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Caelen McCabe’s young, reckless heart nearly destroyed his clan. Now, putting family loyalty above all else, he steps up to marry his older brother’s jilted bride and salvage the uneasy alliance between two clans.
While beautiful Rionna McDonald is a fit wife for any man, Caelen trusts no... read more

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  • Caelen McCabe: Youngest of the McCabe brothers, now laird of the McDonald clan through his marriage to Rionna
  • Rionna McDonald: Heir to the McDonald clan and wife of Caelen. Daughter of Gregor McDonald.
  • Keeley McDonald McCabe: Healer married to Alaric. Niece of Gregor McDonald.
  • Alaric McCabe: Middle brother to Ewan and Caelan. Married to Keeley.
  • Ewan McCabe: Laird of the McCabe clan. Eldest of the McCabe brothers. Married to Mairin and father of Crispin and Isabel.
  • Mairin Stuart McCabe: Illegitimate daughter of King Alexander and heir. Married to Ewan and mother of Crispin (stepmother) and Isabel.
  • Crispen McCabe: Ewan's son by his first wife, Celia.
  • Isabel McCabe: Ewan and Mairin's daughter
  • Elsepeth Cameron: Caelen's first lover who betrayed him
  • Cormac: One of the McCabe's most trusted soldiers, now married to Christine
  • Christine: One of the keep maids, now married to Cormac
  • Maddie: One of the keep maids
  • Gregor McDonald: Former laird of the McDonald clan who twice assaulted Keeley. Rionna's father.
  • Duncan Cameron: Ruthless laird who is seeking to overthrow King David of Scotland. He once abducted Mairin and attempted to force her to marry him. He continues to try to harm her to gain her legacy.
  • David: King of Scotland
  • Gannon: One of the McCabe's most trusted soldiers
  • Sarah: Maid of the McDonald keep, personal for Rionna.
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  • “"He's a dolt! A pompous, overstuffed... windbag!" "I can see your education is sorely lacking in the area of insults," Keeley said dryly.”
    Rionna and Keeley
  • “" 'Tis a universal truth that when a lass says she's been thinking, a man ought to be wary."”
    Caelen to Rionna
  • “I love you. 'Tis not true that I kept a part of my heart locked away from you. You own all of it, lass.  You've always owned it. I didn't give it to you. You took it from the very start.”
    Caelen to Rionna
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  • “I love you,” he said fiercely. “ ’Tis not true that I kept a part of my heart locked away from you. You own all of it, lass. You’ve always owned it. I didn’t give it to you. You took it from the very start.”
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  • but from the moment I laid eyes on her, I belonged solely to her. Ah, lass, I think I have always loved you, for ’tis the truth I cannot ever remember a time I didn’t.
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  • Love required sacrifice. It required trust and faith. It required making yourself completely vulnerable to the one you loved.
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  • ’Tis why ’tis best to allow them to think they are the master of their domain and go quietly behind them and do things the way you like.”
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  • “Caelen!” she called as she approached. As soon as he turned in the direction of her voice, she launched herself at him. So surprised was he that he stumbled back even as he caught her against him and they both tumbled into the snow.
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  • Rionna woke to hands at her hips and a rigid cock sliding deep into her sheath. She gasped and came more fully awake, blinking as pleasure sizzled through her body.
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  • She sighed and stroked a hand over his shoulder, knowing he was already asleep. “I love you, husband. ’Tis the truth I never expected to give you my heart. I know not if it’s even what you want from me, but ’tis yours all the same. Someday … Someday I’ll have yours in return,” she whispered against his skin.
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  • “I am unsure of what I’ve done to deserve such attention, but you’ll not hear a single complaint cross my lips.”
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  • I’ll read you all the thoughts I’ve written down since the day I first laid eyes on you. ’Tis the truth I wanted you even then. Even when you belonged to my brother.”
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  • In Bed with a Highlander Seduction of a Highland Lass Never Love a Highlander
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First Sentence edit see section history

The weather for her first wedding had been a splendor of nature.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapters 1 - 35
Epilogue

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 3 of 3 in McCabe Trilogy. (standard series)

Preceded by Seduction of a Highland Lass.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Maya Banks (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Ballantine
Country: USA
Publication Date: October 25, 2011
ISBN: 0345519515
Page Count: 336

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Sexual content.

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More Books Like This edit see section history

   
  • Beyond the Highland Mist
  • To Tame a Highland Warrior
  • Deadly Sins
  • A Wish a Kiss a Dream
  • Fiji

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • In Bed with a Highlander
  • Seduction of a Highland Lass

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