title: Magenta Mine: An Invertary Novella (Scottish Highlands) (Volume 3)
author:  janet elizabeth henderson 
description: <div><div><span>AUTHOR NOTE: &quot;You say tom-A-to, I say tom-ah-to...&quot; That line really only works when you sing it, but you get the idea. ;) This is just a heads up that I write with UK spelling. I know it looks like the books are full of mistakes, but we really do spell like that over here...honest! :D</span></div><div></div><div>THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS BOOKS<br />Lingerie Wars - Scottish Highlands, Book 1<br />Goody Two Shoes -Scottish Highlands, Book 2<br />Magenta Mine -Scottish Highlands, Book 3<br />Calamity Jena - Scottish Highlands, Book 4<br />Bad Boy -Scottish Highlands,Book 5<br />Here comes the Rainne again -Scottish Highlands, Book 6<br />Caught - (Mitch&apos;s story)Scottish Highlands,Book 7, out 2016</div></div>
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  Not Mine to Give
  
  A Scottish Historical by  
  Laura Landon
  
  Published by  
  Prairie Muse Publishing  
  ©2012
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Prologue
  
  KILGERN CASTLE - SCOTLAND
  
  JULY 21, 1314
  
  She pulled her wrapper tighter around her nightdress and ran down the stairs
  of Kilgern Castle, the words of her frightened maid still ringing in her ears.
  The priest from clan Ferguson was downstairs, demanding to speak to her.
  
  She raised the candle higher as she crossed the wide entryway, then ran to the
  other side of the great hall. Her heart pounded in her head while her mind
  raced through the myriad of possibilities that would bring a priest to Kilgern
  Castle in the middle of the night. She rejected the most obvious. Ian could
  not be dead.
  
  “Lady MacIntyre.”
  
  The priest quit his frantic pacing before a hearth that had long since given
  out any heat and extended his hands. She grasped his fingers and kissed his
  knuckles as she bent her knees. When she looked at him, her breath caught in
  her throat. Dr