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“Oh, crap! I bet you need out.” She jumped from the bed and threw open the door. The dogs raced off down the hallway, and only after they’d disappeared down the stairs did it strike her that the big entryway door would be closed as well. After last night’s scene with that old woman and the dogs, Heroine didn’t even want to contemplate what might happen if they did their business right at the front door. The heavy woolen nightgown she wore tangled around her legs as she started after them, causing her to stumble and bang her shoulder into the hard stone wall. Damn long skirts. She lifted the gown above her knees and hooked the tail over her arm, freeing herself to run after the animals. Sprinting down the curve of the stairs, she was quite proud of herself that she managed not to slip on the narrow stone steps. Gaining speed as she ran, she jumped from the next-to-the-bottom stair and smashed into what felt like a wall. A hard, warm wall of chest that barely moved in response to her slamming into it. “Hold on, lass. What’s got after you to have you leaping from the stairs?” The Brother grasped her upper arms to keep her from falling. “Sorry about that. I have to get the front door open.” She attempted to pull away but he wasn’t letting go. “And why would you need to do that so early in the morn? Yer no thinking of leaving us, are you?” The Brother’s brow wrinkled, his confusion evident. “I wasn’t trying to leave. Baby and Missy have to go.” Surely he didn’t need that explained. “What in the name of the Fae is going on here?” Hero’s roar echoed down the hallway, causing Herone to jump.
“Who are Baby and Missy?” The Brothers’s question barely registered as Heroine’s attention centered on Hero’s approach. He looked angry. And the look was aimed squarely at her. “That’s what she calls the herd of beasts she’s collecting,” Hero answered as he reached them. “The ones that tried to knock us down as we came in the doorway.” “Oh good. They’re out.” What a relief she didn’t have to worry about that little problem right now. “Brother! Unhand the woman and quit yer gawking,” Hero ordered. Her arm freed, Heroine stepped back, relieved to have Hero’s ire directed at his brother rather than her. The relief didn’t last long. “And what do you think yer doing? Did you no show enough of yerself to all in the keep last eve? Where else might you be planning to go like that?” Hero pointed toward the floor at her feet, but his eyes didn’t leave hers. “Like what? Oh.” Heroine unwound the tail of her nightgown from around her arm, allowing it to curtain down to the floor. “Sorry.” So her legs were showing. So what? Lord, but this guy was easily offended. “What were you thinking, walking around like that?” Obviously she hadn’t been thinking, but she wasn’t about to admit that. Not to him anyway. “I said I was sorry. I needed to get the dogs out and I couldn’t run without breaking my neck with this stupid thing wrapping around my legs.” She waved her hand in the general direction of the bottom of her nightgown. Good grief. The man was getting all bent out of shape about her flashing a little leg. She shoved her sleeve up, scratching at her arm. “I don’t see what the big deal is.” “The big deal?” Hero sputtered. “You’ll no go about exposing yerself like that again. Do you hear me? And what are you doing there?” He wiggled his finger her direction, pointing once again.
“First of all, you don’t get to tell me what to do. Second of all…” “Looks to be bites,” The Brother interrupted calmly. “Fleas would be my guess.” Hero grabbed her arm, inspecting the spot she had scratched. “Fleas?” For an instant, her brain refused to comprehend the obvious. Oh, Lord, no! Sure enough, there were three little red bumps on her arm, itching like crazy. More on the back of her neck. Her legs itched, too. In fact, it suddenly seemed as if there was no part of her body where she couldn’t feel the irritating movement of tiny, disgusting little insects. “I’d say yer Baby and Missy brought guests along.” The Brother’s broad grin made it clear he saw no need to hide his amusement at her predicament. Hero shook his head, tightening his hold on her arm. “I’d best show you to the bathhouse.” She stilled. “Bathhouse?” Now that sounded promising enough to ignore The Brothers’s laughter as Hero led her down the hallway toward the back of the keep, dragging her behind him like an errant child.

I'm not sure. Sounds almost like a time travel story with the everyone's different reaction to her exposed ankles. Can't wait for the reveal.

No idea.

No clue at all.

It's gotta be set in Scotland, right?

Ditto to the above comments: no idea, but seems to be time traveler newly arrived in Scotland of the past. This sounds like a fun read.

True enough! It's a fun read! If you're looking for just a fun kind of frivolous read this is a good one...in fact most of this series is fairly fun (:

Did I miss the reveal?

I'm still hoping she's just allergic to wool, which would cause a rash...

Not to spoil it, but its fleas...the book is A Highlander of Her Own by Melissa Mayhue. It is a part of her daughters of the glen series.

Too funny!

It's actually a pretty cute series! This one in particular I loved bc she reads lots of romance novels and then is faced with what she reads only in a sort of fun way (: it's not serious like other time travel novels, in fact she's not even the first Time traveler that comes to visit there!

It's actually a pretty cute series! This one in particular I loved bc she reads lots of romance novels and then is faced with what she reads only in a sort of fun way (: it's not serious like other time travel novels, in fact she's not even the first Time traveler that comes to visit there!