The Warrior Laird

Dugan MacMillan will never forget the night his childhood ended - when his village was massacred and he and younger siblings barely escaped. Now as Laird of the MacMillan clan he'll stop at nothing to protect his people - even if it means amassing an unlikely fortune to keep a greedy earl at bay. Following an incomplete map and rumours of hidden gold, Dugan is determined to restore the MacMillan clan to its rightful place.

Maura Duncanson has absolutely no interest in marrying the man her parents have betrothed her to, and even less desire to leave her much beloved younger sister alone in their negligent care. On her wedding journey to the elderly Baron Kildary's estate, she hears of a hidden cache of gold, which she could use to rescue her sister and escape her wretched family's reach. She escapes her jailor-escorts but, while trying to steal the treasure map, she is captured by a dark warrior whose gaze almost makes her forget her plans... almost.

Dugan can look past the pretty thief's sticky fingers, but when he learns she's the niece of the man who murdered his family, his allegiances are shaken to the core. He'd never harm a woman, and decides to hold her, demanding a ransom from her fiancé. If he can't find the gold, he'll still save his clan... if only he can bring himself to give up the woman who has brought light back into his life...