How to Lose a Laird

Three unusually gifted sisters in Georgian Scotland must protect their family fortress from those who would steal its rumored treasuresand their heartsin this sweeping, adventure-filled, historical romance series for readers of India Holton, Lex Crocher, Manda Collins, and Evie Dunmore. Despite their villages wild, insistent rumors, middle sister Freya MacLeod is no more a witch than her extraordinary siblings. Quiet and observant, she cant control the weatheralthough her magnificently skilled drawings often predict it. But now a very different sort of storm has besieged their home of Castle Cairncross. When Freya's fearless younger sister disappears and is accused of murder, Freya is determined to prove her innocenceand bring her back. That means matching wits with a warriorno matter how dangerous he may be . . . A reluctant laird, Callum is glad to escape his clan's intrigues. But helping to protect Castle Cairncross as a favor to a friend is far more difficult than he thought. Especially when the seemingly timid Freya eludes him, his battle-honed instinctsand enrages the village into putting a bounty on both their heads . . . As they flee, Freya is stunned to see how caringand vulnerableCallum can be. . . . But he must keep his growing feelings for her hidden in order to honor a secret promise to his clan. Yet as their peril increases, they may find that battling side-by-side will uncover something more precious than gold . . .