The Laird's Forbidden Lowlander (Hearts of the Highlands #1)

He is the most hunted man in the Highlands. She is the only woman who can keep him alive—and the last woman he should trust.

After betrayal leaves his clan shattered,

Laird Alistair MacLeod

has one goal: rebuild what remains and reclaim what was stolen from his people.

He never expected his survival to depend on

Diana Fraser

.

A Lowlander with steady hands, a sharp tongue, and no intention of bowing to a Highland laird, Diana is the last woman Alistair should be willing to trust.

Instead, she is the reason he is still breathing.

Forced into an uneasy alliance, they must work together as enemies close in and mistrust threatens to tear the MacLeods apart. But the longer Diana remains at his side, the harder it becomes for Alistair to remember why trusting her ever seemed impossible.

Especially when the betrayal that shattered the clan is far from over.

Trusting Diana could cost Alistair everything he is fighting to rebuild.

Wanting her may cost him something far more dangerous.

Because the woman he should never have needed is becoming the one he cannot imagine letting go.