Four lairds. Four unwilling brides. Four dangerous bargains. One secret masquerade holding a kingdom together.
“If I touch ye tonight, Isobel, it willnae be out of duty.”
Lady Isobel MacDonald is put on display at the Masquerade’s secret auction and claimed by the one man she was raised to despise—a MacLean. Her family’s enemy. The most handsome brute she has ever seen.
And now… her husband by royal command.
Ruaridh MacLean, the Wolf of the Western Isles, never wanted a bride—but once the Crown binds Isobel to him, her sharp tongue, fiery temper, and untouched beauty become a temptation he can barely restrain.
Their marriage is meant to end a blood feud.
Instead, it fills his bedchamber with tension, defiance, and a hunger neither of them can outrun.
And when enemies strike, Ruaridh makes one thing brutally clear:
No one steals what he has claimed.
She was sold in silence—and claimed by the one man she despised.
