The Wedding



1119 AD. Journeying from England to Scotland to wed a highlander, LadyBrenna had resigned herself to the arranged match. But when a band offierce, painted warriors captured her en route, she fearlessly met theirdemand to marry their leader -- the quick-tempered laird Connor MacAlister.She couldn't know that her capture was merely the first act of vengeanceagainst her betrothed, Connor's sworn enemy. Brenna harbored no illusionsthat her husband was in love with her; after a hasty forest wedding,MacAlister assured her she could return home once she had borne him a son.But she could not deny that she had once proposed to MacAlister -- ten yearsago, when she was just a child, and the visitor to her father's castlecharmed her with his dazzling, unexpected smile. Now, as she sets out to winthe brave chieftain whom she has come to adore, a legacy of revenge ensnaresBrenna in a furious clan war -- and only her faith in her gallant hero cansave her....