Makinna's Secret — Linda Boulanger

In a time when marriage at a young age was inevitable, the oldest daughter of a wealthy and powerful family manages to escape its grasp, her heart yearning for love, not convention. And the love she had harbored for years for a family friend was anything but conventional. She also believed it would never be returned, but that wouldn't stop her from trying. Tonight, she would persuade him to make her his. The rest was only ceremony, professing their love before man. Makinna didn't need that. She only needed him.

If you've read either Dance with the Enemy or Beyond the Shadows, you'll know Makinna's brothers are the infamous Tahruk and Redahn. If you have not read either book, you'll get an introduction to the Land of Riandus, where the stories take place. It's a make believe land governed by some strange rules and a yearly moon that triggers events and makes things happen. So, if you like handsome warriors, beautiful women, kings and castles, and a heartwarming, heat-provoking love story, prepare to fall in love.