Now a beautiful young woman, Gillian finds the key to resolving her past in handsome Scottish chieftains Ramsey Sinclair and Brodick Buchanan.
Alford, determined to recover a jeweled box for the despotic King John, is furious when the precious treasure slips through his fingers - only to be lost for more than a decade. One victim of the scourge is innocent Gillian, who is a mere child when the cruel and ambitious Baron Alford slaughters her father and tears her family apart. In the dark days after the death of Richard the Lionhearted, lives and lands would fall into upheaval at the hands of a power-hungry British ruler and his violent minions. Beloved storyteller Julie Garwood steps back to the silver-shrouded Highlands of her classic tale The Secret - and hails the return of two unforgettable warriors: Ramsey Sinclair and Brodick Buchanan. "I love you, Bridgid.Overflowing with all of the majesty and intrigue of medieval glory days, this magnificent New York Times best seller is a captivating story of passion and loyalty, justice and honor. "I have it on good authority that he's stupid and arrogant and obstinate, or at least he was until he realized what a fool he has been."
That's what you always do to try to get me to agree," she ended, and even she could hear the heartbreak in her voice. You're going to praise him first though, aren't you? "You can't decline until you know who he is," he reasoned. "I can't think when you… Just don't," she stammered. "Don't you dare kiss me again," she ordered. "Is that why you kissed me? So you could take me home and then marry me to a man I don't love? Who is he?" she demanded, emotionally spent now and uncaring that tears were streaming down her face. "There has been a request for your hand in marriage."
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