Surrender To the Highlander

Surrender To the Highlander
Terri Brisbin

Torn between honour and desire…Innocent Margriet Gunnarsdottir carried a heavy secret. Facing a perilous journey to the wild and distant north of Scotland, she knew her safety lay in her adopted disguise – a nun’s habit! But her only protector, a proud, rough-hewn Highlander, made her ache to share her crushing burden. Rurik Erengislsson had sworn to see her home unharmed.A woman promised to the service of God should be shielded and honoured – not desired! Yet Rurik was tempted beyond reason to make this beautiful waif his own.‘Expertly laced with danger and sweetened with sensuality’ – Booklist on TAMING THE HIGHLANDER

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Nothing she did escaped his gaze.

Not a thing.

Not the way her mouth curved when she spoke.

Not the way her hand lightly touched the surface of everything as they passed by.

Not the way her voice grew husky as she whispered her prayers over meals or before sleeping.

Not a cursed or blessed thing.

Rurik closed his eyes and begged forgiveness from the Almighty. Not the many gods of his ancestors, but from the One who truly ruled the heavens and earth.

For he was a man whose body and soul lusted after a nun.

Praise forTerri Brisbin:

‘A welcome new voice in romance…

you won’t want to miss.’

—bestselling author Susan Wiggs

SURRENDER TO THE HIGHLANDER ‘…a carefully crafted plot spiced with a realistic measure of deadly intrigue and a richly detailed, fascinating medieval setting.’ —Chicago Tribune

‘…a seductive, vivid love story’

—Romance Reviews Today

TAMING THE HIGHLANDER ‘TAMING THE HIGHLANDER is a lively, frolicking tale of life in the highlands; truly a must-read.’ —–Historical Romance Writers

THE COUNTESS BRIDE ‘The author uses a time in history that is fraught with war, deceit and uncertainty to move her characters into love, conflict and danger. Brisbin woos her readers with laughter and tears in this delightful and interesting tale of love.’ —Romantic Times BOOKreviews

Terri Brisbin is wife to one, mother of three, and dental hygienist to hundreds when not living the life of a glamorous romance author. She was born, raised and is still living in the southern New Jersey suburbs. Terri’s love of history led her to write time-travel romances and historical romances set in Scotland and England. Readers are invited to visit her website for more information at www.terribrisbin.com, or contact her at PO Box 41, Berlin, NJ 08009-0041, USA.

Recent novels by the same author:

LOVE AT FIRST STEP

(short story in The Christmas Visit)

THE DUMONT BRIDE

THE NORMAN’S BRIDE

THE COUNTESS BRIDE

THE EARL’S SECRET

TAMING THE HIGHLANDER

Look for POSSESSED BY THE HIGHLANDER Coming September 2009

SURRENDER TO THE HIGHLANDER

Terri Brisbin

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

This book is dedicated to two groups of women

who have supported me in the last two years

and one special person—

First, the wonderful women in the office

of Dr Linda Graziano in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

A caring group of professionals, they are also avid

romance readers and have been asking

for Rurik’s story since they first read

TAMING THE HIGHLANDER.

Linda, Patricia, Pat, Helen, Shelley, Deb and Amy—

here he is! Enjoy! (And thanks!)

And to the warm and amazingly helpful women and

avid romance readers in the Stratford, New Jersey,

office of Dr Jerome Pietras. To all of you who helped

me ease through difficult situations and appointments,

many thanks and this one’s for you, too!

And this is for Melissa Endlich, my editor,