title: Highlander's Bride
author: Gafford, Deborah
description: Cruelly betrayed by the woman he loves, Alexander MacGregor vows
  it will be a cold day in hell before he gives his heart again
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  But as next in line to become laird, he is given an ultimatum; wed a mysterious lass within five days or forfeit his lands and his birthright to become the next laird. Distrust and dark secrets urge him to refuse, but the duty he has trained for all his life compels him to comply.
   Katherine Gordon wants nothing to do with the handsome Highlander to whom she suddenly finds herself betrothed. His good looks, intelligence and great strength mean nothing. Another man had seemed just as appealing, once. That was before she learned the treachery of a heart of stone hidden behind a handsome smile.
   Forced together by fate, will Alexander and Katherine's budding attraction turn to love or will the deception and lies of a betrayer tear them apart forever?