Daring the Highlander, Laurin Wittig
Daring the Highlander, Laurin Wittig
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Daring the Highlander

Author: Laurin Wittig

Narrator: Ralph Lister

Unabridged: 8 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 08/07/2012


Synopsis

The sweeping Scottish saga that began in Laurin Wittig’s novel Charming the Shrew continues in the romantic sequel.After his eldest brother pays the ultimate price for plotting against the king, Ailig MacLeod returns to Castle Assynt with a heavy heart. On the king’s orders, Ailig’s father must forfeit the title of clan chief in favor of his youngest son or the entire clan will be set to fire and sword.But before Ailig can deliver his message, he encounters the beautiful Morainn MacRailt, a young widow whose solitary life in her cottage down the glen, away from the boisterous castle, garners unwanted attention from men looking for a wife. Ailig is taken by her quiet confidence and the powerful connection he feels between them, but his duty lies at Castle Assynt where a series of crises have arisen in the wake of his brother’s death and his sister’s abrupt departure.Determined to bring his clan to order, but wary of whom to trust, Ailig makes a fateful decision: he calls on Morainn to serve as chatelaine, offering her the protection of life inside the castle in return for overseeing the stronghold. Clever Morainn quickly becomes one of his most important advisors, and as the trust between them grows, so does an undeniable passion. Together they seek to restore the MacLeod clan’s legacy, rebuild Castle Assynt—and discover a love unlike any they ever imagined.

About Laurin Wittig

Laurin Wittig was marked by her Scottish heritage at birth, when her parents chose her uniquely spelled name from a plethora of Scottish family monikers. At ten, she attended her first MacGregor clan gathering and her first ceilidh, where she danced with the hereditary chieftain of the clan. At eleven, she visited Scotland, and it has fueled her imagination ever since.She studied anthropology at Brown University before launching a career in the computer industry. But as a voracious reader, it was only natural she would become a storyteller too. She penned her first book when her children were young, writing whenever they napped. Her novel The Devil of Kilmartin won the National Readers’ Choice Award for short historical romance, and all of her books have appeared on the Amazon Top 100 Historical Romance and Top 100 Historical Fiction lists. Wittig lives in southeastern Virginia with her two children, her husband, and their rescue Eskie.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie

Daring the Highlander by Laurin Wittig is a short, light Highlander romance. This is the second book in the series, ( which I was unaware of when I checked it out of the kindle library),copyrighted in 2005, and I will now go back and read the first one. This is the story of the Macleod Clan. Ailig h......more

Goodreads review by Helen

Daring The Highlander Book number 2 by Laurin Wittig. Excellent writing and great page turner. Ailig and Morainn are the hero and his love. They have fallen in love with each other almost immediately. This book is well balanced with adventure and romance. You must read the series to get the best read......more

Goodreads review by Carol

A rousing tale of clan problems in old Scotland Ailig had never planned to be chief of his clan, but with his oldest brother dead and the other three in forced service to King Robert the Bruce as penance for their treachery to the king, Ailig had returned to his clan with the King's order to become c......more


Quotes

“This is a fantastic book with real heroes, true daring, devastating betrayal, surprising loyalty, and passionate romance. A perfect 10.” —Romance Reviews Today“Wittig shows once again with Daring the Highlander that she is a powerful force in the Scottish historical genre.” —LoveRomances.com“Wittig…captures the essence of the Scots in her remarkable characters and their colorful, historically accurate, highly romantic love story.” —RT Book Reviews