Esa

<p>Despite having been warned by her mother that love and desire are two very different things Esa McCullum learns that lesson the hard way. </p><p><br></p><p>After giving herself to a man she fancies herself in love with the discovery that he loves another pushes her down a different path.</p><p>Determined to put men and all their complications behind her she devotes her life to being a healer--a choice that leads her to the most complicated man of all.</p><p></p><p>Father Braigh MacAlister is a man who lives by his faith and his sword but the archbishop has issued an ultimatum: to lay down his sword or lay down his frock. </p><p>After being wounded in battle he finds himself in Esa's capable--and tempting--hands. Now torn between two worlds Braigh must make a decision that could change both their lives forever. </p>