Heart of a Highlander Author:Collette Cameron Prequel to Highlander's Hope, Castle Brides Book 2 — How can she love the man responsible for her husband?s death? — When Giselle McTavish left France as the wife of a Scottish laird, she never expected to be widowed two years later and left with a toddler to raise. Filled with animosity toward Highlander, Hugh Ferguson?the man she holds responsib... more »le for her husband?s drowning, and a man she must see every day because he, too, lives at Craiglocky Keep?she?s determined her son, the next laird, will be raised in Scotland, nonetheless. Her struggles to overcome loneliness and homesickness are compounded as it becomes more difficult to fight the warm feelings Hugh now stirs in her.
Hugh has loved Giselle almost from the moment he laid eyes on the petite Frenchwoman. But as the wife, and then the widow of his dearest friend, he has refused to act on his feelings. He blames himself for his friend?s death. Guilt as well as the belief Giselle hates him, keeps Hugh?s lips firmly closed and his heart sealed. That all changes one providential Valentine?s Day when he risks everything by using Scottish folklore and legend to at last proclaims his love.« less