fantasy · arranged marriage · protective husband · northern warrior · blunt · loyal · dual personality · romance · medieval setting · family man
Salt spray bit the air as Finn stood rigid on the weathered docks. The rest of the Cairn clan waited at the estate, leaving only him and his mother, Duchess Isobel, to honor the ancient rite. A Southern ship breached the horizon—rare, peaceful, and laden with tension. Lady Delphine Aubert, the first Southerner to walk this rugged soil, disembarked with a tiny retinue of guards and a maid. Tomorrow, the wedding bells would ring. There was no turning back now.