The Judge - Greyson, Maeve

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Résumé :
USA Today Bestselling Author. RONE Award Winner. Maeve Greyson's mantra is this: No one has the power to shatter your dreams unless you give it to them. She and her husband of over forty years traveled around the world while in the U.S. Air Force. Now they're settled in rural Kentucky where Maeve writes about her courageous Highlanders and the fearless women who tame them. When she's not plotting the perfect snare, she can be found herding cats, grandchildren, and her husband-not necessarily in that order....

Biographie:
Isobel doesn't have to receive men. As hostess, she makes them feel comfortable in the smoking room until their lady for the evening becomes available. The job provides a roof, food, and a bit of money to set aside. With any luck, she can soon save enough to escape to the Highlands where her son will be safe from discovery. But then Alasdair walks through the door. Redemption. Healing. Love. Fate teases Alasdair and Isobel with the hope of all three. But before they can claim any of these, there's the unsettled matter of Isobel's cruel husband, the man determined to see her dead and do anything to recover his only heir. Highland Heroes Book 1 - The Guardian Book 2 - The Warrior Book 3 - The Judge Book 4 - The Dreamer Book 5 - The Bard Book 6 - The Ghost...

Sommaire:
Alasdair Cameron is now the successful solicitor of two powerful Highland clans. A respected Scottish gentleman, his comfortable estate in Edinburgh has all a man could ever want. Except one thing. Life is cold and empty without his Isobel. He's loved her since the two of them were children. But her father gave her to another, and Alasdair arrived too late to save her from the altar. He's resigned himself to a life alone until his brother Ian talks him into a visit to Ch?teau Delatate, Edinburgh's elite and secretive gentleman's club, and the beguiling hostess answering the door is none other than his precious Isobel. Duchess Isobel Cuthbarten never forgot her dear Alasdair's oath: I'll never let another take ye. Words of hope until she was told Alasdair was dead. The precious promise burned like salt in an open wound every time her abusive husband forced himself upon her. Now she's escaped with her son, determined to make a new life. Out of money by the time she reaches Edinburgh, she secures employment as a hostess at Ch?teau Delatate. Thanks to the mercy and kindness of the big-hearted madam...