Books like If You Desire (The MacCarrick Brothers, Book 2) by Kresley Cole
Hugh MacCarrick, a Highlander haunted by a cursed family legacy, left his homeland and became an assassin to avoid a doomed romance with the English beauty Jane Weyland. Years later Jane seeks Hugh’s protection from her father's enemies, and their old desire resurfaces. Sought after by a hardened warrior, she tempts him into a perilous dance of seduction, threatening secrets that could harm her and the man she still loves. The story follows their struggle to reconcile troubled pasts with a dangerous, unquenched flame, set against the backdrop of Highland intrigue.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Kresley Cole
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