Standing before the altar exchanging vows with the drunken, semiconscious philanderer she once loved, Fiona MacLean prays her sacrifice will end the deadly feud between the MacLeans and Kincaids. After simmering for years, the feud threatens to erupt in all-out warfare when her brother is killed at the hands of the Kincaid. Attempting to block her brothers' vengeance, Fiona tricks Black Jack, the eldest Kincaid, into marriage. Fiona hopes her actions will break the curse that's haunted her family for centuries.

After numerous fights with his stepfather, Viscount Jack Kincaid left home when he was fifteen. Rejected by his family, Jack undertakes a wild life of gambling. He surrounds himself with beautiful married women not averse to having a good time. After a youthful disastrous love affair with Fiona MacLean, Jack vowed never to fall in love again. Awakening from a drunken stupor, a sober and now married Jack faces his former love in horror. He rails that he will not be punished for the sins of his family. However, Fiona has backed him into a corner.

Fiona and Jack reach a tentative truce. They will not live in one another's pocket and will part when Fiona has a child. Jack guards his heart and believes he does not need a family. It's up to Fiona to prove him wrong.

Ms. Hawkins successfully enters the paranormal genre with a heroine who has a fragile hold on her magical power. When Fiona's temper is ignited, torrential rainstorms follow the one who crossed her. The first in a new series, HOW TO ABDUCT A HIGHLAND LORD is a funny and delightful tale.

Book Summary

It's hardly the type of wedding Fiona MacLean dreamed of. No family, no guests, just a groom who's been dragged -- literally -- to the altar. But if marriage to Black Jack Kincaid, the handsome wastrel she'd sworn never to see again, will avert a bloody war between their clans, so be it. Surely she can share his bed without losing her heart....

Known throughout Scotland and London as a wild rogue, Jack is accustomed to waking in dire situations, but...married? Long ago, he and Fiona reveled in a youthful passion. Now, the fiery, sensual lass is his once more. And though their marriage is in name only, Jack is determined to win her forever -- body and soul....