Duncan McThomas is forced to marry English beauty Catherine Gillingham by the English King. It's the last thing he wants but he will do his duty. He will marry her and walk away from her before she can leave him as his first wife did and as his own father did when Duncan was a small boy.  Duncan is not prepared to find Catherine attractive or desirable he certainly never thought to find her company appealing.  After consummating the marriage he leaves her at his home and leaves for Grant Drummonds stronghold.  This proud warrior is too proud to admit he's making a mistake and by the time he comes to his senses, his wife has left for England.  Will he be able to convince her to return to Scotland and to stand by his side?

Catherine Gillingham MacThomas wants her husband to love her as she loves him.  She is unable to voice her feelings and instead runs from them only to realize you can't hide from what you feel.  Together these two wounded souls try to find an even balance while pretending their feelings are less than they are.  With the backdrop of Scotland's war for independence, Cat and Duncan find a love that they never thought possible.  But, will they be able to find peace from their past hurts?

Again this story is rich in history as well as breathtakingly original.  We again visit with Tory and Grant, and introduced to new friends that will wrap their way around your heat.  I greatly look forward to Ms. Burroughs' next effort. She is an author I will now purchase by name alone.

- Kristi Ahlers, Romance Designs
 

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"Breathtakingly Passionate & Poignant Medieval"

In a stunning sequel to Burroughs HIGHLAND WISHES, the reader will find a powerfully emotional and passionate love story that focuses on Duncan MacThomas, who was introduced in that novel.

As Duncan is summoned home by his father he is informed that, for the good of his clan, he has been betrothed to and will marry an English heiress Catherine Gillingham. Not only is this a 'fait accompli' by his detested father, but decreed so by the English King ‘Longshanks.’ For the good of his clan, he'd do his duty, marry and bed the lass, but then he would leave her, never to return! In a huff, he traveled to England and married the lass taking care to not even look at her. When he finally did get around to taking a good look at her, Duncan grudgingly had to admit he did not expect to find Catherine quite so appealing. Duncan took his time getting to 'know' her well, before he consummated their union, and their trip home was more than leisurely with many stops along the way. Duncan hated to admit he truly liked her company, but stubbornly his plans were made.

Catherine was no more anxious to marry Duncan than he was to marry her, but on the journey home she thought there was a real chance for happiness. Unfortunately, on her arrival her hopes were shattered when Duncan promptly announced he was leaving and would not return! Then he quickly left before the attraction he felt grew any stronger leaving him vulnerable and open for heartbreak.

Duncan was a terribly wounded soul who had lost all faith in love and no longer trusted that emotion, as much as he wanted it to be real. Abandoned as a child by his father, then again by his first wife -- he couldn't trust any love he felt for Cat to admit to, or risk being left again. Stubbornly Duncan would leave first before any feelings he'd developed left him open to that kind of pain. Only the fates would play a hand in showing him how wrong that decision was, as an old demented enemy stalked Duncan and Catherine ready to destroy any happiness they might achieve before they could confess to what their hearts knew best.

*** Against the sweeping backdrop of Scotland's war of independence, this author continues an epic of a heart wrenching and positively beautiful love story. Duncan and Catherine were painstakingly developed with such realism that you'll be sharing their emotional journey. At its very heart you'll share the love, the joy, the anguish, and the tears. Along the way, you'll revisit old friends, gain new ones, and thoroughly wish the story would never end. Burroughs gifts you with a terrific story, straight from her heart to yours! A most excellent novel that I whole-heartedly recommend!

Reviewed by Marilyn Rondeau
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Posted July 9, 2006

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