To Catch a Highlander
ï»'Chapter 1
Och, me lassies! The fun ye'll have when ye've a man of yer own to torment!
- Old Woman Nora from Loch Lomondto her three wee granddaughters one cold evening
You lost everything?" Sophia MacFarlane's voice cracked on the last word.
Robert MacFarlane, known as "Red" to his daughter and his gambling companions, winced. "Aye, lass. I -- I lost it all."
Sophia sank into her chair, her face ashen. "Even...even the house?"
Red swallowed with difficulty. He'd always thought it best to get bad news out fast, but looking at his daughter's quivering bottom lip, he questioned his own advice.
Her wide, light blue eyes and thick lashes were wet with unshed tears. "But how? You were to go to Edinburgh and sell Mother's diamonds for the new roof. How did you end up in a game of chance?"< ... read full excerpt from To Catch a Highlander ebook