The Lairds of Lainnir Torr
The times are dark and tumultuous. The English King perceives the Scottish highlanders a dangerous threat to his agenda. How can he possibly rule a world empire if he cannot rule the whole of his own island? The independent, unruly highland clans must be brought into submission. The conflict culminates in the Battle of Culloden where the highlanders are once and for all, crushed. Now, their culture is to be annihilated, forever. Never again will the clans unite to rise up in rebellion against their English King.
Caught up in the terror of these times, Mariah Thornton is a young lass in desperate trouble. She is hopelessly trapped in a conflict of her own. Damian Campbell is enamored with her, and Mariah's father hates and loathes this 'Dark Lord of Dragon's Lair'. Damian is the man directly responsible for confiscating their land, burning them out of their home, and the ruthless slaughter of most of their clan. Her father, once a proud clan chief in his own right, is reduced to a wretched existence. He, along, with the rest of his family and surviving clan, must eke out a living in a God forsaken place on Damian's land, the 'Village of Foddy Feayn'. There, along the rocky coastline, Mariah and her kin are forced to rely on fishing, and, in the summer months, are reduced to virtual slave labor, harvesting kelp to add to Damian's already substantial wealth.
To spite Damian, Mariah's father has betrothed her to one of his kinsmen... a vile, coarse man Mariah can barely tolerate. When Damian gets word of her father's plan, he rides into the 'Village of Foddy Feayn' and kidnaps her. In desperation, Mariah throws herself upon God's mercy, taking an enormous leap of faith. Defying impossible odds, Mariah braves the icy waters of the northern Atlantic, barely managing to get herself alive to the Isle of Skye. She is found on the beach, unconscious, and taken to the Castle of Lainnir Torr by a local fisherman.
Mariah awakens to find herself in yet more peril. Unable to reveal her true identity for fear she will be sent back to Damian, or worse... her betrothed, she is believed to possibly be a spy. She is held captive by the dark and devastatingly handsome laird of the castle, Ethan MacClain, who has troubles of his own. But, this is not the end of Mariah's troubles. To her horror, she is to learn that there is not ONE, but TWO young "Lairds of Lainnir Torr".
Find out what happens next, and how Mariah negotiates these troubled waters in "The Lairds of Lainnir Torr" the first episode of "The Legend of Mariah of Everon" Trilogy.
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