From New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ryan Langan, A Highlander Christmas Novella.Lindsay Douglas routinely scavenges Highland battlefields in search of articles she can barter to feed her impoverished family. On one such foray she comes upon a warrior more dead than alive. Under her tender care Morgan MacLaren not only survives, but loses his heart. Her family rejoices, and despite bitter circumstances, hope for a better future blooms in all their hearts.Without warning, Morgan is summoned home, and the message he leaves behind is partially burned, leaving Lindsay and her family to face a bleak future. To save her family, Lindsay agrees to marry a wealthy man in her village known to be a cruel taskmaster. The ceremony will take place at a midnight service on the eve of Christmas.Can a noble knight, now laird of the land, overcome impossible odds to write their happy ending? New York Times best-selling author Ruth Ryan Langan, who also writes under the pseudonym R. C. Ryan, is the author of over 100 novels, both contemporary romantic-suspense and historical adventure. Quite an accomplishment for this mother of five who, after her youngest child started school, gave herself the gift of an hour a day to follow her dream to become a published author.Ruth has given dozens of radio, television and print interviews across the country and Canada, and has been quoted in such diverse publications as THE WALL STREET JOURNAL and COSMOPOLITAN. Ruth has also been interviewed on CNN NEWS, as well as GOOD MORNING AMERICA.
