“I mean what I said: the duchess is nowhere to be found.” Dressed in black, a color Lady Edana had assumed on the death of her husband, the late earl, more than ten years earlier, she made an impressive figure. Lady Edana MacGregor Mackenzie, the Dowager Countess Cromartie, fluttered her lace handkerchief. “What do you mean, she’s ‘gone missing’?” Lady Ailsa Mackenzie put down the letter she’d been reading and eyed her grandmother with disbelief. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.

And when their quest turns dangerous, Ailsa and Nik must discover this unknown enemy while facing the dangerous demands of their own unruly hearts. Soon their secret partnership leads to growing respect, searing kisses, and then something far more perilous. Is it his obviously educated manners? His arrogant, non-servant-like presence? It’s certainly not his towering, powerful form, or slumberous, inviting green eyes!Īfter confronting the imposter and learning the truth, Ailsa agrees to help Nik-for she, too, understands difficult relatives and would do anything for family. Something about the new groom catches her eyes, and makes her think he’s not who he pretends to be-and even more shockingly, stirs her senses.

Pragmatic and clever, Ailsa Mackenzie has been left in charge of the family estate and her unruly grandmother in her father’s absence. But his plans go awry when he falls under the cool gray gaze of the laird’s daughter. Wanting to avoid an international incident, Nik plans to quietly slip into enemy territory disguised as a groom at Castle Cromartie.

Nikolai Romanovin, a royal prince of Oxenburg, has travelled to the deepest wilds of Scotland to rescue his grandmother the Grand Duchess, who was abducted while visiting an old friend in the Highlands. “What more could New York Times bestselling author Karen Hawkins’s fans desire” than the “sharp repartee, clever plotting, memorable characterization, and sizzling sexual tension” ( RT Book Reviews) of her sparkling Oxenburg Princes fairy tale romance series?

Mad for the Plaid by Karen Hawkins