Jaclyn Reding's The Pretender introduced readers to "a hero who is a heartbreaker-ruthless, dangerous, and so sexy you'll want him for yourself" (Catherine Coulter). Now the Highland Heroes series continues-when a fearless Lady becomes the prisoner of a living legend known as The Adventurer...

A crystal stone shrouded in myth has ended up in the hands of Isabella Drayton-which, in turn, thrusts Isabella into the arms of the darkest, fiercest member of the MacKay clan. She may be his prisoner. But it is he, the Adventurer, who is truly enslaved-by Isabella's beauty, spirit...and love.