Her Highland Temptation (HIGHLANDERS OF CADNEY #12) by Fiona Faris EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Fiona Faris
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- Genre: Historical Romance
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Three months later, autumn 1705
MacLean Keep
The cards in her hand weren’t the best, but Lyla MacDougall had no
intention of revealing that – not if she could get away with bluffing. She
was the only representative of her clan at the table, and she had to uphold
the honor of her family. Even against her elder sister.
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Her eyes slid to her left, where Laird Darren MacLean sat, studying his
cards with lazy focus that she couldn’t read now any better than she’d been
able to the first time they played. As far as Lyla was concerned, the intricate
pattern of tattoos the eldest MacLean had gave him an unfair advantage.
They not only helped mask his expressions, but they were distracting –
Celtic knotwork connected symbols with meanings and stories only Darren
knew in a lattice of flowing lines that drew the eye and interrupted
concentration.
Then there was her sister, sitting across from her. Erin was far more
transparent, but her husband had been teaching her about duplicity, and Lyla
knew better than to trust that little quirk of a smile. It might mean anything,
these days, and Erin had never been a bad card player, even before Marcus
had taught her more about masking her emotions.
Then there was Marcus himself. Marcus had an expressive face, never still,
and he bluffed as easily as he spoke. He was looking at his cards with a
bland, intent expression that could mean anything, or nothing at all. Marcus
would be a MacDougall soon, when he and Erin returned to MacDougall
Keep and he claimed his official position as her father’s heir.
There was no hurry, though, not when Lyla and Erin’s father, Kaelin, was
still hale and healthy. That was why Lyla had elected to stay in MacLean
castle with her sister and her new kin-by-marriage while his replacement as
war leader was trained, and Marcus himself was taught some of the basics
of lairdship by his brother. He’d learn more with her father, and Erin could
also help him learn to manage MacDougall clan, but none of them
begrudged the brothers the time with each other.
Lyla was the first to bid. “Five coppers.” They weren’t playing for large
stakes, not among family, and five coppers raised eyebrows.
“Raise ye two.” Darren tossed the coins in.
“Fold.” Erin shook her head.
“Raise another five.” Marcus threw twelve coppers into the pot.
“Call.” Her hand didn’t warrant such a bet, but she wasn’t going to back
down. She thought Marcus was bluffing.
“Fold.” Darren shook his head.
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