Publisher's Synopsis
Sir Niall Oliphant was betrothed to the Bruces daughter, Princess Elizabeth, until she declares that his wound in battle has incapacitated him as a man. Because he does not wish to marry the spoiled royal, he is glad to pass her off to his brother Sir Walter. He is more than content to fade into the background with his injuries and remain a bachelor forever. Until he is presented with an offer from the Earl of Sutherland to marry his only daughter, a lass more beautiful than any other, who makes him want to stand up and fight again. Bella Sutherland, daughter of one of the most powerful earls and Highland chieftains in Scotland, can marry anyone she wants-but she wants no one. When she spies the injured warrior at the Yule festival who has been shunned by the Bruces own daughter, she makes her choice. What is better than no husband? A husband who cannot truly be husband at all. But she wont be satisfied with letting him languish. If the
