The story begins as Christmas draws near in 1711 in Linavar,
Scotland. As Temperance Menzie prepares for Christmas Day with her family,
their celebrations are suddenly cut short when the gang of Black Riders storm
into their land and falsely accuse her father of shooting an arrow through into
one of their men. Temperance’s father is innocent, but Cailean Grant, who now
rides with the Black Riders as a warrior for hire, doesn’t know that. And so he
allows one of the Black Riders to kill him.
After the killing, Cailean begins to
get a conscious and, having witnessed Temperance’s grief, comes looking for
her. They exchange a few words and later, she finds him in the woods,
unconscious and stabbed in the back. She has no idea the wounded man she nurses
back to life was one of the Black Riders who killed her father.
Cailean’s guilt grows as Christmas
draws near and his identity is revealed. As well, Cailean has an enemy among
the Black Riders and must him and his own demons. Meanwhile the man Cailean
hates wants Temperance for his bride. It’s a muddle for a while until Cailean
begins to set things straight.
A well-told story that will warm your
heart on a cold winter’s night, it tells of scars from the past and second
chances, of marrying for love and not for duty.
A great Christmas read!
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