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Kennan McClain approaches his childhood sweetheart’s father with the idea of marriage, and is told he must get to know her first. When Gillian convinces her father to allow them to marry later that day, he quickly realizes that they don’t know each other as well as he thought. Will they be able to get to know one another quickly enough for a marriage to work? Or will his responsibilities as laird keep them apart?

All her life, Katerina has known she was destined to join a convent and give her life to God. When her home is invaded and her parents and brother are murdered while she listens, she flees to the only place she knows to go—the Lain castle. Upon her arrival, she is immediately welcomed into the family, but it is made clear they would like her to marry their son, Braden, but it must be her choice to do so.

The daughter of a peasant, Matilda goes to work at the Lain castle, away from her parents for the first time in her life, her mother’s admonishments to stay away from the men of the castle still ringing in her ears. With barely enough time to put her things away, she meets the son of the family, who makes it clear he is very interested in her. Afraid to trust him, she follows his commands and finds herself engaged to him within the week. Robert Lain has always known that he would someday meet the woman who was just right for him and together they would raise seven sons.

Madelina is the youngest daughter of a Norman conqueror and a woman of power. Her own power is insignificant enough in her eyes that she trains to be a healer under the expert tutelage of her mother. When a child is brought to the castle where she lives, she knows she doesn’t have the skills to heal him, and her mother’s powers—and her own—will need to be revealed to a handsome knight.

Marina has spent her entire life knowing that her power to heal would someday be required to save the world. When England is invaded by William the Conqueror, and her entire life changes, the other threat is still there and waiting for her. As her sisters find love amidst their own private battle with evil, Marina knows love that overwhelms her for the brother of her eldest sister, but he's made it clear that he will not marry her.

Ultimate evil is coming, and Eva knows her magic is needed for the fight. Saving the world was always going to be hard, but with Normans taking over everything she knows, it's only getting harder. The last thing she needs is to fall in love with a Norman peasant turned warrior.

Christiana and her two sisters, women of power in medieval Europe, are left alone to defend their family's home when Duke William of Normandy invades England in 1066. When they are unable to fend off the invading army, the leader of their enemies claims Christiana was promised to him as his wife, along with her home and her family's lands. Betrothed to another, she fights him, but finds herself married quickly.