The Scottish Bride

Zusatztext “A good storyteller…Coulter always keeps the pace brisk.”— Fort Worth Star-Telegram “Ms. Coulter is a one-of-a-kind author who knows how to hook her readers and keep them coming back for more.”— The Best Reviews “Coulter is excellent at portraying the romantic tension between her heroes and heroines! and she manages to write explicitly but beautifully about sex as well as love.”— Milwaukee Journal “Coulter instinctively feeds our desire to believe in knights in shining armor and everlasting love—historical romance at its finest.”—BookReporter.com “One of the genre’s great storytellers.”— Kansas City Star “One of the masters of the genre.”— The Newark Star-Ledger “Catherine Coulter is one of the best authors of exciting thrillers writing today.”— Midwest Book Review Informationen zum Autor Catherine Coulter Klappentext A Vicar! widower! and father! Tysen Sherbrooke is unprepared for the courageous spitfire who comes into his life when he becomes a Scottish baron. Northcliffe Hall August 15, 1815 TYSEN SHERBROOKE GAZED out the wide windows onto the east lawn of Northcliffe, his brow furrowed thoughtfully. “As a matter of fact,” he said, “I did know that I was in line for the title, Douglas, but I was so far down on the list of rightful heirs that I never imagined it could actually happen. Indeed, I haven’t even thought of it for a good decade. The last grandson, Ian, he’s really dead?” “Yes, just six months before the old man died. It seems he fell off a cliff into the North Sea. The solicitor seems to think Ian’s death is what shoved Old Tyronne into the grave. Of course, he was eighty-seven, so he probably didn’t need much of a push. That means that you, Tysen, are now Baron Barthwick. It’s an old barony, dating back to the early fifteenth century, when men of importance were barons. Earls were later additions, upstarts for a very long time.” “I remember Kildrummy Castle, of course,” Tysen said. “It’s right on the coast, below Stonehaven, overlooking the North Sea. It’s a beautiful place, Douglas, not immensely tall with no windows like the old medieval Scottish castles, but newer, built in the late seventeenth century, I believe. I remember being told that the original castle was destroyed in one of their interminable clan fights. The new one, it’s got gables and chimney stacks? a good dozen of them?and four round angle-turrets. The lower floor of the castle is closed off by the building itself and attached to a curtain wall that encloses a very large inner courtyard.” Tysen paused a moment, seeing everything from a younger perspective, and his eyes glistened a bit as he said, “Ah, but the countryside, Douglas, it is untamed and wild, as if God gazed down upon it, decided against our modern buildings and roads, and left it untouched. There are more crags than you can begin to count, and deep-rutted paths, just one narrow, winding road, really, that leads to the castle. There’s a steep, rocky hill that goes down to a beach, and wildflowers, Douglas, wildflowers everywhere.” This was quite a poetic outpouring from his staid, very serious and literal brother. Douglas was pleased that Tysen not only remembered Barthwick so well but also appeared to admire it immensely. He said, “I remember your going there with Father when you were?what? About ten years old?” “That’s right. It was one of the best times of my life.” Douglas wasn’t at all surprised. It was unusual that any of them had ever had their father completely to themselves. Whenever Douglas had his father’s full attention, he’d felt blessed by the Almighty. He still missed the former earl, an honorable man who had loved his children and managed to tolerate his difficult wife with a wry smile and a shrug of his shoulders. Douglas sighed. S...

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• Autori: Catherine Coulter
• Editore: Berkley Publishing Group
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2001
• EAN: 9780515129939
• ISBN: 978-0-515-12993-9
• Pagine: 358
• Dimensioni: 105 mm x 170 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Bride (Paperback); Bride (Paperback); Bride; Penguin Publishing Group
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi