The Highlander's Bride

by Donna Fletcher

Desperate times call for desperate measures . . .

Twenty-two year old Sara McHern finds her two choices for her future looks unappealing. Her father has given her an ultimatum to wed the lecherous Harken McWillams or to stay at Stilmere Abbey and live out her days as a nun. Either choice is unacceptable to such a spirited lass as she, in desperation she gets down on her knees and asks the Lord to help her out of her dilemma—all it would take is for him to send her a husband.

Highlander Cullen Longton came to Stilmere Abbey to find his newborn son. He has been led to believe that he had died in childbirth but his wife's final death pleas convinced him otherwise. He refuses to believe the grave with his sons name on it is true. In a desperate attempt to prove that everyone is wrong he digs up the grave. Only when he is able to hold his son's lifeless body will he believe that he is gone. When he digs up the grave and finds the small bundle contains an old sack he knew that at last he had found the proof he needed to declare his son is alive. He goes in search of the last person who has knowledge of his son's “burial”, Sara McHern.

When Sara learns of Cullen she sees him as an answer to her prayers for she sees that this man could be the means of her salvation. She strikes a proposition with him that includes Cullen marrying her and in return she would take him to his son. Cullen sees marriage as a small price to pay for his son's return and gives in to her demands. Little does he know that the days they spend together will unearth a love he thought not possible for he believed his wife had took all the love from his heart with her untimely death.

But an evil Earl seeks to keep them from finding the boy. He will stop at nothing, not even death to keep the young ones location a secret….

Wow – The Highlander's Bride is a highly addictive book!! The characters leap off the pages and bury deep into your heart. This plot is perfect in ever aspect; Donna Fletcher has outdone herself on this wonderful novel. A book such as this revives my faith in the historical genre. Very highly recommended.