McClairen's Isle: The Passionate One. A Novel

Connie Brockway begins her magnificent Highland trilogy with the tale of a rogue no woman can resist-and a free spirit whose pleasures are strictly forbidden. Restless, daring, proud-they are the Merricks: Ashton, the eldest, the passionate one; Raine, his younger brother, the reckless one; and Fia, their sister, the ravishing one. Born of bad blood, they were raised in the Scottish Highlands on lands that belonged to their mother's kin, the McClairens-until their English father seized the ancestral stronghold for his own.
Yet all are destined to find loves as wild and glorious as the isle they call home. With a reputation for hell-raising and heartbreaking, Ashton Merrick seemingly cannot be tamed. But family secrets force Ashton to do his ruthless father's bidding-which, in this case, means escorting his missing ward, Rhiannon Russell, back to McClairen's Isle. As a young orphan, Rhiannon never once set eyes on her negligent guardian-but now that she's grown into a delicate beauty, Ashton suspects his father intends to claim her as his fourth wife.
What Ashton can never anticipate is the uncontrollable desire Rhiannon ignites in his own wary heart.