"Threads of Destiny" is the book from which all of Arnette Lamb's characters originated, and "Romantic Times" gives it the highest rating saying, "You'll laugh and cry as you are drawn into this rich romance filled with marvelous characters". Lady Suisan Harper couldn't take her eyes from the dangerously attractive man whose presence filled the candlelit room—Myles Cunningham. She had expected a weakling; he was strong. She had expected cold indifference; he drew her to him with a hot and hungry look. But of course he believed she was only Maura, a saucy maid happy to share a wealthy man's bed. Handsome or not, Myles had nearly driven her family's weaving business to ruin. He had even stolen the patterns for her family's clan tartans, symbols of Scottish independence outlawed by the English king. Suisan had come to London willing to risk her honor and her freedom to get them back. But now, as Myles' lips brushed hers with fire, her carefully woven thread of lies began to unravel...and a silken strand of desire began binding her destiny to this irresistible man—her enemy and her beloved.

An indentured servant from Virginia, Juliet White came to Scotland to find her niece, the child her sister had borne before she died. The search took her to the castle of Lachlan MacKenzie, duke of Ross, where she was accepted as governess to the four illegitimate daughters of the lusty aristocrat, all sired in one lascivious season at the Scottish Court. Seeking to know for certain if her sister's child is among her small charges, Juliet probed into the notorious duke's family history... while the girls, each in her own fashion, begin to find a place in Juliet's heart.But Lachlan was not a man to let a lovely young woman keep her innocence under his roof. When the renowned rake stirred her girlish dreams into a woman's desires, Juliet was stunned to find her resolve succumbing to the virile charm of the man she suspected of seducing her sister. Powerless to resist the wild rush of yearning, Juliet plunged into a river of passion whose waters might be too turbulent to carry her to a safe shore...

A BASTARD DAUGHTER Sarah MacKenzie believed herself to be the love child of Lachlan MacKenzie, duke of Ross. But the discovery that no noble blood ran in her veins left her devastated, and unable to trust MacKenzie's love. Sarah fled the Highlands for Edinburgh, and opened her heart to the city's orphans ... to bury her pain and begin a new life. A FORGOTTEN SECOND SON Estranged from his mother, whose affections centered around her eldest son, handsome Michael Elliot joined the East India Company. But years later a family crisis drew him home, to aid in his mother's scheme to seduce Sarah —- and her generous dowry —- into the impoverished Elliot family. DECEPTION —- AND DESIRE —- UNITED THEM Bound by his sense of honor, Michael set out to win Sarah's heart. Sarah, far from the family that loved her, slowly surrendered to his charms. Though ill-fated at the start, their alliance blossomed into a passionate union ... and together they began to unveil the healing power of love ...

A Woman of Rare Valor At the wedding ceremony of her sister, Sarah, Agnes MacKenzie leapt in the path of a speeding arrow, saving Edward Napier's life. For Agnes, it was a matter of instinct and training—all Scotland knew her fame as a bodyguard. Few knew the heartache that spurred her perilous course. A Man of Science—And Mystery Despite the towering rage of her father, Lachlan, Duke of Ross, Edward Napier used his medical skills to tend Agnes' wounds. Owing her his life, the widower granted her request to accompany him and his children to Glasgow. But he had no intention of allowing this beautiful, foolhardy woman to search out his unknown assassin. A Passionate Union of Equals Agnes had forsworn romance until she could right the wrong that burdened her, yet Edward's powerful intellect and easy grace drew her like a magnet. Her audacious ways provoked him to fascination—and occasionally to fury. Amid a new storm of poisoned arrows, they would yield to a love as sudden as it was joyous...a love to cherish and protect as fiercely as life itself.

A MAIDEN'S PERILOUS VOYAGE Ten-year-old Virginia MacKenzie was determined to join Cameron Cunningham —- her beloved friend, and now, formally, her betrothed —- when he sailed to France. Arranging to join Cam's Highland Dream at sea, Virginia never suspected the captain of her ship would spirit her to America, selling her into vilest bondage ... A HEART FULL OF REGRET Desperately, Cameron searched for his betrothed for years, when even the great Lachlan MacKenzie had given up his daughter for dead. Now Cam's only memento of Virginia was a tattered silk handkerchief with a faded hallmark ... A SOUL-STIRRING REUNION —- AND A DESPERATE VOW Virginia could scarce believe it when a near-miracle finally brought Cam to her rescue. Longing to rush into his arms, yet afraid of losing him once more, she hid her past and retreated from Cam's sheltering embrace. Tenderly, Cam vowed to heal the wounds of the past, and win her heart once more ... until she believed completely in the love that was their destiny ...