The Wicked Bride: Lions of the Black Isle, #4

By Tarah Scott and Sue-Ellen Welfonder

Four brothers determined to restore their family’s glory… Four women destined to tame the Lions of the Black Isle… Four brand-new Highland tales from USA Today and bestselling authors Sue-Ellen Welfonder and Tarah Scott.

A young rogue discovers that the girl he watched grow up has become a woman, one able to tame a Lion of the Black Isle.

A Scarsdale Publishing Half Hour Read
Other books in the Lions of the Black Isle series
The Stolen Bride
The Convenient Bride
The Forbidden Bride

• Language: English
• Publisher: scarsdalepublishing
• Release date: Nov 9, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386128960

Tarah Scott

Award winning author Tarah Scott cut her teeth on books such as The Bobbsey Twins (yes, she is dating herself!) Nancy Drew, and Aesop's Fables. Authors such as Georgette Heyer, Zane Grey, and Mark Twain filled her teenage years. Her favorite book is a Tale of Two Cities, with Gone With the Wind as a close second. Favorite modern authors are Stephen King, Ann Rice, Amanda Quick, and Johanna Lindsey. Born in New Mexico, Tarah grew up in the Southwest. Twenty years ago, she relocated to Westchester County, New York, where she and her daughter reside in a lakeside community. When not working, writing, or reading--who are we kidding? She's always working, writing, or reading. Oh! There is her daughter. They do manage to spend a lot of time together.

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Dedication

For all the sassy lassies - We love you!

Chapter One

If catching a man were easy, no one would want them.

Until this evening, Jocelyn thought she had at least two more years to convince Broderick Munro that he loved her. She hadn’t necessarily planned on waiting that long. Wooing a man like Broderick took time—and cunning. But she’d fully intended on having him at her mercy well before he realized the deep waters he’d waded into.

This morning, his elder brother stood on the steps of Kernwith Castle’s chapel about to wed heiress Lady Joan. But he fled instead to the woman he loved—a woman only modestly dowered. Now he danced with his new wife in the great hall, and his three brothers celebrated with him as if their new sister brought riches as great as Lady Joan’s. That meant Broderick was next on the marriage block, sacrificed in a final effort to fill the family’s coffers.

Broderick must have arrived at the same realization, for he flirted shamelessly with Kristine Ramsey. Despite her youth, as a widow, Kristine enjoyed the freedom to consort with men like Broderick. She laughed at something he said. Even across the room, Jocelyn saw the flirtatious look she gave him. Since Broderick had been old enough to turn a female head, Jocelyn had watched him charm his way into the arms of many women. Tonight, Kristine clearly intended on being that next woman.

Time now stifled Jocelyn. Broderick’s brothers would betroth him to an heiress—and quickly. The way Kristine was staring up at him, she seemed to believe she might become his wife. For all her beauty, Kristine wasn’t rich enough to capture his family’s attention. He was the fourth son, but he was a Lion of the Black Isle, and he was as handsome as the devil was wicked.

Jocelyn had lived the last five of her seventeen years knowing she and Broderick were destined to wed. Praise God, a year and a half ago, her body finally