"You are the most extraordinary inconvenience that has ever happened to me."
Truer
words were never spoken from the mouth of Alex MacGregor, known in the
surrounding area as Lord Strathem, a virtual hermit who rarely appeared
in public. When Alex agreed to convalesce wounded soldiers within the
walls of his dilapidated Scottish castle, he never expected an American
heiress to arrive amongst the nurses aides; Lily Durham was all joy, and
sunshine, and eternal optimism wrapped up in a bossy little package
with plenty of eye-catching ribbons and bows. If only she would leave
well enough alone . . . if only she would leave him alone. If only.
Sent
by her parents to Scotland to visit family; certainly never expecting a
war to confine her there for such a length of time, Lily Durham has
found a new sense of purpose, helping others, serving as a nurses aide .
. . .even if the matron did assign her the most unpleasant tasks
imaginable; who would have thought that Lily Durham would be ruining
formal dancing gloves while scrubbing bed pans. But as she did just
that, one of many charming conversations with the formidable Alex
MacGregor took place . . . outside on the lawn, scrubbing bed pans.
"Oh
my! Two jokes in one day. Pace yourself, sir or I'll begin to think you
have a sense of humor buried deep inside after all. "
Alex
MacGregor has much more than a sense of humor buried deep inside, he has
a heart that longs for another, someone to come alongside, to share
both burdens and victories; someone who understands him and his beloved
heritage, someone who will fight to the end to save it. Has he found her
. . . .scrubbing bed pans?
BackCover Blurb:
In
Ciesielski’s latest sweeping romance, an American heiress finds herself
in Scotland amid the fallout of the Great War, and a wounded Scottish
laird comes face-to-face with his past and a woman he never could have
expected.
American socialite Lily Durham is known for enjoying
one moment to the next, with little regard for the consequences of her
actions. But just as she is banished overseas to England as a “cure” for
her frivolous ways, the Great War breaks out and wreaks havoc. She
joins her cousin in nursing the wounded at a convalescent home deep in
the wilds of Scotland at a crumbling castle where its laird is less than
welcoming.
Alec MacGregor has given his entire life to
preserving his home of Kinclavoch Castle, but mounting debts force him
to sell off his family history bit by bit. Labeled a coward for not
joining his countrymen in the trenches due to an old injury, he opens
his home to the Tommies to make recompense while he keeps to the
shadows. But his preference for the shadows is shattered when a new
American nurse comes streaming into the castle on a burst of light.
Lily
and Alec are thrown together when a series of mysterious events
threatens to ruin the future of Kinclavoch. Can they put aside their
differences to find the culprit before it’s too late, or will their
greatest distraction be falling in love?
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