A Mackenzie Clan Christmas

Zusatztext Praise for the Mackenzie series   "Heartrending! funny! honest! and true... I want to marry the hero!"—Eloisa James! New York Times bestselling author   "I love the Mackenzies--every one of them."—Sarah Maclean! New York Times bestselling author   "Ashley writes the kinds of heroes I crave."—Elizabeth Hoyt! New York Times bestselling author   "A sexy! passion-filled romance that will keep you reading until dawn."—Julianne MacLean! USA Today bestselling author   "Skillfully nuanced characterization and an abundance of steamy sensuality."— Chicago Tribune Informationen zum Autor Jennifer Ashley Klappentext Celebrate the holidays with New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ashley's Mackenzie clan in two heartwarming novellas. Includes a never before published Mackenzie Christmas novella! When the Mackenzie family gathers in Scotland to celebrate the holidays the love and joy of the Christmas spirit captures everyone's hearts. And a reader favorite... A Mackenzie Clan Gathering The Mackenzie clan has gathered for Hart's birthday at the sprawling family estate in Scotland. But before the festivities can start, the house is robbed, and thieves make off with an untold fortune in rare art. Ian Mackenzie and his brothers must do what they can to retrieve the family treasure, but Ian is distracted by a family friend who claims he might have the power to "cure" Ian of his madness forever. All the Mackenzies must draw together as courage, love, and a tantalizing mystery serve to strengthen their bond, and redefine the meaning of family. Chapter 1   December 1898   Mac Mackenzie paused, his paintbrush dripping, at the soft sound from the end of the corridor.   The skylights in his room at the top of Kilmorgan Castle, the vast Mackenzie manor house, were dark. Mac didn't remember night falling, but when he became deeply immersed in painting, time passed swiftly.   It was also cold, his fire having died to a glow of coals. Lamps glowed softly, which meant his valet, Bellamy, must have entered and lit them.   Mac pulled himself out of the painting of a Scottish landscape and restored himself to the here and now. It was mid-December, at two in the morning, and his wife and children were snugly asleep in the floors below. Mac's brothers and their families slept in their wings of the vast house, all awaiting the celebrations at Christmas and Hogmanay.   No one should be up near the studio at this hour, but that did not mean his son, Robert, hadn't climbed restlessly out of bed to roam the halls. Or that Robert and his cousins Jamie and Alec hadn't gathered for a stolen smoke or nip of whisky they didn't think their fathers knew about.   Mac wiped his brush and dropped it into his jar of oil of turpentine. He mopped at his hands, which never stayed clean, but didn't bother trying to scrub off his face. Nor did he remove the kerchief that kept his hair more or less free of paint. Once he found the source of the noise, he'd return and finish the shadowing that was challenging him.   He shrugged on his shirt, now noticing the cold. Painting with fervor heated his body, so he usually ended up in only his kilt and shoes.   Mac stepped into the cold, silent hall. It ran narrowly before him, ending in a T-one direction led to Ian's wing, the other to Cameron's. He saw a flutter of white in the shadows, heard again the quiet rustle that had cut through his painting haze.   "Iz?" Mac called softly.   He started down the corridor. If Isabella, his darling wife, had come up to entice him to bed, he'd play along. The studio had a wide, comfortable sofa, and he could build up the fire to keep them warm while they b...

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• Autori: Jennifer Ashley
• Editore: Berkley Publishing Group
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781984805584
• ISBN: 978-1-984805-58-4
• Pagine: 304
• Dimensioni: 108 mm x 173 mm x 20 mm
• Serie: Mackenzies Series; Mackenzies Series; Mackenzies
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi