'Take thirty days off or you're fired.' To twenty-first-century surgeon Dr. Evie Wortham, her hospital's ultimatum of thirty days' leave in the calming wilderness of the Scottish Highlands so she can get a handle on her anger issues means one thing: unbearable boredom. But she agrees out of pity for her best friend who Human Resources nominated to pass out the punishment. So, she heads to the outskirts of Inverness for a month of hiking, biking, and becoming one with nature. But a climb behind a waterfall to rescue a kitten permanently strikes the word boredom from her vocabulary. Instead of finding the cat when she emerges on the other side, she discovers a man with a bloody gash in his head floating face down in the pool below.
When Chieftain Quinn MacTaggart opens his eyes to the lovely, but strangely dressed Englishwoman, he's certain the enemy has captured him. He'd put nothing past Edward I's arrogance and determination to break Scotland. But when the sharp-tongued lass turns out to be an extraordinary healer and confesses England has banished her, honor demands he not only offer her the protection of his clan, but the added safety of taking his name. After all, she did save his life. And not only is she fearless and filled with fire, but bonny as a prize filly. What better choice for a wife?
Contains mature themes.
As a twenty-first century farmer, Kenzie MacMartin knows if she doesn't recover that ram that cost her a bundle, her dog won't be the only one howling in the Highlands. And to make matters worse, when she chases that sheep through a cave, she discovers a troupe of re-enactors mucking up her land with some kind of clan skirmish. The only upside is their handsome leader-until he kidnaps her.
Mathias Stronach questions his sanity in laying claim to the strangely dressed woman and her dog. Perhaps he should have let the MacPhersons take her. Then, she would've distracted them instead of him. Such fire in this feisty lass. He'd bet his best dagger; her passions burn just as fiercely. Makes a man think twice about choices he's made. Like promising to marry a woman he's never loved so he can be the next chieftain of Clan Stronach.
When Kenzie realizes she's barged into the thirteenth century, her priority is getting back to that cave and hoping she'll find her way back home. But vengeful clans, a medieval sociopath, and the warrior who draws her in like a bee to sweet clover thwarts that priority at every turn. Her head knows better. Her heart refuses to listen.
Contains mature themes.