The Border Lord's Bride (Border Chronicles)

New York Times bestselling author Bertrice Smallcontinues her Border Chronicles with this tale of a woman rescued, a man enraptured, and a love unanticipated by the fates

Duncan Armstrong, laird of Duffdour, had sworn never to wed unless it was to a lass he truly loved. But when he needs a favor from King James, Duncan never expects what hes forced to pay in return: the taking of a bride he neither loves nor desires.

When Highland heiress Ellen MacArthers marriage plans are thwarted by a murder attempt, she has no choice but to beg the king for help. The cost for her urgent plea: to surrender her heritage and become a border lords bride.

But the price to be paid for two strangers thrown together by fate is higher than imagined. And more dangerous than the passionand betrayalthat could consume them.