Dreams Entangled in Deception

Lady Horatia Whitaker is meant to be on her way to a wedding—not swept into the Highlands by a dangerously handsome stranger with wicked intentions.

When her carriage wheel snaps on a lonely Scottish road, Horatia finds herself stranded at the mercy of Lachlan MacKay, the Duke of Montclaire. Certain she is the bride promised to his most detested neighbor, the Earl of Rosebery, Lachlan makes a reckless choice. He abducts her and carries her to Montclaire Castle, determined to steal Rosebery's prize—and seduce the woman who was never meant to be his.

Horatia is no timid debutante. She doesn't make anything easy for the man who whisked her away to his castle. With every heated glance and stolen moment, she begins to see the man behind the wicked smile—fierce, charming and far too tempting for her own good.

Lachlan never intended to fall in love before he even had the chance to ruin her…but desire turns to devotion, and his carefully laid scheme unravels into something dangerously real. Because when Horatia discovers the truth—who he is, what he's done, and why he took her—his love may not be enough to keep her at Montclaire Castle and the betrayal might cost him everything.