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Charming the shrew, the legacy of Macleod, Laurin Wittig

Charming the shrew

Laurin Wittig

The legacy of MacLeod, [1]

the legacy of Macleod

Returning to the Scottish Highlands after a fierce battle with the English, Tayg Munro receives a hero's welcome and an ultimatum. To take his place as heir to the chiefdom, he must choose a wife or have one chosen for him. Furious and stalling for time, the brooding warrior volunteers for a mission that takes him deep into the Highlands, with no hint of the fateful encounter that awaits him... Catriona MacLeod is known as the Shrew of Assynt, thanks to her razor-sharp tongue and her unwillingness to yield to her five brothers. When she learns that her eldest brother has promised her hand in marriage to a loathsome man, she flees into the Scottish wilderness, determined to seek the king's intervention. There she reluctantly joins forces with a handsome traveler, unable to anticipate the treacherous plot that will soon embroil them ? or the passion that will ignite between them. Charming the Shrew deftly shows how a prickly woman who has reason to distrust men can be tamed by love.? Mary Jo Putney, New York Times bestselling author Move over Shakespeare, no one writes a more lovable shrew than Laurin Wittig.? Sherrilyn Kenyon, #1 New York Times bestselling author In this exhilarating Highlands adventure Wittig knows how to merge passion, wild adventure, history and danger into a perfect tale that takes your breath away and tugs at the heart.? - Romantic Times