Previously published in October, 2020 in the multi-author anthology Have Yourself a Merry Little Scandal.Young love torn apart.As teenagers, Malcolm Innes and Rhona Macleod fell passionately in love. But Malcom's parents were horrified to think of the aristocratic heir to Dun Carron marrying a humble crofter's daughter. Desperate to crush the affair, they locked Malcolm up and exiled Rhona to London where she disappears. But Malcolm is faithful and stubborn and devotes his life to searching for his beloved and the child she was carrying when they were cruelly separated.A chance to mend two shattered lives.On a snowy Christmas Eve, Rhona opens the door of her isolated farmhouse to find the man she never thought to see again, the man who betrayed her. When she was pregnant with his son, Malcolm abandoned her to find her way alone in a cold, heartless world. Now she discovers that her long-held hatred is based on lies and that he's been true to her. Yet surely after all these years, it's too late to awaken the love that once united them.As Christmas Eve turns into Christmas Day, Malcolm and Rhona discover that their mutual desire has never died. Will this Yuletide reunion lead to a lifetime together? Or has old tragedy ruptured their bond forever? ANNA CAMPBELL has written 11 multi award-winning historical romances for Hachette Grand Central Publishing and Avon HarperCollins. As an independently published author, she's released more than 30 bestselling stories, including her two popular series The Dashing Widows (7 books) and The Lairds Most Likely (10 books). Anna has won numerous awards for her Regency-set stories including RT Book Reviews Reviewers Choice, the Booksellers Best, the Golden Quill (three times), the Heart of Excellence (twice), the Write Touch, the Aspen Gold (twice) and the Australian Romance Readers Association's favorite historical romance (five times). She's currently engaged in writing a new series set in Regency London called A Scandal in Mayfair. The first two books, One Wicked Wish and Two Secret Sins, are now out, with the third book, Three Times Tempted, out at the end of 2021. When Anna isn't traveling the world in search of inspiration for her books, she lives near the sea on the beautiful east coast of Australia.You can find out more about Anna and her books at her website: www.annacampbell.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnaCampbellFansTwitter: @AnnaCampbellOzBookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/anna-campbell?list=aboutGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/296477.Anna_CampbellSign up for her newsletter here: http://kontactr.com/user/annacampbell The HIghlands just got hotter!
