In my next case, imitation isn’t the sincerest form of flattery when it leads to murder…

Mary Ruth Steinman is a magnet for controversy, but she’s good for business. At least until my grumpy Persian meets her and tries to bite her. Soon, it’s all I can do to keep my business running and my cat happy. But when the author is found dead after a signing, Tattered Pages is thrust into the news once again.

◆◆ Will haunting memories of the past doom a marriage before it starts? ◆◆

Coira MacDuff has had a hard life. Once a prisoner of the English and held captive in a hanging cage, she is hesitant to marry an Englishman. Still, she does so for an alliance for her clan. Never does she expect her new husband to bring her back to Liddel Castle, the place that still haunts her dreams.

Strian Eindrideson has served alongside his friends since he was old enough to swing a sword, but beneath the handsome but brutal exterior lies a wounded heart. Separated ten years earlier from the only woman he ever loved, Strian searches for his missing wife until a pair of blue eyes captures his attention during a raid in Scotland. Those blue eyes could only belong to one woman. A woman he feared was dead but always hoped he would find. Now returned to their homeland, Strian must prove that he can be the protector and partner he swore to be all those years ago.
Will love be enough to repair the damage caused by so many years apart?