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The Pirate Laird's Hostage
(2020)(The third book in the Highland Warlord series)
A novel by Tessa Murran
He saved her life - now she belongs to him.
William Bain has clawed his way out of the wreckage of his past, leaving his outlawed family name behind. He now rules a ruthless clan on the Isle of Skye. Quick-tempered, impetuous and with a certain rugged charm, Will loves warring and women in equal measure. He has no need for love and loyalty until Morna Buchanan falls under his power and turns his world upside down.
She once saved him from execution as a traitor and, now that he has rescued her from dire peril, he would repay that debt. Will pledges to keep Morna safe from those who would destroy her, but is she safe from him, and from the desire that stirs in him when he looks upon her? Will is not a man to ignore his worst impulses, especially not those driving him towards a girl as bonnie as she is wild, and he will not be denied for long.
Morna Buchanan is on the brink of marriage when she is betrayed and sent to her doom. When Will Bain rescues her, she thinks he is her saviour. His wounded soul calls to hers, and she goes weak at the knees with every look from his piercing, blue eyes, never having forgotten their meeting years before. Will was just out of boyhood then, but now he is a man and a dangerous one at that. The longer Morna stays at his grim castle on the cliffs of Skye, the more she suspects she is not a guest but a prisoner.
As Scotland braces for another English invasion, Morna must form an alliance to keep her family safe. If that means a union with William Bain, who is everything she should not want, traitor, outlaw, pirate, then so be it. She has to have him in the name of peace and family loyalty, doesn't she? The only problem is that Will is not giving her a choice in the matter.
The Pirate Laird's Hostage takes the reader from the hills of Skye, across storm-tossed oceans and onward, to a terrible massacre on the meadows of Yorkshire. Get ready for a battle of hearts, as Will and Morna learn the difference between possession and love, self-interest and honour.
The Pirate Laird's Hostage is the third and final book of The Highland Warlords Series but can be enjoyed as a stand-alone book.
Extract
Morna squinted into the wind. A long way off, a soaring cliff was visible through the rain and, clinging to its edge, as if it grew out of the rock beneath it, was the gloomy hulk of a castle. She could feel Will's eyes on her, penetrating, watchful.
'What is that place?' she ventured.
'Fitheach Castle, stronghold of Clan Bain. It is my home and, for miles around, this is my land. It all belongs to me now, as does everything on it.'
Did he mean her as well? Morna risked a glance at him. 'I thank you for saving me if indeed that is what you have done?' She should not voice her thoughts aloud to him, but she was alone and miles from home with a cold stranger, and she needed some reassurance so that her thumping heart would be still.
'Do not be fearful. Your ordeal is over. You are safe now, with me, as my guest. This is my land, my clan and I hold sway here. Nothing can touch you,' he said, taking hold of her arm to steady her as the ship swung around towards the shoreline. 'You've no reason to fear me, unless you give me one, that is.'
There was something about his words which made her heart jump in her breast.
Morna shook his arm away. 'I never thought I'd see you again, William O'Neill.'
His dark brows drew together, and he narrowed his eyes.
'William O'Neill is dead,' he said, in a voice like ice. 'Forget him, for he died a long time ago. I am a Bain now, to the marrow of my bones.'
'I don't understand.'
'You will soon enough, and when we have washed the sea off you, Morna Buchanan, you will tell me what has been done to you, and by whose hand.'
Genre: Historical Romance
William Bain has clawed his way out of the wreckage of his past, leaving his outlawed family name behind. He now rules a ruthless clan on the Isle of Skye. Quick-tempered, impetuous and with a certain rugged charm, Will loves warring and women in equal measure. He has no need for love and loyalty until Morna Buchanan falls under his power and turns his world upside down.
She once saved him from execution as a traitor and, now that he has rescued her from dire peril, he would repay that debt. Will pledges to keep Morna safe from those who would destroy her, but is she safe from him, and from the desire that stirs in him when he looks upon her? Will is not a man to ignore his worst impulses, especially not those driving him towards a girl as bonnie as she is wild, and he will not be denied for long.
Morna Buchanan is on the brink of marriage when she is betrayed and sent to her doom. When Will Bain rescues her, she thinks he is her saviour. His wounded soul calls to hers, and she goes weak at the knees with every look from his piercing, blue eyes, never having forgotten their meeting years before. Will was just out of boyhood then, but now he is a man and a dangerous one at that. The longer Morna stays at his grim castle on the cliffs of Skye, the more she suspects she is not a guest but a prisoner.
As Scotland braces for another English invasion, Morna must form an alliance to keep her family safe. If that means a union with William Bain, who is everything she should not want, traitor, outlaw, pirate, then so be it. She has to have him in the name of peace and family loyalty, doesn't she? The only problem is that Will is not giving her a choice in the matter.
The Pirate Laird's Hostage takes the reader from the hills of Skye, across storm-tossed oceans and onward, to a terrible massacre on the meadows of Yorkshire. Get ready for a battle of hearts, as Will and Morna learn the difference between possession and love, self-interest and honour.
The Pirate Laird's Hostage is the third and final book of The Highland Warlords Series but can be enjoyed as a stand-alone book.
Extract
Morna squinted into the wind. A long way off, a soaring cliff was visible through the rain and, clinging to its edge, as if it grew out of the rock beneath it, was the gloomy hulk of a castle. She could feel Will's eyes on her, penetrating, watchful.
'What is that place?' she ventured.
'Fitheach Castle, stronghold of Clan Bain. It is my home and, for miles around, this is my land. It all belongs to me now, as does everything on it.'
Did he mean her as well? Morna risked a glance at him. 'I thank you for saving me if indeed that is what you have done?' She should not voice her thoughts aloud to him, but she was alone and miles from home with a cold stranger, and she needed some reassurance so that her thumping heart would be still.
'Do not be fearful. Your ordeal is over. You are safe now, with me, as my guest. This is my land, my clan and I hold sway here. Nothing can touch you,' he said, taking hold of her arm to steady her as the ship swung around towards the shoreline. 'You've no reason to fear me, unless you give me one, that is.'
There was something about his words which made her heart jump in her breast.
Morna shook his arm away. 'I never thought I'd see you again, William O'Neill.'
His dark brows drew together, and he narrowed his eyes.
'William O'Neill is dead,' he said, in a voice like ice. 'Forget him, for he died a long time ago. I am a Bain now, to the marrow of my bones.'
'I don't understand.'
'You will soon enough, and when we have washed the sea off you, Morna Buchanan, you will tell me what has been done to you, and by whose hand.'
Genre: Historical Romance
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