The fate of Scotland itself hangs in the balance, and while Cameron vows to defy destiny itself to hold Kate forever in his arms, he must unravel the plots of nobles and commoners alike to protect the country that he loves. And as King James III falls prey to his fear of the Black Arts, accusations of witchcraft and treachery abound. But as dark times descend upon Scotland, Kate is inadvertently caught in a deadly web of court intrigue spun by the royal favorite, Thomas Cochrane. But a chance meeting with a handsome and seductively mysterious outlaw named Cameron ends with a kiss that changes the course of her destiny. The young woman wielding the stiletto is Liselle, sister to Orazio di Franco and a part of the Vindictam, the renowned Venetian family of assassins.

To care for her ailing father, the precocious Kate Ferguson has resorted to swindling the drunkards of Stirling. Set in 1482, three years after The Bedeviled Heart, the story begins in Sarlat, France where Lord Julian Gray is awakened from sleep by a knife pressed against his ribs. But it is a kiss that will change his life forever. From USA Today Bestselling, Amazon Top 100 Bestselling, and multiple Award-winning author Carmen Caine: Spellfinder, Book 2 of the Cassidy Edwards series. So, on the sunny spring day Cameron encounters a delightfully devious, bright-eyed lass selling charmed stones in one of Stirling's alehouses, he tosses her a shilling, thinking only to steal a kiss. The Bedeviled Heart The Daring Heart The Bold Heart And if youre of the vampire mindset, theres even a Scottish Highlander Vampire in Carmens popular paranormal 'Monster' series. The Bedeviled Heart: The Highland Heather and Hearts.

Wed and widowed seven times, he had come to believe that sharing his name alone would consign a woman to an early grave. The Bedeviled Heart: The Highland Heather and Hearts Scottish Romance Series. It was not his fate to love as other men.

Scotland, 1479 - Cameron Malcolm Stewart, Earl of Lennox, had made his peace with destiny.

The Bedeviled Heart by Carmen Caine