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Lachlan Maclean will do whatever it takes to protect his clan–even if it means abducting the most willful woman in the Highlands with the secret intention of wooing her for marriage. A born searing sensual leader possessing brute strength, and an imposing command, Lachlan is unprepared for the... read more
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Lachland MacLean is desperate he's responsible for the incarceration of his brother who is being held by the king, this set up by Hector MacLeod his sworn enemy and brother of good friend Rory MacLeod, and soon to be captive Flora MacLeod, he went to their cousin Argyll to get help and... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Lachlan MacLean, Chief of Coll: Chief of the MacLeans of Coll, fierce protector of his people
- Flora MacLeod: Lachlan's captive; half-sister to Rory and Alex MacLeod; half-sister to Hector MacLean
- Hector MacLean, Chief of MacLean: Chief of the MacLeans of Duart; Lachlan's arch enemy
- Cormac: one of the men sent by Flora's half-brother, Hector, to "rescue" her
- Mary MacLean: younger sister to Lachlan MacLean
- Rory MacLeod: Lachlan's friend, half-brother of Flora MacLeod
- Allan: Lachlan MacLean's captain
- William, Lord Murray: son of the Earl of Tullibardine; wimpy nobleman who Flora plans to elope with at the beginning of the book
- John MacLean: Lachlan's younger brother; imprisoned by King James
- Murdoch: one of Lachlan's men; young and still in training
- Morag: old servant who's been in Lachlan's household for many years
- Gilly MacLean: Lachlan MacLean's younger sister
- Alex MacLeod: Flora MacLeod's half-brother
- Alasdair: soldier and loyal man of LachlanMacLean
- Seonaid: Lachlan MacLean's leman before he met Flora
- Aonghus: one of the men sent by Flora's half-brother, Hector, to "rescue" her
- King James VI of Scotland: Monarch at the time of the book; holding John MacLean prisoner
- Elizabeth Campbell MacLean: married to Lachlan Cattanach MacLean many years before the book begins; part of the reason for the MacLean curse
Quotes edit
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“"I dreamt of my lady, I dreamt of her grief, I dreamt that her lord was a barbarious chief:On a rock of the ocean fair Ellen did seem;Glenara! Glenara! now read me my dream!"-From "Glenara," by Thomas Campbell, 1777-1844”
the beginning of the prolog of this book
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First Sentence edit
On a cold winter's day nearly a hundred years gone past, a curse was born......
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
Chapters 1 - 21
Epilogue
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 3 in MacLeods of Skye. (standard series)
Preceded by Highlander Unmasked.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Monica McCarty (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: October 2007
ISBN: 0739489178
Page Count: 367
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: October 2007
ISBN: 0739489178
Page Count: 367
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- Dewey: 813.6
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