Fate granted them a marriage forged in blood… and a passion, unlike anything they’ve felt before.
 

After Laird Ian MacLeod is brutally murdered in his bed, Emeline Thorne escapes her death sentence by the skin of her teeth. She never thought Manus, the Laird’s brutish brother, would stand up to her. Now, Emeline does not only owe him her hand as his promised bride but, also her life.

With Ian dead and gone before he got to answer his burning questions, Manus has no one he can trust near him. Buckling under the weight of his new responsibilities and a title he never wanted, Manus asks his friend Tavin to join him in the castle. But how will his mercenary companion react to the news of Manus’ union with the renowned English Rose?

With the clan still in mourning, the air in the MacLeod Keep is heavy with suspicion as the Laird’s murderer is still on the loose. Emeline and Manus know too well that a funeral before the wedding is an ill omen… but their bad luck has only just begun. The grim affair is about to turn into a nightmare when Blair Clover, the leader of a bloodthirsty neighboring clan, appears during the ceremony to exact his vengeance.

Chaos is about to erupt once again, this time with Emeline caught in the crosshairs… until she collapses before everyone under mysterious circumstances. With his bride in danger, Manus orders a ceasefire until her health is restored, only to find that Emeline was poisoned. Soon, spending their wedding night proves to be another battle: one of wills. How can they deny the growing attraction between them when so many connections have thrown them into this strange, hostile bond?

But when the newlywed couple leaves for Linthingow castle, where they are to spend a few weeks celebrating their union, an attack on the road leaves them stranded between life and death. How can they survive this time without anyone coming to their aid?

"Wedded to the Beastly Highland Knight” is the first book in the series, “The Rose and the Thistle,” packed with breathtakingly action, secrets, twists, passion, and sizzling romance, set in the tumultuous Scottish Highlands!