Highlander for the Holidays — Janet Chapman

Jessie Pringle moved to the small mountain town of Pine Creek, Maine, to start her life again -- and to try to put behind her the brutal attack that left both her mind and body scarred. But she never expected to meet someone like Ian MacKeage. Brawny and quick-witted, the green-eyed giant of a man seems to have stepped right out of the Scottish Highlands.

As irresistibly drawn to Ian as he is to her, Jessie finds it more and more difficult to deny her own desires. But how long can she keep Ian content with only kisses?

Then, on one of her long walks through the wilderness, she meets a strange, kindly hermit who sells her a walking stick -- one imbued with a magic that may allow Jessie to finally be rid of the pain of her past, and to build a future with Ian...