Seducing a Scottish Bride (MacKenzie #6)
The Legacy of the Raven
Since the earliest memories of time, the chieftains of the great house of MacKenzie have called Kintail their own. A vast territory
of extraordinary beauty, its splendors have been known to bring a shine to the eye of even the most battle- hardened Highlander.
Blessed with sparkling lochs and deep inlets, wild heather hills, and endless whispering moors, Kintail’s grandeur is legend.
No stretch of land in all the Western Highlands can equal its glory.
And no Highland chieftain is more respected — or feared — than Clan MacKenzie’s puissant leader, Duncan MacKenzie, the formidable
Black Stag of Kintail.
A man of iron will and incomparable strength, his name alone can inflame the hearts of those who follow him. And those who
don’t know to stay away, for it is said he fears nothing and has no mercy.
Only a fool would dare allow that there might be corners of Kintail untouched by the Black Stag’s sway.
But there was one deeply shadowed corner of that land, haunted by the doomed aspirations of a man best forgotten. Maldred
the Dire was his name, and although he has long since disappeared from history, his clan, the MacRuaris, still bear the shame
of his nefarious deeds.
The shame, and the sorrow.
Keeping to themselves, the blighted clan dwell unseen in the fair land of Kintail, their quiet presence unnoted by man, until
one amongst them grows weary of the shadows, unwilling to accept a fate written long before he or his heir, the Raven, ever
thought to tread these hills.
Aging chief of the MacRuaris, his days might be numbered, his life’s journey nearing its end. But the Raven is young and vital, a man of valor and passion
who does not deserve to be alone.
But before the Raven can find happiness, old debts must be repaid.
The hidden past unrolled and brought to the fore.
A past that inextricably binds the fates of the Black Stag and the man called the Raven. An unwanted turn of events that even
the mighty Duncan MacKenzie cannot escape, for the truth of it cuts to the marrow, trapping him by means of his one great
weakness.
His honor.