Juliana Mendoza has seen firsthand the horrors of the arranged marriage between her beautiful mother and her hateful father. Now it's her turn, as she's given no choice at the prospect of being married to a man she doesn't know and taken to a country far from her home in Spain. It seems Juliana's main purposes in life are to enrich her greedy father, to tie Spain and England and to be a dutiful daughter or suffer harsh consequences. Juliana is being taken to England on a slave ship owned by her uncle.

Patrick Maclean ignores the pain, ignores the hammering of his heart and ignores the feeling his lungs are going to burst by thinking of the green hills and locks of his beloved Scotland. It's the only thing giving him the strength to survive. That and revenge towards his father for not paying the ransom for his return home six years earlier. Being held prisoner on this slave ship, oar splinters embedded into his hands, thirsty, starving and praying for just a little wind, has hardened Patrick to life, to the world and to forgiveness, should he ever survive this torture.

Call it fate; call it destiny; call it an undeniable strength to survive, but Patrick takes control of the ship, killing Juliana's uncle and the entire crew. Patrick sails towards his beloved Inverleith, to brothers who don't even know he's still alive. But what is he to do with this beautiful woman onboard? She and her young companion are the only witnesses to his mutiny. She can send Patrick and his crew to the gallows if she reports their identities. They have survived too much terror to take any chances now. But he's never hurt a woman and will not start now. He'll decide what to do when, and if, they make it to Scotland.

As they sail to his beloved homeland, Patrick and Juliana fight an attraction too powerful to ignore. There's something that radiates between them; something compelling and irresistible. Patrick has been too long without a woman; and Juliana is not free to marry anyone except the man chosen for her by her father, or her beloved mother will suffer the consequences. As they step foot on the soil of Inverleith, their adventures begin.

BELOVED WARRIOR is a spellbinding story, so beautiful, so compelling, so heart rendering, you almost forget to breathe. You weep, you cheer, you celebrate. It's a triumph of the heart. If you've missed the first two books of this fabulous trilogy, BELOVED IMPOSTOR and BELOVED STRANGER, about the other two Mclean brothers, you simply must read them. These three handsome Scottish scoundrels and their lassies will melt your heart. BELOVED WARRIOR is a truly wondrous conclusion. The story stands alone beautifully, though, with a passionate and remarkable adventure of survival, love and forgiveness.

Book Summary

Here is the story of Patrick Maclean - a bold warrior who must rethink his strategy for defeating the enemy if he is to rescue the woman he loves from doom.