“Tha,” he said again, lifting his gaze to meet her eyes. It meant “yes.” Sibyl felt her breath quicken as the stranger traced her lips with one finger, his gaze falling to her mouth, then to her throat, then further down still, to the way her breasts nearly overflowed the top of her disheveled dress. “Tha.” His thumb traced her jawline as he looked down at her, the sunlight dappled across his face and chest. “Chan eil,” she objected again, but this time, the word came out in a mere whisper. “Shh.” He touched a finger to her lips, shaking his head.
She repeated the Gaelic word for no, seeing the frown on his face at her protest. “Will you stop that?” she cried, pushing at his arms as they encircled her and turned her to him. She turned and stalked off, getting as far as the nearest tree before he grabbed her again. So she said the words, hoping he would understand, and from the look on his face, it was clear he got her meaning. “Goodbye! Mar sin leibh!” She didn’t know many phrases in Scottish Gaelic, but she had learned a few from Moira. He just looked down at her with those devilish blue eyes. She shooed him away like an annoying fly but the man didn’t move. Do you understand me? I don’t want your help! No! Go! Away with you!” “You bumbling idiot! You could have killed us both!” she snapped. Note To Readers: This is the extended version with new material and a BONUS epilogue and preview of the SEQUEL! When he takes her to a place no human has ever been, she knows she’s gone over the edge.Īnd when he, at last, marks her as his own, she discovers that only one wild heart can claim another. When a big, brawny, long-haired man, who only speaks to her in Gaelic and calls himself Raife, simply picks her up and carries her off with him into the Scottish wild, Sibyl knows she’s in trouble. On an organized hunt for wolves-or, as the Scots call them, wulvers-Sybil escapes her fiancé’s clutches, only to find she’s run into something far more untamed and dangerous in the middle of the woods. Then her betrothed turns out to actually be far worse than his reputation, so headstrong Sibyl decides life as a peasant, or even death, would be preferable to a future with such a despicable man, and makes plans to run away. A man who, by reputation, is one of Scotland’s cruelest lairds in over a century.īut what choice does she have, with her father dead and her uncle now married to his brother’s widow, putting him in charge of not only the Blackthorne fortune, but Sibyl’s future as well?
Sibyl Blackthorne isn’t afraid of anything-except maybe being sold into marriage to a man she doesn’t love. KINDLES, KINDLE ACCESSORIES & WARRANTIESįrom NEW YORK TIMES bestselling and award-winning author Selena Kitt – Over a Million Books Sold!.PRIME-ELIGIBLE KINDLE OWNERS LENDING LIBRARY (KOLL).Subscribe free to for the best free and bargain books.
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