

Elspeth is eight months pregnant and struggling to survive without the help of a man when a wounded Nicholas comes along and demands her aid.

With the arrival of a powerful man from her past, a horrible decision confronts her - give up her son or the man she loves.Sexy, sensitive and resourceful frontiersman Nicholas Kenleigh, Clare's gloriously larger-than-life hero, will seduce readers as he wins the heart of young widow Elspeth Stewart.

As the danger and conflict surrounding them escalate, Alasdair and Gwyneth discover an explosive passion neither of them expected. But by taking in and protecting Lady Gwyneth and her son, he provokes more attacks from his mortal enemy. Dare she trust the enemy more than her own family? Laird Alasdair MacGrath is driven to end two-hundred years of feuding with the MacIrwins. When her clan learns of her betrayal, they seek vengeance. She only knows she is inexplicably drawn to him and he wants peace as she does. She risks everything to rescue the fierce MacGrath warrior from the battlefield where he's left for dead by her clan. Gwyneth Carswell, an English lady banished by her father to the harsh Scottish Highlands, wants nothing more than to take her young son away from the violence of two fighting clans - her own distant kin, the MacIrwins, and their enemies, the MacGraths. This book and this series are absolute credit worthy listens. The writing is exquisite, as is the narration. This couple’s relationship is a long tale of true love where they both help each other put their pasts to rest, and decide to live again.

I shed more than a few tears while being reminded of our ancestors’ shame. This series is a reminder of that! On a personal level, the Hero and Heroine suffer from PTSD related to their own personal hell. This series is a reminder that all of the peoples’ living in this time were equally barbaric. In today’s world, so often fingers are pointed damning the actions of other’s ancestry. The saddest part of this is that this is all a rather sickening recollection of America, British, French, Indian and immigrant history. There is also descriptions of extreme torture and violence. Let me start this review by cautioning anyone who suffers from triggers related to sexual abuse against women, children and men may wish to avoid this book/series.
