An Enemy at the Highland Court

A lady-in-waiting struggling to fit in.... Even after three years at Robert the Bruces Highland court Cairren Kennedy still feels like an outsider. Quiet and kindhearted Cairren has fought to make a place for herself among the queens ladies-in-waiting when she doesnt look like any of the other young women. A Lowlander with a French mother her Mediterranean heritage sets her apart both by her features and her customs. When her father hints at an arranged marriage to a Highlander Cairren fears shell face more discrimination when shes forced to make her home among strangers. Can Cairren prove that shes more than what people assume? Can she create a new life where shes not welcome?A second son with other plans...Padraig Munro doesnt need or want an arranged marriage because he already has the perfect woman in mind. When King Robert announces Padraigs betrothal to the unsuitable Cairren Kennedy Padraig refuses to open his heart to a woman who couldnt be less of a Highland lass. Faced with a bride who cant blend in and a family who refuses to accept Cairren Padraig is caught between his duty to protect his gentle bride and his familys expectations. Can Padraig balance the roll of husband and son when both sides couldnt be further apart? Can Padraig put aside his preconceived notions to make his marriage work?Pushed together by royal decree Cairren and Padraig take an instant dislike to one another. Angry that he cant marry the woman hes certain he loves Padraig leaves Cairren to navigate life in the Highlands until his clans resentment puts her life in danger. Cairren doesnt trust the man shes ordered to share a bed with but when threats cant be ignored she must turn to the man shed pledged her life to. Passion and desire spark between husband and wife but outside the bedchamber they can barely stand to look at one another. Can Padraig accept that Cairren isnt to blame for his lifes unexpected path and can Cairren stop seeing Padraig as the enemy before the real enemy destroys their chance to build a life together?