Helmetistä löytyy yksi Mary Winen teos, historiallinen viihderomaani jossa kaksi sotaa käyvää skotlantilaisklaania pakotetaan naimakaupan avulla rauhaan: Highland Spitfire (Sourcebooks, Inc, 2016; ISBN 978-1-4926-0257-6).
Teoksen lähtökohta ei erityisen omaperäinen ole, eikä tarinan kertomisessa ihmeempää taitoa ole, mutta teksti rullaa kohtalaisen toimivasti, ja muutaman yllätyksenkin kirjailija melkein onnistuu järjestämään.
Passion flares between enemies
Two hotheaded Highlanders, the offspring of feuding lairds, are tricked by the King's Regent into a desperate choice: marry or die. Bhaic MacPherson is more disposed to lead his clan into battle than stay married to the daughter of his enemy. But perhaps the intensity of his feelings has more to do with desire than hostility.
And the Highlands ignite
Ailis Robertson wanted a husband, not a savage-but when her family was faced with a deadly ultimatum, she had no choice. The union of a MacPherson and a Robertson could end three generations of hostilities between the two families, but can bitter rivals truly become lovers?
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