off his face and smirked into her eyes. ‘The bastard deserved a clout. That was well done, lass. Good day to you now,’ he said before giving her a curt nod of his head and turning back into the crowd.
Was he actually leaving her to this rabble?
‘A gentleman would offer his aid to a lady,’ Orla called after him, her temper still smouldering and in the hope of seeing his magnificent face again.
He turned, and she was rewarded with another grin from eyes dancing with laughter. ‘You don’t look like you need my aid, lass, and besides, no one ever accused me of being a gentleman, nor you a lady, I am sure.’
Genre: Historical Romance
Orla Gordon is no elegant lady. Headstrong, wild and with a reputation as a hellion with a sharp tongue, she has no desire to saddle herself with a husband. But her parents are keen to be rid of her, so they devise a horse race, and the prize - Orla’s hand in marriage. With the added temptation of a plum piece of land attached to her dowry, the local gentry come running.
Enter Wolfric Munro, who is by no means a gentleman, and certainly not the best prospect for the unwed ladies of Inverness. As the black sheep of his rough clan, Wolfric enjoys a reputation as a brawler, degenerate and dark seducer, with a fearsome temper to boot.
He also happens to be an excellent rider.
Determined to scupper her parents’ plan, Orla devises a scheme of her own. But if the race doesn’t go her way, she will end up in the hands of black-hearted brute of a Highlander, Wolfric Munro. And he is no more the gentleman than she is a lady. Worse still, while he proclaims he only wants her for the land, Wolfric insists he will claim his marital rights – and he doesn’t just mean the land.
But as Orla grapples with the prospect of sharing the bed of a savage Scot with dark desires and looks to weaken the strongest of knees, she is courted by another, more dangerous suitor. And this one wears the regimentals of the English army.
Set against the backdrop of Scotland’s reluctant union with England, Won By The Highlander is an enemies-to-lovers, forced marriage romance. It is Book One of the Seductive Scots Series.
Plunge into the dazzling world of Jacobite Scotland.Race for your freedom, get seduced by a dark-hearted Highlander, visit a whorehouse, brawl in the street, cause a juicy scandal and above all - never act like a lady!
Extract
Orla could not gain her footing until a broad, dirty hand appeared before her. She grabbed it and was hauled upright, only to confront a rough scoundrel with the black look of Satan himself. He bore the thuggish bulk of a footpad, yet his face had a hawkish beauty and was undeniably striking. His clothes, too, might once have been fine indeed, were they not torn and dirty.
The man raked his black hair off his face and smirked into her eyes. ‘The bastard deserved a clout. That was well done, lass. Good day to you now,’ he said before giving her a curt nod of his head and turning back into the crowd.
Was he actually leaving her to this rabble?
‘A gentleman would offer his aid to a lady,’ Orla called after him, her temper still smouldering and in the hope of seeing his magnificent face again.
He turned, and she was rewarded with another grin from eyes dancing with laughter. ‘You don’t look like you need my aid, lass, and besides, no one ever accused me of being a gentleman, nor you a lady, I am sure.’
Genre: Historical Romance
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