The Sinner (Return of the Highlanders Series #2)

by Margaret Mallory

Overview

The Return of the Highlanders: Book 2
Four fearless warriors return to the Highlands to claim their lands and legacies. But all their trials on the battlefield can't prepare them for their greatest challenge yet: winning the hearts of four willful Scottish beauties.

Irresistible Desire

Alex MacDonald is known for his skill as a warrior, his prowess with women, and his vow to never take a wife. But now his chieftain has asked him to make the ultimate sacrifice: wed Glynis MacNeil, a lass famed throughout the Highlands for her exquisite beauty-and defiant ways.

Familiar with heartbreak, Glynis refuses to fall for another handsome scoundrel. Yet when Alex's past sins force an unlikely union, Glynis gives in to temptation and becomes his wife. Will their newfound passion be strong enough to fight the enemy that threatens their home, their clan, and their very lives?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780446583107
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	11/01/2011
Series:	Return of the Highlanders Series , #2
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	391,969
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.60(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Margaret Mallory abandoned a career as a lawyer to become a romance novelist. Why this surprised everyone, she doesn't know. Who wouldn't rather have thrilling adventures with handsome Highlanders than write briefs and memos? Margaret lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest with her husband, a goofy dog, and a crabby cat. With her children off to college, she spends most of her time working on her next book in The Return of the Highlanders series. Margaret loves to hear from readers.

You can learn more at:
MargaretMallory.com
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Editorial Reviews

In Mallory’s sizzling and captivating second Return of the Highlanders 16th-century adventure (after May 2011’s The Guardian), sexy warrior Alex MacDonald is stunned by his sudden and unrelenting desire for Glynis, his chieftain’s beautiful, fiery daughter. Undeterred by her reluctance to remarry after her miserable first marriage, Alex seeks her out and soon agrees to escort her on a dangerous journey across the perilous Scottish terrain. Their mutual desires collide in unspoken passion, but first they must overcome the specters of Alex’s colorful past and Glynis’s failed marriage. Alex and Glynis decide to marry, but then Glynis discovers seeming signs of Alex’s indiscretion, and vengeful enemies threaten them both. Despite harping on Glynis’s excessive stubbornness and irritating distrust long after Alex has proven his devotion, Mallory weaves a fine yarn with plenty of spice and thrills. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

"[S]izzling and captivating...Mallory weaves a fine yarn with plenty of spice and thrills."—Publishers Weekly

"4 1/2 Stars! The sizzling sexual tension between the hero and heroine will leave readers breathless."—RT Book Reviews

"Mallory's ability to take history and legend and turn it into a masterpiece is simply magnificent!"—FreshFiction.com

"The Sinner is a novel overflowing with everything you expect from a Highlander novel - fierce passion, male arrogance, and female determination. But The Sinner offers so much more - a real friendship between husband and wife, the gentle interactions between a father and daughter, and the sweetness of true love."—TheRomanceDish.com

"Alex is a delicious male lead that would send any woman's heart aflutter."—NightOwlReviews.com

"TOP PICK! 4 1/2 stars! Mallory imbues history with a life of its own, creating a deeply moving story. Her characters are vibrantly alive and full of emotional depth, each with their own realistic flaws. Her sensuous and highly passionate tale grabs the reader and doesn't let go."—RT Book Reviews on The Guardian

"Spellbinding! Few writers share Margaret Mallory's talent for bringing history to vivid, pulsing life."—New York Times bestselling author Virginia Henley on Knight of Desire

From the Publisher

"Spellbinding! Few writers share Margaret Mallory's talent for bringing history to vivid, pulsing life."

New York Times bestselling author Virginia Henley on Knight of Desire

"TOP PICK! 4 1/2 stars! Mallory imbues history with a life of its own, creating a deeply moving story. Her characters are vibrantly alive and full of emotional depth, each with their own realistic flaws. Her sensuous and highly passionate tale grabs the reader and doesn't let go."

RT Book Reviews on The Guardian

"Alex is a delicious male lead that would send any woman's heart aflutter."

NightOwlReviews.com

"The Sinner is a novel overflowing with everything you expect from a Highlander novel - fierce passion, male arrogance, and female determination. But The Sinner offers so much more - a real friendship between husband and wife, the gentle interactions between a father and daughter, and the sweetness of true love."

TheRomanceDish.com

"Mallory's ability to take history and legend and turn it into a masterpiece is simply magnificent!"

FreshFiction.com

"4 1/2 Stars! The sizzling sexual tension between the hero and heroine will leave readers breathless."

RT Book Reviews