After being away, unwillingly, for five years Royden MacKinnon returns home a far different man.Royden doesn’t know what he’ll find. He knows his brother Arran is still alive, but what about his father, his sister, Raven, and most of all what about the woman he loves… Oria. The attack that had ripped his family apart, seen his land confiscated, and the woman he’s loved since he’s been young lost … he’s been young lost to him, came on the day he and Oria were to wed. He and Arran had been forced to serve a mercenary group until recently when he was released and his clan and land returned to him. But why now? And what price was the cost of his freedom?
Oria is shocked to see the man she loves from as long as she can remember standing in front of her. She had hoped and prayed for this day and it was finally here. But many things had happened in Royden’s absence, things he needed to know and things she couldn’t share with him, since honor bound her to promises she’d made.
Unfortunately, time and events change people, sometimes for the better, sometimes not so much. Royden and Oria aren’t who they once were. Will their love transcend all else and survive? And will the evil that once torn them apart threaten them once again?
Author note… there is a Prequel, Highland Oath, to this book. It introduces all the characters, and details what led to the Clan MacKinnon being separated. You don’t have to read it to read this one, but you might find it interesting.
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Pledged To A Highlander by Donna Fletcher is the First book in the Highland Promise Trilogy. There also is a Prequel called Highland Oath that sets the ground work and introductions to the characters. This is the story of Oria and Royden who where to be married when they were pulled apart. Royden was forced along with his brother Arran to become mercenaries and have been doing that for the past 5 years until Royden was freed. Now Royden is returning home not sure of what he will find and who he will find. Royden sees Oria but she has changed greatly and she has her secrets that she can’t tell. But their feelings are still there even stronger so fight for their happiness begins. I am such a big fan of this author’s writing that I can never get enough. I highly recommend Ms. Fletcher’s books!
Pledged to a Highlander by Donna Fletcher
Highland Promise Trilogy Book One
Royden MacKinnon has become a savage in the five years since he’d been abducted. Forced to battle continually. Doing things, he would never have done. And feeling as if he failed. Failed to protect his sister, Raven. Was unable to protect the woman he loved and was to marry the day of the battle. Oria. She lived only in his dreams now.
Oria MacGlennen’s life was not what she planned. From a day of celebrating to having Royden torn away from her. Along with her friends. Now, she had secrets to keep. She never stopped believing that Royden would come home to her. And then the day came that he did come home. A stranger.
Every book I’ve read by Donna Fletcher has picked me up and carried me through the journey page by page. Every series has me looking forward to the next book, including this series. Highland Oath is the prequel, and you’ll definitely want to read it first to see how everything began.
**Sexual content
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Pledged to a Highlander
Highland Promise Trilogy book 1
by Donna Fletcher
This was absolutely PHENOMENAL! Donna Fletcher really knows how to weave a magical world where the characters dig deep and pull you into their lives!
After a forced exile in captivity Royden MacKinnon is granted his freedom, but his return home after five long years, fighting wars for the unseen foe that ripped his life apart. The day that should have been the happiest of his life….his wedding day! Not knowing if his family and fiancée suffered or perished fed his desire for revenge. Finally going home was a reality and not a a dream. The last person he expected to see was Oria. Just as he had changed so had Oria she was now married! But not all is not as it seems, the one that turned their lives in a nightmare is watching and plotting. Royden and Oria will need to find the love that they had and make that bond stronger to fight the enemy!
Fast paced and an emotional read that just keeps the reader on edge! Plenty of intrigue, villains a kidnapping plot and sizzling chemistry between the main characters!
I was given a complimentary copy, this is my honest unbiased opinion!
For five years Royden fought for an enemy he didn’t know and agonized over what had happened to his family and the woman he loved. The day that brought him home left him with more questions than answers. One thing is for sure he had changed from the man he was and didn’t know how to let go of the savage in him but he knew he had to try for the woman who owns his heart.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book!!!
Donna Fletcher has such a wonderful talent for this type of story. She gives such detail in her descriptions of the lands, homes, and characters, which draw you in where you very quickly connect with the hero/heroine and the secondary characters. The reader can easily imagine the scenery and from the start enjoy a page turning experience with the plot. This story is definitely a page-turner as I read this book in one sitting. I enjoy stories where the hero and heroine are together in a book and are “fighting” against the bad guys who are against them in one way or the other. This story delivers as the love been Royden and Oria is evident from page one and there are many who have tried to keep them apart. There are several plot twists the reader won’t see coming, which makes the story that much better, with a bit of a mystery, keeping the reader guessing. This author is definitely one of my favorites and I will always read what she writes. I love her Highlander stories of which she does so well.
This series will definitely be on my TBR again list and I look forward to Book 2 in this series.
What a outstanding story! Gripping, Suspenseful, Obsession and Mystery. Pledged to a Highlander will keep you spellbound from the moment you begin the journey with Royden and Oria until the very end! Donna Fletcher is not afraid to write a story that is heartrendering, heart stopping and with an evil villains obsession straight from hell. Donna has a writing style that I thoroughly enjoy; she’s filled this story with characters are well thought out and each one comes across clearly as their individual personalities become more than just part of the tale, they come off the pages and pull you in, plot brims with tension-building twist, and great dialogue which brings this read together perfectly. Pain, sorrow, loss, and terror spiraling down into the blackest bottomless vortex they feared was no escaping. For the past five years Royden knew nothing but fighting and conquering as a way of survival left him with a savage living within him. Only Oria, the only woman he’s ever loved, could heal the emotional scars and help the salvage find peace with her belief in him and her loving touch. As they try to solve the mystery behind the attack against Royden’s clan, the disappearance of his family and find their way back to one another again in this story full of drama, danger, uncertainties, secrets, deception, trials and tribulations, turmoil, and while the suspense builds and tensions escalate with the twist and turns abound that will bring the secrets to light makes this one outstanding story! I can’t wait to read Arran & Purity’s story in Entrusted To a Highlander.