Highlander for the Holidays / Janet Chapman / 344 pages / R. T. Reviewer's Choice Award

"Healing one's self is nearly impossible - and far less rewarding - compared to the magic that's created when two souls combine their strengths and heal together."  Jessie Pringle has horrifying flashbacks to the night her husband was killed and she was terribly injured during a break-in and alleged burglary attempt.  She has a service dog, Tobias, who senses when an attack of flashback will occur and gets her to a safe place until the attack subsides.  She decides to move to Pine Creek, Maine to start her life again and have her attacks in relative seclusion.  Her first night in town, she meets Ian MacKeage, heir to Tar-Stone, who will forever change her life...and his own!  This story is a most delightful read - heartwarming, tender, clever, filled with manly men and women strong enough to tame them.