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    The Mercenary's Bride: The Brides of Inverfyre, #1
    The Mercenary's Bride: The Brides of Inverfyre, #1
    The Mercenary's Bride: The Brides of Inverfyre, #1
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    The Mercenary's Bride: The Brides of Inverfyre, #1

    By Claire Delacroix

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    Robbed of his possessions, wounded and left for dead, Quentin de Montgomerie has lost everything except his love for Mhairi, the daughter of the Hawk of Inverfyre—and he knows who is to blame for his fate. He vows to return to Inverfyre and take his vengeance from the Hawk, but arrives to discover that the fierce maiden in possession of his heart has blossomed into a beauty, and that her kiss has the power to give him hope for the future again. Can Quentin prove himself to the Hawk and win Mhairi—or will she spurn him for being less than once he was?

    The Mercenary's Bride is a Christmas Scottish medieval romance novella which was originally published in the Christmas 2017 anthology The Nutcracker Reimagined.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDeborah A. Cooke
    Release dateJan 25, 2018
    ISBN9781988479323
    The Mercenary's Bride: The Brides of Inverfyre, #1

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