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Again My Love by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsProtected. Hidden. Resilient. Three lives entwined. A friend lost in the past, a frightened child in the present, a future that is one gigantic freaking dumpster fire of a calamity.And Kaitlyn and Magnus must keep hope alive when yet again the future demands their attention and possibly their lives. “You’re going to keep me safe, Magnus?” “Aye, every day of m’life, Kaitlyn... -
Falling Through Time: A time travel romance by Nancy Scanlon
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the day the Fates decided he would be the warrior to train and lead a group of time-traveling clansmen, Reilly O’Malley has been certain of everything. He’s gone into every battle, verbal or physical, knowing that he will be victorious... -
Our Shared Horizon by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHis past holds family he must protect. Her present is full of promise and hope and love. But their future is ready to be seized. Three strands of time, Magnus has one priority — keep it all from unraveling. Magnus said, “There are always the same stars, mo reul-iuil.”“Always.”Then I added, “And way over there, past the horizon, beyond what you can see, is a castle...Categorized as:
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The Fallen by Charlie Higson
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe Fallen by Charlie Higson is the fifth awesome book in The Enemy series. First the sickness rotted the adults' minds. Then their bodies. Now they stalk the streets, hunting human flesh. The Holloway crew are survivors. They've fought their way across London and made it to the Natural History Museum alive - just. But the fight will never end while the Enemy lives, unless there's another way.. -
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Nothing but Dust by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMagnus and Kaitlyn need to mount a rescue. A kingdom might be lost. Vessels need to be secured. Friends need to be saved and there is an uncle that needs to be reckoned with. Through it all, Magnus and Kaitlyn need to keep their family together.“He is asking for a fight and we must bring it.”“Yes.” I straighted and tried to look braver than I felt. "At least we have our family around us... -
Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsA laird trapped between centuries...Enchanted by a powerful spell, Highland laird Drustan MacKeltar slumbered for nearly five centuries hidden deep in a cave, until an unlikely savior awakened him. The enticing lass who dressed and spoke like no woman he’d ever known was from his distant future, where crumbled ruins were all that remained of his vanished world... -
One More Life to Live by Steven Decker
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsImagine being given a chance at a second life but with a catch. You have no say in when, where, or who you will be. Would you take it?Edward Stubbins is a boy robbed of all that is good in life. An orphan in post-war England, he's shipped to Australia at age ten. Cruelty, rejection, and a severely broken heart are the hallmarks of his youth...Categorized as:
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To Win a Highland Scot by Tamara Gill
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFate brought them together—or was it something else entirely?The Fae took everything Scottish warrior Boyd Macleod had. Cursed and alone, he existed for a hundred years but never truly lived. Not until she arrived. The Sassenach is quick-witted, outspoken, and entirely too beautiful for his peace of mind. She stirs in him a hunger he hasn’t felt in…he can’t even remember how long... -
The Blacksmith by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is The Blacksmith you've been looking for...Risen from the dead, Kerry Mather has little time to perform a miracle. He's got to teach an American photographer that staying detached is the same as staying lonely. He only hopes that touching her heart won't break it... when he has to move on...Categorized as:
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The Storyteller by Terri Brisbin
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Highland RomanceStruan Cameron has spent the last 270 years trapped between life and death on the battlefield of Culloden Moor. His role as the Storyteller has kept many of the other ghosts from going mad. But now, the powerful Muir witch has offered him the chance to see an end to his time on the moor and he plans to take it... -
Time of a Highlander by Katy Baker
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA woman thrown into the past. A Highland warrior with a dark secret. And a deadly enemy stalking them both. Georgina Smyth’s life is falling apart. Her business is going under, she’s in danger of losing her home, and she’s run out of ideas. So when a strange old woman offers her a dream job, she suspects it’s too good to be true. She’s right...Categorized as:
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The More I See You by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA wish upon a star transports the luckless-in-love Jessica Blakely back in time to the thirteenth century. But her desire for a fair and gallant knight yields the fearsome Richard De Galtres. And it will take her tender touch--and stubborn will--to pierce his armor-clad heart..Categorized as:
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This Is All I Ask by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGillian of Warewick knows no other treatment than the terrible physical and mental abuse issued by her father. When he arranges a match for Gillian with Christopher of Blackmour, she is fearful: Blackmour is rumored to be an evil sorcerer. When Gillian meets him, he proves to be far more of a man than her father is, yet he is unwilling to be a lover to Gillian...Categorized as:
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The Revelation Space Collection by Alastair Reynolds
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsContains seven fantastic novels: REVELATION SPACE, CHASM CITY, REDEMPTION ARK, ABSOLUTION GAP, THE PREFECT, DIAMOND DOGS & TURQUOISE DAYS and GALACTIC... -
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Destiny of a Highlander by Katy Baker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBreanne Martin lives in the past. At least, that’s what everyone tells her. After learning the hard way that love never lasts, she throws her energy into her job as a museum conservator, spending her time with ancient relics and artefacts...Categorized as:
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Spirit of a Highlander by Katy Baker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRipped from her time, lost in a strange land, a modern woman learns the most important lesson of all: that love knows no boundaries. Thea Thomas’ luck couldn’t get much worse. Having dared to follow her dream of becoming a photographer, she’s learned the hard way that dreams rarely come true. She’s lost her home, her job, and just about every shred of pride she had left...Categorized as:
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Call of a Highlander by Katy Baker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTorn from the twenty-first century, lost in the lonely Highlands of Scotland, a modern woman discovers the most important secret of all: that love transcends time. Bethany Carter has just about given up. Having fled her homeland following the tragic murder of her parents, she’s focused on her goal of becoming a human rights lawyer. Maybe that way she can fix the terrible ache in her soul...Categorized as:
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The Dark Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsJourney to a world of ancient magic, breathtaking sensuality, thrilling time-travel.... Journey to the world of The Dark Highlander. Crisscrossing the continents and the centuries, here is a novel as gripping as it is sensual—an electrifying adventure that will leave you breathless... -
Highlander's Hope by Mariah Stone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s fighting the demons of his past. She’s defending her home and her son. Can two warriors from different centuries find a loving future?Scotland, 2020. Former Marine and bodyguard Konnor Mitchell is on a whiskey tour through the Highlands. But a woman’s cries for help lead him tumbling down a steep ravine. Before he can get his bearings, a Highland faerie pitches him back in time to 1308...Categorized as:
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Ruadri by Hazel Hunter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAmong a band of brothers, nothing is so despised as a spy. Ruadri Skaraven lives two lives. In one he serves as the healer of his clan, trusted like no other with their well-being. But in the other he serves the enigmatic druids because, secretly, he is also druid-kind. Though he's lived with the shame for years, it is only when another healer sees into his heart that his two lives collide...Categorized as:
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And Be My Love by Rebecca Ruger
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSomeone has made bold promises to the Highland witches in exchange for disposing of Michael MacClellan. But the nigheanan sgàil, the daughters of shadow, do not engage in murder and, instead, put the fierce warrior into a deep sleep, hidden inside the earth in 14th century Scotland...Categorized as:
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Highland Protector by Catherine Bybee
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNo ordinary hero can save Amber from death... it will take a Highland Protector Amber MacCoinnich survival depends on her traveling to the twenty first century, or so her mother’s premonition told her. Death taunts Amber and offers peace in her endless pain. Without the mysterious savior her mother spoke of, Amber prepares for death only to wake with a handsome, dark stranger in her bed... -
The Very Thought of You by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAlexander Smith had found success in the world of corporate takeovers—but not happiness. That had always escaped him...along with true love. Then, at the MacLeod Keep in Scotland, he found a pirate map that miraculously answered his yearnings—with a journey to another time... -
Only With a Highlander by Janet Chapman
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFrom bestselling author Janet Chapman comes the fifth novel in her Highlander series featuring a time-travelling Scotsman in modern-day Maine.As soon as Pine Creek’s new mystery man steps into her art gallery, Winter MacKeage is intrigued. This sexy stranger, Matt Gregor, wants her to do some drawings of his dream house. And with his tiger-gold eyes and masculine charm, he’s impossible to resist...Categorized as:
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Magnus the First by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy stomach sank a little thinking that this bundle of letters had been something my husband had brought home with him, but didn’t want me to see.It made them ominous.“What are they?”“Challenges, mo reul-iuil. Challenges for m’throne, tis time for me tae train tae fight and finally deal with them... -
Courage of a Highlander by Katy Baker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKara Buchanan relies on nobody but herself. As an investigative reporter, she’s driven and focused, always looking for the next story: the next corrupt corporation to expose, the next underdog to champion. But it leaves no room in her life for anything else – especially love. So when a strange old woman gives her a cryptic clue to a story she’s been chasing for months, Kara jumps on it...Categorized as:
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Rhys by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne wrong move and he'll be dead...again.Rhys was never supposed to die on the moor that day, and if the witch is offering him new life, he plans to take it—and run! He doesn't care about the boon he could earn. All he wants is vindication and a long life...Categorized as:
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Fate of a Highlander by Katy Baker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA modern woman braves the dangers of the sixteenth century Highlands and her own dark past to find the one thing she's never had: love. Eleanor Stevenson’s life is empty. Having sacrificed everything to become a doctor, she throws herself into her work, leaving no room for anything else...Categorized as:
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Seductive Scot by Julie Johnstone, Cecelia Mecca
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦.Reikart McCaim doesn’t want to be saved — despite the fact that he’s a time traveler from 2020 New Orleans stuck in medieval Scotland...Categorized as:
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Artair's Temptress: A Scottish Time Travel Romance by Stella Knight
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe travels back in time with a handsome highlander, facing the dangerous unknown of the past...and a growing desire...Diana Hartford has long denied the magical time traveling ability she's inherited from her parents. But when her aunt implores her to guide a fourteenth century highlander back to his time, she is forced to use the ability she has always denied...Categorized as:
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Gregor by Jo Jones
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo days, one love, and a chance at redemption. Gregor Mitchell desperately wants a do-over. If he could just trade his ghostly existence for a couple of days of mortality, he’d go back to the dreadful years after Scotland’s tragic loss at Culloden. There, he might finally prove his worth to himself, his country, and those still fighting for its freedom... -
Highlander's Heart by Mariah Stone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s a lost time traveler. He’s a haunted Highland hero. Can their romance survive the test of centuries?Scotland, 2020. Kate Anderson is desperate to keep her restaurant from falling into ruin. But while soliciting the help of a celebrity TV chef at a Scottish castle, she’s injured and suffers amnesia... -
Highlander's Desire by Mariah Stone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s a fierce Highland warrior. She’s a struggling history student. Can they transcend the bounds of time to claim the love they desire? Scotland, 1310. Fiercely protective Highlander Angus Mackenzie fought for Scotland’s independence. Now, unable to pay his clan’s tribute, he has agreed to give up his own freedom by marrying the powerful and predatory Euphemia of Ross. Scotland, 2021...Categorized as:
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Cadeyrn by Hazel Hunter
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA woman from the present day will do anything to escape the ordeal of medieval Scotland. But will she betray the man she loves? Lily Stover can no longer cope. Nothing in her previous life as a chef could have prepared her for her grim new reality. Starvation, beatings, and daily terror are her routines. The only flicker of hope is the memory of the massive warrior who once fought to free her...Categorized as:
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Morna's Legacy: Box Set by Bethany Claire
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDiscover the Bestselling Morna’s Legacy Series Includes the first 3 novels in Morna’s Legacy Series, as well as the Christmas novella: Love Beyond Time (Book 1): Nearly 400 years ago, the Conall clan and their people were murdered in a surprise attack, their castle burned to the ground... -
The Winter Laird: A time travel romance by Nancy Scanlon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE PRESENTSuccessful matchmaker Brianagh O’Rourke believes in happily-ever-afters...just not her own. She’s convinced passion only exists in her dreams. When she reluctantly accepts a marriage proposal, Bri decides she needs a vacation—but she didn't expect it to be in 13th century Ireland.THE PASTLaird Nioclas MacWilliam just wants peace for his clan... -
When I Fall in Love by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNicholas de Piaget is finished with demoiselles more interested in his riches than his heart. He is certain he’ll spend the rest of his life in his leaky castle, watching others enjoy wedded bliss, until he stumbles upon a flame-haired maiden in distress. His honor demands that he help her return home – if only his heart would allow it... -
Dreams of Stardust by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the 1200s, Amanda of Artane has one summer to choose from her suitors—and find love forever.JakeJake Kilchurn travels the world to unearth exquisite stones for this one-of-a-kind creations, but it is during an unexpected side trip to Seakirk castle that he meets a cadre of ghosts discussing a timeless beauty who lived centuries ago... -
Highland Shifter by Catherine Bybee
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHelen Adams has a knack for finding lost objects, but the Simon McAllister she finds isn’t what she expected. The missing California teen is now a grown man—a kilted, sword wielding, Highland warrior. A mysterious Druid book and Helen’s sixth sense send her to Scotland in search of a missing boy... -
One Magic Moment by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMedieval studies scholar Tess Alexander is thrilled for the chance to live in a medieval castle. But then a trip to the village brings her face-to-face with the owner of the local garage, who looks a great deal like the man who married her sister...800 years in the past... -
With Every Breath by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen medieval laird Robert Cameron pounds on Sunny Phillips's door, he isn't paying a social call. He's braved a trip onto enemy soil to fetch the MacLeod witch, a crone renowned for her healing powers. But the woman who opens her door to him is enchanting and young... and not from his century. **This is a Read Pink edition... -
If I Had You by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn her captivating new novel, bestselling author Lynn Kurland paints a magnificent portrait of 13th-century England-with the passionate tale of a woman crippled by the past and a man destined to future greatness... -
Redeeming Vows by Catherine Bybee
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor her own safety, modern day, single mom, Lizzy McAllister is forced to bow to the medieval men who surround her when she's thrust back in time to the sixteenth century against her will. When Lizzie finds herself trapped in time with Fin, the one man she finds both irresistible and maddening, she agrees to combine forces with him to rid Scotland of the evil witch, Grainna...Categorized as:
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A Dance Through Time by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsScotland, 1311. James MacLeod was the most respected---and feared---laird in all of Scotland. He loved his men like brothers and his land with a passion. And he allowed no women to cross the threshold of his keep...New York City, 1996. With an indifferent fiancé and a stalled writing career, Elizabeth Smith found passion and adventure only in the unpublished romance novels that she wrote... -
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Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor by Steven Moffat
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDiscover the new Doctor Who classics.When the entire universe is at stake, three different Doctors will unite to save it.The Tenth Doctor is hunting shape-shifting Zygons in Elizabethan England. The Eleventh is investigating a rift in space-time in the present day. And one other – the man they used to be but never speak of – is fighting the Daleks in the darkest days of the Time War... -
Kiss a Highlander by Rebecca Preston
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Edith flees through a door that thrusts her back in time to ancient Scotland, her abusive husband follows, threatening her new life and those who help her, including Bran MacLeod, the handsome Scotsman who swears to protect her…Edith Davis thought she found love with her husband Gabriel, but discovers his controlling and abusive nature too late to prevent him from hurting her... -
Dragon Knight's Axe by Mary Morgan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlastair MacKay, a battled-scarred Dragon Knight flees to the sea to separate himself from his fae-given power connecting him to the land. But it is on land that he rescues a woman from a slave trader in Ireland... -
Edane by Hazel Hunter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA fun-loving American gal, a brooding clan of ancient warriors, and a dangerous castle full of traps. What could possibly go wrong? From the moment that Edane mag Raith rescues Nellie from a pursuing Sluath, he is smitten. But while he’s certain that she is the woman from his dreams, she doesn’t seem so sure...Categorized as:
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To Save a Savage Scot by Tamara Gill
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKenzie Jacobs is fascinated by a portrait of the roguish Highlander, Black Ben, which hangs in her ancestral home. There's a mystery surrounding his death, and Kenzie longs to solve it by traveling through time to 17th century Scotland--and perhaps meet the gorgeous laird who haunts her dreams.Black Ben, Laird of Ross, suited his dark name more than ever since his wife died in childbirth...Categorized as:
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Payton by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBe sure to read THE GATHERING, the first in the series, to avoid spoilers. A damsel in distress... When Grace returns home to Texas for her big sister’s wedding, she thinks she has all her bases covered...
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