Pocket Books
Scottish warrior Gabriel MacBain is persuaded by Baron Nicholas Sanders into marrying his widowed sister, Lady Johanna. MacBain slowly falls in love with his breath-takingly beautiful wife, though he had agreed to marry her sight unseen, just to gain back the lands of his ancestors that Johanna's first husband had seized.
In her turn, though she had reservations due to the abuse she had suffered in her first marriage, Johanna soon learns to trust and love her tough and handsome warrior. She earns the respect of all members of the clan, gains the love of Gabriel's natural son Alex, the loyalty of his fiersome dog Dumfries, rescues Claire MacKay from her bethrothed and his clan, and discovers that she was not barren .
Days pass on more or less eventfully, when Baron Nicholas comes back with the awful news that Johanna's first husband Baron Raulf had not died and was demanding the return of his wife. To avoid destruction of her beloved clan, since Raulf has the army of England at his disposal, Johanna slips off and goes with him to the Gillevrey keep that he had taken over , after having arranged the marriage between Claire MacKay and Nicholas. Gabriel and his allies follow and kill Raulf, but not before Johanna declaires her love for her scottish warrior and her disdain for Raulf and his companions.
The story has a lot of interesting characters and incidents....a summary cannot do it justice.
