The battlefield was the only patch of color across the wide expanse of gray moor. Sabrina Verrick hugged her cape more tightly around her as she stared in horrified fascination at the scene before her. Some distance away, and farther down the slope of the moor, a lone figure crouched low in the heather. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.Ī northeast wind blowing rain and sleet welcomed the early morning watchers on the hill, their cloaked figures cowering together in vain for protection from the cold, penetrating wetness that seeped through to the skin. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,Īnd all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. I found myself happily lost in the magnificence of the storytelling.' -Los Angeles Herald Examiner 'Vivid sense of description, colorful characters. McBain's flare for the romantic intermingled with suspense will keep the reader riveted to the story until the last page.' -Affaire de Coeur With his inheritance at stake, Lucien, Duke of Camareigh, sets a trap for the Scottish beauty with the piercing violet eyes, never imagining what will happen when the trap is sprung.Īs their lives become irreversibly entangled, Lucien and Sabrina become each other's biggest threat, as well as their only salvation. He's so disillusioned, he's completely vulnerable. She's one thing by day, something else altogether by night.Īfter escaping the slaughter of her clan at a young age, Scottish noblewoman Sabrina Verrick provides for her siblings by living a double life, until the night she encounters the Duke, and her secret and all she holds dear is threatened. It's good, satisfying fun.' -Publishers Weekly 'The plot has imaginative twists and turns, and the backgrounds are lush and evocative.

Moonstruck madness by laurie mcbain