![]() ![]() The Montgomery and Armstrong clan, once bitter enemies, unite to avenge one of their own. This is a 2013 Random House/Ballantine publication. Highlander Most Wanted is the second of the Montgomery/Armstrong trilogy. For loving Genevieve, he discovers, means giving her back the freedom that was stolen from her-even if it means losing her forever. But wooing her will take more than a seasoned seducer’s skill. He’s enchanted by her fierce determination, her unusual beauty, and her quiet, unfailing strength. But Bowen’s rugged sensuality stirs something deep inside her that longs to be awakened by his patient, gentle caress-something warm, wicked, and tempting.īowen seizes his enemy’s keep, unprepared for the brooding and reclusive woman who captures his heart. Unable to bear the shame of returning to a family that believes her dead or to abandon others at the keep to an imposing new laird, Genevieve opts for the peaceful life of an abbess. Still, her path toward freedom remains uncertain. ![]() Yet when Bowen Montgomery storms the gates on a mission of clan warfare, Genevieve finds that her spirit is bent but not broken. Genevieve McInnes is locked behind the fortified walls of McHugh Keep, captive of a cruel laird who takes great pleasure in ruining her for any other man. ![]() In Highlander Most Wanted, a reclusive woman content to live in the shadows shows a Highland warrior the true meaning of love. ![]()
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