AI-FREE! 100% certified organic author-created content. No artificial intelligence was used in the writing of this book. "A rich, sensual, pull-at-the-heartstrings romance"-Monica McCarty, NYT bestselling author A woman on the run...a man on the hunt. He has forty days to earn her trust. She has forty days to win his heart. They have forty days to outwit their enemies. When Florie Gilder, the once-respected jeweler to Queen Mary, claims sanctuary in an abandoned church for a crime she didn't commit, huntsman Rane MacFarland, a local hero of the common folk, vows to protect her. But when his overlord charges him with preventing the fugitive lass's escape, Rane finds himself torn between duty and desire when he begins to fall for his spirited captive. And when powerful foes conspire to turn Rane and Florie against each other, they need courage, wits, and, most of all, love, to survive. MacFARLAND'S LASS Book 1 of Scottish Lasses Meet the lasses in the world of Mary Queen of Scots...Like the Scottish thistle, they're lovely yet tough, beautiful yet prickly, and only the strongest and wisest heroes are able to elude their thorns to discover the tender blossom within. In This Series Scottish Lasses 1542 - THE OUTCAST (a novella) 1545 - MacFARLAND'S LASS 1561 - MacADAM'S LASS 1566 - MacKENZIE'S LASS Key Themes: Scottish historical romance, adventure stories, strong women, Scottish brides, Highland romance, Viking hero, archery, huntsman, Tudor books, sanctuary in a church, Mary Queen of Scots, captive, wounded woman, stories with humor