"What does that mean, Tavis?"
"Will ye be my wife?"
"I am now."
"Nay, ye but hold my name. Will ye hold my heart as weel?"
"Oh, Tavis, 'tis a most precious gift, and I will cherish it as it deserves," she whispered huskily, and proceeded to show him so to the best of her ability throughout the night, an endeavor that Tavis did his best to reward in kind.
None of those in the hall were surprised to see nary a sign of the pair as day proceeded into night and edged toward day again.
Copyright © 1988 by Hannah Howell
Previously published as Amber Flame.
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Published in 2004 by arrangement with Leisure Books, a division of Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc.
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Set in 16 pt. Plantin by Carleen Stearns
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Howell, Hannah.
His bonnie bride / Hannah Howell.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-7862-6537-X (lg. print : hc : alk. paper)
1. Highlands (Scotland) — Fiction. 2. Kidnapping
victims — Fiction. 3. Large type books. I. Title.
PS3558.0898H57 2004
813'.54—dc22
2004045960