The Highlander’s Secret (Scottish Highland Warriors)
During the Culloden uprising, Jacobite sympathizer Phoebe Dunbar is brutally attacked by a ruthless British officer. To regain her honor and avenge this cruel deed, she begins service as a spy for the Scottish rebels. Seven years later, while on a covert mission in England, Phoebe encounters the dashing, charismatic Slade MacLean, her childhood friend and now a Scots Greys colonel. Through a series of dramatic, clandestine, and unexpected events, they are caught in an intricate web of danger, deceit, and intrigue. When scandal threatens their clan reputations, they agree to a marriage of convenience. Slowly, the business arrangement deepens as they explore the memories of their early years together and learn more about one another through their high-risk undercover exploits. As life-threatening circumstances imperil their relationship, and haunting, dark secrets of the past are exposed, will their love survive?
Roma Cordon’s first historical romance in the Scottish Highland Warriors series is a well-paced, skillfully plotted novel, bringing to life the turbulent 1740s as England and Scotland continue to clash. The Scottish Highlands and English countryside, beautifully described with meticulous attention to historical detail, offer the perfect setting for this lively, lustful tale. The fully developed protagonists, Phoebe Dunbar, the captivating heroine, and Slade MacLean, her handsome, rugged lover, are a delight to follow as their political associations become increasingly entangled and personal passions emerge. Their intimate scenes are emotional and vividly portrayed through tough, tender dialogue and sensual, seductive scenes, seamlessly enhanced by the tension of the political events in which they are immersed. Their beautiful bond, built of loyalty, courage, trust, and love, is strengthened as they reveal their vulnerabilities and share painful recollections of the past. Well worth a read!
