title: A Scotsman's Kiss
author: Frances Engle Wilson
description: Scotsman Rome Douglas selects Lindenwood, New Hampshire, as the location site for a movie production by Allied Studios. His job is to persuade the beautiful and strong-willed Abby Hampton to allow Allied to use her historic Federal-style home for the filming. Abby at first rejects the idea, but Rome at last convinces her to agree.
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  KISS OF A SCOTTISH WARRIOR
  
  “Dinnae press me, Ewan; I beg ye. All I can say is that I cannae be a wife to
  any man.”
  
  “Not even me? I’m different from most others. I want more from my wife than to
  take complete control of her life. I want a companion, a woman who will share
  in my joys and burdens, who will advise me when it’s needed. A woman I can
  honor and cherish.”
  
  And love.
  
  He was not foolish enough to speak the words, for he must have known that any
  woman would be hard-pressed to believe them upon such a short acquaintance.
  But he was clever enough to know that was what many females craved most of
  all—to be loved.
  
  “Ye need a wife with a dowry, who has a family that will accept ye. There are
  many others that will do.”
  
  “Nay, Grace. I only want ye. I cannae promise to be an ideal husband, but I
  will try to be all that you wish me to be, all that you need.”
  
  “Ye are without question the boldest man in the Highlands, Ewan Gilroy.”
  
  He grinned at her. Grace felt her 