Captive Heart — Erin O'Quinn

Even as Caitlin and Liam O'Neill prepare for a happily ever after, she is faced by two problems. Her mother, once held captive by a band of murderous Pictish raiders, has caught a glimpse of one of her former captors in the very church they attend. And Caitlin is visited by a kinsman of Liam-the unhappy, brooding Murdoch, who has fallen in love with her and seems to be stalking her. Caitlin and her sensuous husband become caught up in the adventure of pursuing and capturing the savages who had once taken her mother and freeing their current victims, even as she struggles to cope with Murdoch, who has found where they are hidden in tacit exchange for her affections. Caitlin becomes more emotionally tormented as she begins to understand the wounds inflicted on her mother, and as she fights against the unseemly feelings of Murdoch-whom she inadvertently inflames even more.