The Laird's Debt

Recently made Laird of Clan MacAlister, Ewan MacAlister inherits more than his father’s title — he inherits crushing debts and a clan on the brink of ruin thanks to years of reckless feuding and mismanagement. The clan expects him to fix it, but creditors circle like wolves. His only real option: marry into money. He strikes a deal with the wealthy merchant Isobel Fraser, daughter of a powerful Edinburgh trading family. Isobel’s father wants Highland ties to protect his trade routes — and Isobel wants freedom from the suffocating control of Edinburgh’s society, where she’s treated as little more than a bargaining chip. The marriage is coldly practical — at first. Ewan is proud, reserved, and deeply aware that his people come before his heart. Isobel is clever, sharp-tongued, and refuses to be treated like coin changing hands. Their battle of wills begins at the altar — but in the harsh Highland winter, sparks of real affection flicker into a passion that could either save Clan MacAlister or burn it to the ground.