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Highland Vow [Murray Brothers Series Book 4]
by Hannah Howell
Category: Romance
Description: Ten years ago, young Elspeth Murray rescued a wounded young knight and lost her heart forever. Now, a stunning beauty and gifted healer, she is reunited with Cormac Armstrong when he saves her from an unwanted suitor. But, Cormac is promised to another, a woman who has blinded him to her ruthlessness. Now, Elspeth must battle against the odds to claim a man and a love she will not be denied. Cormac is stunned by the desire Elspeth's kiss awakens, tries to resist, and fails, the temptation she offers. A man of honour, he is torn by his pledge to another and his growing need for Elspeth. Blinded by duty and indecision, he is unaware that he is a pawn in a clever and deadly trap from which Elspeth is desperate to save him. But, by the time he understands her gift of selfless devotion will it be too late to claim this perfect love?
eBook Publisher: E-Reads/E-Reads, 2000
eBookwise Release Date: April 2009
 
22 Reader Ratings:
Available eBook Formats: OEBFF Format (IMP) [434 KB]
Words: 100917
Reading time: 288-403 min.
"Few authors portray the Scottish highlands as lovingly or colorfully as Hannah Howell."--Publishers Weekly
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
Cormac grinned as he unbuckled his sword, tossed it aside, then yanked off his boots. "Would ye belittle the first poetry this poor mon has e'er uttered?"
"Nay," Elspeth whispered, praying that he was not about to give her yet another lesson in the torturous art of being aroused, then left unsatisfied, as she welcomed him into her arms. "Was that what that was?"
He kissed her and she quickly wrapped her arms around him, wondering if this time she could hold him until they were both beyond reason.
"My bonny Elspeth," Cormac murmured against her throat as he unlaced her chemise, "ye should push me away."
"Why? Ye always seem to manage that all on your own."
"Nay, not this time."
"Are ye sure?"
Cormac crouched over her as he eased her thin chemise off her shoulders. "Oh, aye, my green-eyed temptress. This time only ye can stop this."
Seeing the hungry way he stared at her, she threaded her fingers through his hair and gently tugged him closer. "Then there will be nay stopping this time...."
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