Of Fate and Fortune (The Glenoran #2)

Glossary

Mo chridhe

Pronounced: moh kree-uh

Meaning: “My heart.” A deeply intimate Gaelic endearment. Flynn’s favorite name for Heather.

Mo nighean ruadh

Pronounced: moh nee-un roo-ah

Meaning: “My red-haired girl.” A tender, possessive Gaelic term of affection.

Mo ghràidh

Pronounced: moh graa-ee

Meaning: “My love.” A warm, romantic Gaelic endearment.

Mo chuid-sa

Pronunciation: mo CHOOCH-sa

Meaning: Mine. / My share.

In context, it reads as a possessive romantic declaration (“you are mine”). It’s a deliciously intense one.

Lass / Lassie

A Scottish term for “girl” or “young woman.”

Hen

A casual Scottish endearment, especially used by older women toward younger women.

Och / Och aye

Expressions of emphasis.

“Och” = “oh” or a soft exclamation.

“Och aye” = “oh yes,” often humorously emphatic.

Loch

Pronounced: lock

A Scottish term for lake or body of water.

Dubh

Pronunciation: DOO (rhymes with “moo”)

Meaning: “Black.”

The name of Harris’s horse.