Intimate Enemies - A Novel

Zusatztext "Historical romance at its finest." —Jill Marie Landis "Shana Abé writes with intense! unforgettable emotion."—Jane Feather Informationen zum Autor Shana Abe Klappentext From Shana Abé! author of The Truelove Bride and A Kiss at Midnight! comes this exquisitely emotional! beautifully written novel about two warring clans on a Scottish isle united by a fragile pact... and the hearts of two unforgettable lovers. Lauren MacRae is only a woman. But her father's death has left her the leader of the Clan MacRae. Now it is up to her to defend her beloved Isle of Shot from the invading Northmen! even if it means going to her clan's sworn enemy! the powerful English overlord! Arion du Morgan! for help. But Arion's raven hair! green eyes! and smoldering sensuality soon make Lauren forget just why she turned to him—as he awakens within her a wayward desire.... Like Lauren! Arion risks the mutiny of his soldiers by forming this risky alliance. But he was brought up to believe that the Isle of Shot belongs not to the Clan MacRae! but to England—and he will defend it to his dying breath. Once! when they were children! Arion saved Lauren from a tortuous fate. Now! the copper-haired beauty has somehow found a way to banish the emptiness in his soul. And as they join forces to fight for the land they both love! he will risk everything—even his very life—to claim what is his. Chapter One     ENGLAND , 1165   THIS WAS THE SCARY PLACE.  Lauren didn’t know another name for it, this menacing room, all thick stone walls and no windows and the smell of death hanging in the air.  She didn’t know where exactly it was, this place, this room. But the people here had peculiar clothing and glittering eyes. They were all men—big, angry men— who looked down and through her, as if she were not really here in the scary place but just her ghost was, and they had caught a glimpse of the Lauren-ghost hiding in the dark corners.  She wished that it were true, that she wasn’t really here. She wished it were just her ghost trapped here in the shadows, and not she herself.  They hated her. That was clear. They said her name in loud, jeering voices.They tossed in food to her carelessly, letting it slop on the floor. They gave her water that turned her stomach, that tasted like sweat.  There was no pallet to rest on. No furniture of any kind, in fact, although one of the walls had long, heavy chains hanging down from iron pegs embedded in the stone. Otherwise, there was only a single blanket, filthy and torn, crawling with unpleasantness. She left it crumpled in one of the corners, by the chains.  Lauren didn’t know how long she had been here— days? Weeks? She almost didn’t remember how she had come here. She had been out with Da, she remembered that. He had taken her from Shot for the very first time in her life, to celebrate her eighth birthday. Da and she and a group of men had gotten on the largest ship they had and sailed to the mainland, to visit their friends there: Clan MacBain, allied with Clan Baird, allied with Clan Ramsay, allied with Clan Murdoch, allied with Clan Colquhoun. . . .  An ally was a friend, she knew that. Da had many friends.  And he had been so proud of her. Lauren had behaved properly on the voyage over. She had avoided the masts and the rigging and not caused any trouble at all, just as she knew he expected of her. The sky had been as bright as bluebells, clear and warm. The ocean wind had felt wonderful on her face, as always—clean, alive. She had loved the voyage, the water rushing past her in joyous tones and vibrant colors. She was almost sad when they docked at the mainland, but that had been overridden by the excitement of everything else.  Da, leading her off the boat to the green land before them, holding her hand. Hugs all around, people exclaiming over her, the sha...

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• Autori: Shana Abe, Shana Abé
• Editore: Bantam Books USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.06.2000
• EAN: 9780553581997
• ISBN: 978-0-553-58199-7
• Pagine: 400
• Dimensioni: 107 mm x 174 mm x 29 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Historical romance, FICTION / Romance / Historical / General