Another of the popular and engaging romance stories from the Scottish Highlands is inspired by the history of one of Scotland's leading clans and provides an insight into the ancient history of the clan community.
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Scottish Highlands 1334
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At the head of the McKenna clan is a family of fierce but fair warriors, devoted to each other to the death. However, the clan needs to have a follower, so the widowed eldest son must find a bride.
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It never occurs to Malcolm that she could be Lady Joan, whom he has known since childhood, but considers her a spoiled and selfish princess. She does not know that her marriage to a cruel man has completely changed her and that today she must rely only on her beauty, sharp judgment and courage, which can protect her and her little son from the turmoil in the surrounding world and in her own family. When Joan makes a surprising offer to Malcolm to protect him from a false accusation, he discovers that in addition to the unprecedented beauty that fascinated him earlier, Joan also has courage and an unprecedented strength of spirit. In her, he gains a wife who will stand by him, but he does not know whether he will succeed in gaining her trust and love.