title: Highland Burn (Guardians of Scotland) (Volume 1)
author:  Victoria Zak 
description: <span>"This is a beautifully written love story, and an interesting twist on the old legend of Robert the Bruce and the terrible Black Douglas. The dragon angle is very creative and the characters have lots of depth. The story stays true to Scottish Medieval history and this is much appreciated. ... The plot is complicated and keeps the reader engaged throughout the story."</span><br /> <span></span><br /> <span>"Victoria Zak delivers a well-executed novel and a thrilling paranormal/highland romance!"</span><br /> <span></span><br /> <span>~ InD'Tale Magazine</span>
zlib_text:   
  
  Highland Flame
  
  by
  
  Lois Greiman
  
    
  
  Copyright **©** 1996 by Lois Greiman
  
    
  
   _To Cindy Hartwig,_
  
  _who, with a couple of ratty fur coats,_
  
  _could make a dancing bear._
  
  _Thanks for being the best sister a_
  
  _little girl could possibly hope for._
  
    
  
   **Prologue**
  
    
  
  _The year of our Lord_ —1497
  
  “She is still the verra image of her mother."
  
  With red-rimmed eyes, Arthur MacGowan, stared at Flanna and she stared back,
  amazed at the changes four years had wrought in this man she had once thought
  invincible. His face was ghostly white. His breath rattled harsh and loud in
  the darkened room.
  
  "Ye had hoped she would sprout a red beard like yers?" asked Troy Hamilton.
  
  "Dunna mock me! I am still laird here!" shouted the old man. But his words
  were reedy, and the fist he raised as a symbol of power shook with weakness.
  "Aye." He nodded once, letting his arm fall to his velvet coverlet. "I am
  still laird here, and I am dying."
  
  For the first time in a long while, Flanna felt her h