Maid Of The Border

"Send you on such a mission? Never!" The laird's vehement refusal of Elizabeth's request to execute a dangerous journey into England made the girl more determined than ever. Impatiently she snapped, "Only a woman could succeed; a man would be arrested on sight. You have no choice!" At last, reluctantly, the laird agreed. Elizabeth, he reasoned, was as fit as a man, could ride like a man, shoot like a man, but there was one thing he didn't bargain for...She loved like a woman.