title: Highland Destiny (Highland Trilogy, Bk 1)
author:  Hannah Howell 
description: Howell (A Taste of Fire) kicks off her new 15th-century Highland trilogy with the story of Lord Balfour Murray, laird of Donncoill. His arch-enemy Sir William Beaton kidnapped Balfour's younger brother, Eric, and an attempted rescue ends in defeat and injury. During the retreat home, Maldie Kirkcaldy emerges from the bushes and offers her healing services. She, too, has a score to settle with Beaton and wants Balfour's help. Although the unkempt Maldie protests loudly and frequently about not being a whore like her mother, she and Balfour quickly become lovers. Torn between lust and duty, an increasingly suspicious Balfour imprisons Maldie, who escapes to Beaton with Balfour hot on her trail. While the narrative is rich with detail and the plot promising, the pacing is uneven and the dialogue clotted with "havenae"s, "cannae"s, "isnae"s and "verra"s that add little authenticity but much confusion. And any reader who cannae ken the wee secret, isnae trying verra hard. <br />Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: HIGHLANDER'S FORBIDDEN LASS
  
  Trapped between war and peace, the road to their destiny may just be the
  battle that defeats them both…
  
  FIONA FARIS
  
   **Contents**
  
   _Thank you_
  
   _About the book_
  
   _Prologue_
  
   _Chapter 1_
  
   _Chapter 2_
  
   _Chapter 3_
  
   _Chapter 4_
  
   _Chapter 5_
  
   _Chapter 6_
  
   _Chapter 7_
  
   _Chapter 8_
  
   _Chapter 9_
  
   _Chapter 10_
  
   _Chapter 11_
  
   _Chapter 12_
  
   _Chapter 13_
  
   _Chapter 14_
  
   _Chapter 15_
  
   _Chapter 16_
  
   _Chapter 17_
  
   _Chapter 18_
  
   _Chapter 19_
  
   _Chapter 20_
  
   _Chapter 21_
  
   _Chapter 22_
  
   _Chapter 23_
  
   _Chapter 24_
  
   _Chapter 25_
  
   _Chapter 26_
  
   _Chapter 27_
  
   _Chapter 28_
  
   _Chapter 29_
  
   _Chapter 30_
  
   _Chapter 31_
  
   _Chapter 32_
  
   _Epilogue_
  
   _Prologue_
  
   _Chapter 33_
  
   _Chapter 34_
  
   _Chapter 35_
  
   _Chapter 36_
  
   _Chapter 37_
  
   _Chapter 38_
  
   _Chapter 39_
  
   _Chapter 40_
  
   _Chapter 41_
  
   _Chapter 42_
  
   _Chapter 43_
  
   _Chapter 44_
  
   _Chapter 45_
  
   _Chapter 46_
  
   _Chapter 47_
  
   _Chapter 48_
  
   _Chapter 49_
  
   _Chapter 50_
  
   _Chapter 51_
  
   _Chapter 