The Lone Wolf’s Bride by Tessa Murran

Ilene Campbell is poised on the brink of getting her heart’s desire. As the daughter of powerful Laird Duncan Campbell she has the world at her feet. But when her hopes for the future are cruelly dashed and her heart broken she has no choice but to seek the protection of her wild and rugged adopted brother Murray, returned from war and scarred by the life he has led, inside and out. He wants her, that is obvious, but can she ever find happiness with him, especially as an awful betrayal opens up a gulf between them. Ilene must gain his trust and his forgiveness if she is ever to bind this hard, uncompromising highlander to her forever.

Murray Campbell has led loveless, brutal life and has spent years enriching himself on the battlefields of war-ravaged Europe. Returning to his home of Cailleach after years of self- imposed exile he finds Scotland on the brink of a civil war. Much has changed in his absence not least his adopted sister Ilene, now a captivating young woman, pretty and free-spirited. She appears too good for the likes of him until an abrupt change of fortune places her within his grasp. But the beautiful stranger he takes to his bed has hopes and dreams of her own…and a terrible secret. Murray must find some warmth and forgiveness in his shrivelled heart if he is to claim the prize forever just beyond his reach.

Is he to be her road to hell or her path to redemption…?