If It Takes Forever

SHE WOULD NOT TRUST HIM

With her husband brutally slain and her castle under siege by Scottish warriors, defiant noblewoman Elise D'Auvergne vowed to protect her home at any cost -- even if it meant striking an uneasy bargain with the maddeningly arrogant chieftain known as William the Barbarian. To save her castle, she proposed marriage to this man whose seductive eyes hinted at his passion...but only on her terms.

UNTIL HE WON HER LOVE

The bastard son of a Scottish nobleman, William MacDarrin had longed for a land of his own and a woman to cherish. Yet his new bride seemed as forbidding as the vast stone fortress he'd captured... Still, William sensed that beneath this Norman beauty's cold reserve was a fiery lass longing for love. And so, he began his slow seduction -- promising that, if it took forever, he would capture her wary heart...