The Highlander's Dark Seduction. Joanne Rock

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       Scotland, 1890

      Doomed to eternal wandering for over a century, Highlander Magnus Darroch has never encountered any creature—mortal or fae—like American heiress Elizabeth Harrison. She may be considered too tall and ungainly for polite society, yet the moment she dares to kiss him, Magnus knows he must possess her.

      Magnus has vowed to protect Elizabeth from his family’s curse even if it means they must part. But in his embrace, Elizabeth feels desirable for the first time. And she soon finds that no force is greater than this highland warrior’s passion….

       Secrets of the Darroch Clan

      The Highlander’s Dark Seduction

      Joanne Rock

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       Author Note

      I’m excited to return to the world of the Darroch clan this month and I am so grateful to you for joining me! Ever since I opened a copy of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as a high schooler, I have loved a little bit of the paranormal mixed with my historical tales!

      If you remember Magnus Darroch from the first story, The Highlander’s Haunted Kiss, you’ll know he’s the roughest around the edges of the Darroch men. I wanted to be sure to give him a heroine who could handle his fierce side, so I searched far and wide for a worthy heroine. Elizabeth Harrison tested her mettle in drawing rooms rather than on the sidhe battlefield, but I think she holds her own.

      Please do let me know what you think! I love to hear from readers at

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      Happy Reading.

      Table of Contents

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       The Legend

      In the most remote hills of Am Monadh, Scotland’s ancient Grampian Mountains, the forests keep secrets from bygone days. Shifting mists hide murky lochs while winding rivers can lead hapless travelers in circles. Here, a legend lingers from the earliest of times, a tale passed down among the hardy souls who carve out a living in this unforgiving land.

      It is whispered that the veil between worlds grows thin in those lush glens and dense forests where progress does not tread. And on a quiet day, if one wanders onto the wrong path, the mountain mists can lure a person into the land of the sidhe, the magical fey folk who exist in a time outside our own.

      Untouched by the passing years, the sidhe live alongside us, usually perceived out of the corner of an eye—a movement in the trees, a flash of color in the bushes. Occasionally, one of these lovely immortals is glimpsed as if in a dream, so impossibly compelling that most men won’t believe the vision could be real. Very rarely, a mortal can be lured into the timeless lands for the entertainment of the mystical beings that live there, only to be cast back into the real world years later, where their old existence never feels as magical as it did in those enchanted green hills.

      Every now and then, a determined mortal tries to cling to that fey world by refusing to leave. One stubborn Highlander named Fergus Darroch even went so far as to kidnap a particular sidhe female who captured his heart. But down that path lay madness. Or in the case of the Darroch descendants, the curse of eternal wandering.

      This is the story of one such time-walker cursed by the sidhe.