The Winter Laird: A time travel romance: 1 (Mists of Fate)

THE PRESENTSuccessful matchmaker Brianagh ORourke believes in happy-ever-afters - just not her own. Though she thrives on helping her clients find the partner of their dreams her own dreams remain firmly in her head not in her life. Shes fine loving only her business-at least thats what she tells herself when she agrees to her lackluster boyfriends proposal.THE PASTLaird Nioclas MacWilliam has big problems: His power-hungry exiled father wants him dead his clan is pressuring him to marry to secure a strong alliance and hes been betrothed to the mystical ORourke daughter for years despite the fact that shes been missing for most of them. When she appears the day before his nuptials to another he offers a solution for the both of them: If she marries him and convinces the clan they are a love match he gives his vow to help her return home in three months.THE FUTUREBrianagh wants nothing more than to return home to her family and her life. But as the days turn into weeks their bargain becomes less about convincing the clan and more about what is possible. When the time comes she must decide: Does she return to her life of stability and success or stay in the past for a chance at true love?