Scotlandâs flame-haired beautyâŚ
The hawk swooping after a female sparrow near her castle sent a chill of foreboding through lovely Chandra Morgan, Lady Lochlaigh. Legend said the ladybird would feel the hawkâs talons in her heart as he carried her away. Chandra, young chieftain of the Morgans, felt her fears growing for her cherished heather-covered land with its warring clans, and the omen of the hawk began to haunt her soulâŚ
Englandâs magnificent warrior lordâŚ
Cold and wet to the bone, Alexander Hawke, Lord Montbourne, cursed his misfortune at being sent to the godforsaken Northern Highlands. The king himself had appointed Aleck guardian of Lady Lochlaigh and ordered him to find her a husband loyal to the Crown. Now, as Castle Lochlaigh stood gray and hostile before him, his infamous temper ignited at the clansmen barring his entrance, but far hotter feelings quickly flared when he beheld Chandra Morganâs flashing eyes.
Chandra knew that here was the hawk of legend come to snare her, yet all her cunning couldnât stop the desire running like fire in her bloodâŚor the kisses that would brand her a traitor if she surrendered to his love.