Island of the Swans — Ciji Ware

"I will always love you, Thomas Fraser. That is my curse!"

Jane Maxwell can remember no time when Thomas Fraser was not at her side. Their wild childhood pranks through Edinburgh's cobbled streets scandalized the city, and when Jane grows to radiant womanhood, Thomas is the only man she wants. Then Thomas is reported killed in the American colonies, and a distraught Jane hesitantly responds to handsome, enigmatic Alexander, Duke of Gordon -- possessor of one of Scotland's proudest titles -- whose skilled loving lights a fire in her blood even as she rebels at his fierce will to claim her.

But Thomas Fraser is not dead, and he comes back to find his hoydenish Jane an elegant bride. And with his return, Jane's marriage becomes a turbulent dance of tender wooing and clashing wills as Alex seeks to win her once and for all time...