The Handfasting

Feisty Maggie MacBede will never marry a warrior. Och no! With eight strapping brothers and a warrior of a Da, she has had enough of holding her own against great headstrong men. She’ll not risk her heart to the sword. Give her a poet, a bard, any man but a fighting man, and she will find her match.

A shamed woman, a lad with a tarnished legacy and the man who loves them both. Escaping an unspeakable past, Seonaid MacKay journeys across the width of Scotland and the breadth of her heart to give her son a fresh start. Challenged by rugged terrain, slavers and kidnapping she struggles to let go of her haunted past.

Lady Alissa has loved Angus the whole of her life. She knows he loves her too, but the stubborn man refuses to court her. Too proud to confront him or admit her love, Alissa arranges her own marriage to a man far away. She is preparing to leave when unexpected tidings change her plans. Wolfstan, reputed to be the cruelest raider on the seas, is revealed as the kidnapper who's been stealing lasses from across the Highlands. Alissa's cousin is among his prisoners.