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"Dramatic and vivid...Scorching love scenes threaten to set the sheets aflame."-Publishers Weekly Starred Review In 15th century Scotland Clarissa of York is sent to be the king's mistress and produce an heir. She is a bastard of the English King, her royal blood is highly coveted, and she has never needed a miracle more. But the brusque Highland laird who kidnaps her is a bit too rough to be considered divine intervention. With rival lairds determined to steal Clarrisa from him and royal henchmen searching for her all over the Highlands, Laird Broen MacNicols has a mess on his hands. Though he stole Clarissa for political reasons, there's a magnetic attraction between them, and his betrothal to another is just one of the things standing in their way. But even an independent'minded lady like Clarissa knows that a Highlander always claims his prize...' A romantic tale of the Scottish highlands, readers of Lora Leigh, Connie Brockway and Amanda Scott will be hoping for their own Scottish Laird. The Sutherlands Scottish Highlander series: The Highlander's Prize, Book #1 The Trouble With Highlanders, Book #2 How To Handle A Highlander, Book #3 The Highlander's Bride Trouble, Book #4 What readers are saying about The Highlander's Prize: "FORBIDDEN LOVE in an era when marriages were arranged for the sole purpose of increasing power. Great read..." "I compare other books to it...still trying to find one that measures up!" "a SEXY ROMANCE with indepth characters and story" "Characters you will love interlaced with smoldering sensuality and quick paced dialog" "plenty of humor, adventure, romance, and history." "Sexy Highlanders, dangerous plots and a feisty heroine" "This book is full of SWEET AND SPICY confrontations between the hero and heroine." "A fast paced, action filled story of love, romance, trickery, treachery, with a complex plot, Scottish and English alliances" What reviewers are saying about The Highlander's Prize: "Fiery passion as elemental, raw, and beautiful as the Scottish Highlands." -Long and Short Reviews "[The characters] fight just as passionately as they love while intrigue abounds and readers turn the pages faster and faster!" -RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars " an exciting and romantic adventure about a fantastic couple and their impossible love."-Romance Reviews "Highlander's Prize is another Mary Wine historical for the book shelf-a keeper to be enjoyed more than once."-Long and Short Reviews