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The Highlander's Heart

Amanda Forester · Highlander #2

448 pageshistorical romance
(1k)Warm

A spirited English countess fleeing her husband is captured by a Scottish laird who needs her ransom — not her heart.

Content Warnings
abuse (physical)domestic violence

Description

Fleeing into the wilderness to escape an abusive marriage, Lady Isabelle Tynsdale would sooner face down a wild boar than spend another night with her wretched husband. Battered by the elements, desperate to elude a band of attackers, and defending herself against, as fate would have it, a wild boar she is rescued by the handsome Laird David Campbell. Campbell knows holding Isabelle captive for ransom is his best chance to temper the storm threatening to destroy his clan. The ransom of an English countess should be more than enough to pay off his debts to England and save him from an unwanted marriage. But Isabelle didn't escape her husband just to become another man's captive and Laird Campbell is seriously misguided if he thinks she's going to go quietly. Praise for The Highlander's Sword: "Highly entertaining debut romantic comedy of miscommunications and misunderstandings." -Publishers Weekly

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