Maximus: A Medieval Scottish Romance: 1 (The Immortal Highland Centurions)

A Roman centurion doomed to an immortal life. A courageous Scottish widow with an uncertain future. One night of passion that changes everything. High adventure and epic love in Medieval Scotland-with a touch of fantasy.Maximus Flavius Cato should have died in 118 AD-the year the Ninth legion was lost forever in the wilds of Caledonia. Instead a Pict druidess curses him and two others with immortality. Over a thousand years later as he struggles to solve the riddle that holds the key to breaking the curse Maximus has an encounter with a comely tavern wench. His immortal life will never be the same again.Heather De Keith has made a lot of mistakes-but marrying a bad man was her greatest. After her husband never returns from battle shes forced to take up work serving ale in a local tavern. Stubborn pride prevents her from returning to her kin at Dunnottar Castle. But when an enigmatic stranger comes to her aid one evening in the tavern Heather lets attraction overrule good sense. The night they spend together spurs her to make the decision shes put off for too long. Its time to go home.Pursued by a vengeful lairds son Maximus and Heather flee north to Dunnottar. However once on the road they soon realize that neither of them will finish this journey with their hearts unscathed.