Highland Song (52 page)

Authors: Christine Young

Slade's arms tightened around her even more. Finally, he lifted his head and Lainie saw both hope and fear in his eyes.

"You taught me how passion and trust can grow into real love, Lainie MacPherson. Love is what holds the world together. Love is what will bind us together throughout eternity. Sweet Jesu, but I love you, Lainie. I cannot live without you. Will you spend the rest of your life with me?"

Lainie's hands shook and it seemed that the trembling consumed her entire body. Then she froze, looking at him with a silent question in her heart.

"Do you truly love me?" she asked breathless.

He bent on one knee, holding her hands in his. Then he brought them to his lips and gently kissed her. "I do," he said. "Will you be my wife, Lainie MacPherson?"

"Aye," she said. "I love
ye
more than life. The song in my heart will sing only for you."

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Highland Honor

The first book in the Highland Series

Willfully stubborn, innocently courageous, Callie Whitcomb braves a journey through the treacherous highlands to the Macpherson castle. Callie flees from an unwanted marriage as well as her ruthless half brother. Naively she believes Colin MacPherson, the head of the clan, is loyal to her father and will give her sanctuary, protecting her from the vile plans that have been made for her.

As hard and as unyielding as the winter storms that sweep through the countryside, Colin is irresistibly drawn to the impetuous beauty
who
has magically appeared on his doorsteps. Despite his vows of revenge against her father, she stirs his passion as well as his sense of justice...but to love her would violate all his vows of revenge.

Highland Magic

The second book in the Highland Series

Throughout the Highlands she is known as
Keely
, the witch woman. She is a great healer-a woman whose dreams come true. Ian MacPherson is a man who puts honor, loyalty and duty above everything. Their lives are entwined when Ian is sent by the Scottish King to bring
Keely
to trial for witchcraft. He is attacked and left for dead, but
Keely
rescues him. When he wakes, he discovers he has no memory. As he remembers his lost past, Ian finds that his need to protect the woman who has saved his life eclipses his duty to his king and country., He is a man torn between honor and duty to his country and the woman he loves.

Other books by Christine Young

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Dakota's Bride

When Emma St. John received her brother's letter imploring her to escape her stepfather's vengeful scheme and to trust Dakota Barringer with her life, she was willing to chance it. But the handsome, brooding riverboat owner Emma found in Natchez a danger of another kind. For Emma soon found herself surrendering to an unrelenting desire.

Raised by the Sioux when his parents were killed, Dakota had been betrayed once before by a white woman. He wasn't about to trust another, especially one claiming that her stepfather, a powerful U.S. senator, had framed her as a murderess. But he couldn't let Emma's intoxicating effect on him. Now Dakota would risk his very life to protect the innocent beauty who had seduced him with her tender love.

My Angel

A BEAUTY IN BUCKSKINS

When her father decided to send her to a finishing school back East, Angela Chamberlain refused to be confined to stuffy drawing rooms. Instead, the daring spitfire who could shoot like a man and ride like the wind longed for a life of adventure and romance—and she knew exactly who could give it to her. Devil
Blackmoor
was a hired gun with a dangerous reputation. But Angela was willing to go to the ends of the earth to capture the handsome devil's heart.

A DEVIL IN DISGUISE

He'd come to America looking for excitement, but Devil
Blackmoor
got more than he bargained for when he encountered a beautiful rebel who answered his kisses with a wild innocence that touched his very soul. Yet standing between them were more obstacles than either ever dreamed. For Devil had strapped on a gun for the wrong man. And that made Angela his enemy. Now he'll have to choose between his duty and the woman he loves more than life.

The Locket

The year is 1894. Seeking revenge for crimes against his family,
Misha
Petrovich
follows a path that leads straight to Ariel Cameron's boarding house in Mist Harbor, Oregon. A family heirloom in Ariel's possession leads
Misha
to believe she is guilty. The locket has been handed down to the oldest girl in the
Petrovich
family for generations. Ariel is innocent of wrong doing, but her father is not.
Misha
is torn by his feelings for Ariel and his need for restitution against her father. Knowing that the relationship between them is fragile,
Misha
does everything in his power to protect Ariel's father. His efforts are to no avail when her father is shot. Ariel comes to realize
Misha's
steadfast courage and determination to protect her and her father despite what has happened to his family. Ariel's love and devotion heals
Misha's
heart.

The Talisman

Running from a marriage that lasted one night, Dr.
Moriah
McKeown
discovers the land she has settled on is coveted by determined and lawless men. Yet the proud young woman who once vowed never to abandon her home has second thoughts when her adopted children are threatened. Her only recourse is to enlist the aid of a dark, dangerous gun for hire.

Haunted by the past and a betrayal he will never forgive, Ian
Civanovich
uses his fast gun and his reckless courage to forget the faithlessness of a woman in his past. He will trust no female--nor will he rest until the threat hovering over
Moriah
McKeown
is put to rest.

Forever His

Struggling to come to terms with the part she played in Jacob St. John’s death, Etta Barringer resigns from Pinkerton Agency and seeks peace and solace in a Rocky Mountain Cabin.

Jacob has vowed to discover the reason Etta has betrayed him, sold him out to his enemy and left him for dead.

Isolated in their cabin, they discover their love for each other and learn to trust. But the trust is shattered when Jacob learns she is married to his sworn enemy; the man who left him in the desert to die.

Allura

Allura
McClellan is horrified by her father’s decision to take out an ad in the Times awarding her to the man strong enough and smart enough to win her hand and uncover her secrets.

She’s an intelligent young woman who takes great delight in the freedom allotted to her by her father.

She’s well aware that marriage would effectively curtail the adventures she’s shared with her sisters and cousins.

Hunter Gray is nothing like the other men who’ve arrived to vie for
Allura’s
hand in marriage and everything that goes along with it.

However, he is the first to refuse to concede defeat and pursue her despite her attempts to disguise her true appearance.

It’s her temperament that is of more concern to him than her looks.

Hunter has worked all his life with the hope of someday owning his own land.

Now that it looks like there’s a very real possibility that everything he’s ever wanted is within reach nothing is going to deter him – including Miss
Allura’s
disagreeable disposition.

The Wager

Amorica
Hepburn was sent to London to find a husband. Finding a man was the last item on her agenda. With her two cousins,
Amorica
wagers she can dissuade her suitor before the others. Despite her efforts she discovers a chemistry that cannot be denied. Suddenly she is the arrogant man's wife, pledged to a marriage neither desire. But swept off to his ancestral home above the Dover cliffs and into his strong embrace,
Amorica
is soon possessed by a raging passion for the husband she had vowed to despise…

Damian Andrews couldn't afford to trust the emerald-eyed spitfire who happened upon his secret.
Amorica's
hatred of all men of his kind only inflames the war that rages between them. Still, he can not control the intense desire his stubborn bride inspires, or make her surrender to his will until he has conquered the headstrong beauty on the battlefield of love…

Writing as
AnnChristine

Safari Moon

Solo St. John, a wildlife photographer, is preparing for a trip to Alaska.

Suddenly, Solo finds women of all sorts invading his privacy, his home and his office, all cooing nonsense words and blatantly throwing themselves at him.

Solo doesn't know why, and he has no idea how to rid himself of the persistent women.

He finally decides to beg a favor of his best buddy Nyssa Harrington.

In love with Solo for the past ten years and knowing he doesn't return her feelings Nyssa doesn't want to talk to Solo.

She knows if she accepts his phone call, she will not be able to resist the temptation to hope again.