A WOMAN A wildness raged in Mackenzie Daniels that drove her to explore the American frontier before she settled down. An artist and a woman of unbridled dreams, she had never desired anything more than her freedom. Then she arrived at Fort Belvadere and met Fire Dancer. A red man. A savage. The most glorious man she had ever laid eyes on. A WARRIOR Fire Dancer, a Shawnee prince, had come to talk peace with the white soldiers. His tribe had been swept into the battle between France and Britain for land—land that had once belonged to his people. Now, an inner war raged within him over the white woman named Mackenzie. He forbade her to paint his portrait, lest she steal his soul. But he could not stop her from possessing his heart. A FORBIDDEN LOVE THAT SETS TWO HEARTS AFLAME The independent, carefree artist and the fierce, proud warrior, a man and a woman locked in a battle...of wills. They are as different as night and day, and their passion will take them to a place both terrifying and electrifying... They are headed for a destiny that will make them choose between two worlds that only love—one pure love—could unite. **

Elen Burnard, Lady of Dunblane, learns her sister has been kidnapped by her adversary, the Forrests of Rancoff Castle. Leading the men of Dunblane in heated pursuit, she brings home her prize: Munro Forrest, the Lord of Rancoff himself. All that remains is to barter Munro's life for her sister's safe return... and ignore the unexpected emotions her prisoner stirs in her heart.Munro Forrest finds his jailer as bewitching as she is beautiful, and soon it is desire, more surely than shackles, keeping him at Dunblane.But Elen and Munro are playing with fire, and in the end, longing of the soul must reconcile with duty, if both wish to stay alive.SCOTTISH FIRE SRIES, in orderHighland LadyHighland LordHighland BrideAWARDS:Delaware Diamond Award for Literary ExcellenceP.E.A.R.L. Award

To unite their clans, Kara Gordon is bound by a marriage contract to the McKie family. But when her intended dies in a bloody mountain skirmish, she is forced to marry his heir and younger brother, Henry, a mere twelve-year-old boy. Fearing their union—and its consummation—Kara is relieved that the new earl is more in need of a mother's care than a lover's touch.Yet one man longs for Kara's caress—Henry's advisor, protector, and half-brother—Ian. As Ian's attraction to Kara dares to flame into scandalous desire, enemies inside and outside the castle fight to remove Henry from the throne—by any means necessary.But Kara, who has never once known the love of another, cannot deny her fiery passions. Only Ian's undying devotion can embolden her to face the future—one that may destroy everyone she holds dear.SCOTTISH FIRE SRIES, in orderHighland Lady...

Anne—the illegitimate daughter of Scotland's king, Robert the Bruce—awaits her betrothal as a ward of the Forrests of Rancoff Castle. Then Tor Henneson—a towering Viking warrior full of hell and fury—storms the keep, demanding his due from Rancoff, the father who abandoned him.Yet it is feisty Anne who confronts Tor's deepest desires with her own. But now she must make a harrowing choice between duty... and a love that is destiny.SCOTTISH FIRE SRIES, in orderHighland LadyHighland LordHighland BrideAWARDS:Delaware Diamond Award for Literary ExcellenceP.E.A.R.L. Award

Shell-shocked after losing her husband and their cherished son, Dr. Maggie Turner finds herself dwelling on the past. She can't stop wondering about her other child, the baby she was forced to give up for adoption when she was a teenager. Finally tracking down her lost daughter, Maggie uncovers a shocking surprise—Taylor has been raised by her birth father, Jarrett McKay. Gone is the carefree boy Maggie once loved. In his place is a sexy single dad who has created the family Maggie is aching for—without her.Jarrett was always prepared for the possibility that Maggie might show up someday and threaten to take their daughter away. What catches him off-guard is the rush of emotion that sweeps him back to a tim when he loved her desperately. And when the sting of betrayal gives way to rekindled passion, Jarrett can't deny that he still wants the only woman who ever stirred his heart . . .