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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... -
The Outlandish Companion Volume Two by Diana Gabaldon
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMore than a decade ago, #1 New York Times bestselling author Diana Gabaldon delighted her legions of fans with The Outlandish Companion, an indispensable guide to all the Outlander books at the time. But that edition was just a taste of things to come...Categorized as:
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Yesterday's Dreams by Jane O'Brien
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYesterday's Dreams, Book Four in O'Brien's series called A Slip in Time, continues with our favorite characters, Francine, Luke, Dora, and Wade. The two sisters each love a Grainger brother, but one love has been fulfilled, while the other love is torn apart by two different centuries. Fran and Luke begin to make a wonderful life for themselves while living in her family's cottage... -
Crazy in Love by Rebecca Ruger
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCora Bennett doesn’t believe for a minute that the woman promising to move her through time is anything but a quack, or possibly only trying to sell her something. But Cora has read enough time-travel romances to have some pretty great expectations about her own storyline, once the promise becomes reality. And when she meets the bold and breathtaking Lucas Thain, she’s even more excited...Categorized as:
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Chisholm by Jo Jones
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHEAVEN OR HELL? DARACH CHISHOLM wants to go to hell.After nearly three centuries tethered to Culloden's ghostly moor, Darach has yet to find peace. He's ready to do penance for his evil deed. First, he must spend two mortal days with a feisty woman and her adorable niece, in a centuries-old manor. However, the manor already has a resident ghost who has no intention of sharing his territory... -
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... -
Fisher by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWe are blindest when judging ourselves. With two days of mortality, Fisher’s quest is simple—prove he’s still a good man. But he’s more concerned with leaving a permanent mark on the world, and to do it, he’ll need help. Martine has one job—to spread her sister’s ashes at a famous cathedral in Paris. But she’s thwarted and frustrated by a crazy Scotsman who keeps getting in her way...Categorized as:
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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... -
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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Beyond Dreams by Rebecca Ruger
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHolly Wright has been dreaming of the same man for years—and frankly, he might be the reason she’s still single; no one can compare to the hot-bodied man of her dreams. Second only to her secret devotion to her fantasy guy is her love of Scotland. She’s on her third trip now, with a fairly tight schedule, wanting to squeeze as much as she can into the next ten days...Categorized as:
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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... -
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... -
Kanyth by Hazel Hunter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan a druidess with the power of visions be blind to love? Weapons Master Kanyth Skaraven has always found favor with the ladies, until he meets Perrin Thomas. Though the fairy-like druid descendant seemed fated for him, he finds himself torn in two directions. His unique power with the forge is something he must keep under tight control—a control that slips when Perrin is near...Categorized as:
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Tormod by Hazel Hunter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen a modern day archaeologist lands in medieval Scotland, she leaves behind the one thing that might truly help-her memory.But Jema McShane doesn't make the trip alone. Her twin brother Gavin falls through time with her. Separated immediately, Gavin must fend for himself. But Jema lands in the powerful arms of the only Viking member of the McDonnel clan, Tormod...Categorized as:
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Evander by Hazel Hunter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwo lost souls forge something beautiful from something broken. Rachel Ingram is living the dream. Heiress to billions, she’s engaged to the perfect man. But with the sudden death of her parents, her world begins to crumble. When she discovers her new husband’s true nature, her life implodes. Evander Talorc is living a nightmare...Categorized as:
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The Highlander's Vow by Barbara Longley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOn the eve of her wedding, Sky Elizabeth, the earl of Fife’s eldest daughter, learns of her betrothed’s murderous plot against her. As she flees, Sky falls through a mysterious portal in time, landing at the feet of a twenty-first-century American knight.Struan, the bastard son of the earl of Sutherland, escaped death through time’s portal once...Categorized as:
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The Highlander's Folly by Barbara Longley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA brave fifteenth-century Highlander fiercely devoted to his foster family, Hunter of clan MacKintosh can defeat any man in battle. Thanks to his fae gifts, he can read the intent of his opponents and guess their next moves...Categorized as:
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Tharaen by Hazel Hunter
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA detective on a personal mission won’t stop—even when she falls into the arms of a gorgeous medieval highlander. Lieutenant Diana Burke will not give up. Though her missing person case had gone stone cold, something about the disappearance of Kinley Chandler doesn’t make sense. But the last place the detective expects to find her is the highlands of medieval 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... -
A Garden in the Rain by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLynn Kurland tells the story of Patrick MacLeod--the first MacLeod to discover the secrets of his ancestral land....Patrick MacLeod is haunted by his past, by events he had no control over and wishes desperately he could change. He hasn't the heart for love, nor the time for rescuing maidens in distress of their own making. Until he sees a woman who touches his heart and stirs his soul..Categorized as:
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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... -
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... -
The Price by Kim Sakwa
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEnchanting time travel romance from the author of the #1 international bestseller The Prophecy.She’s an agent running from her past. He’s the warrior who will become her future.In her desperation to undo the tragedy that stole everything from her, Maggie Sinclair becomes entangled in an enchantment and thrust into 15th-century Scotland. Torn from everything she knows, her mission becomes survival...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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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...Categorized as:
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James by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCockburn Street is a dangerous place, even for a former MI6 agent.James is rarely afraid. He's traveled back to the fifteenth century--not just one, but twice now--and lived to tell the tale. The third trip will be for personal reasons, however, because he believes in his bones the perfect woman for him is back there somewhere, waiting for him...Categorized as:
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BOOK REVIEW: Written In My Own Heart's Blood by J.T. Salrich
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWritten In My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon is finally here! After waiting for 5 years, fans of Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander series" can finally return to the characters they know and love. Written In My Own Heart's Blood picks up where "An Echo In The Bone" left off and gets right into the action... -
Luthias : A Scottish Time Travel Romance by Hazel Hunter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTime travel was not in her job description. Emery Parker can hardly believe her luck. She’s landed the museum internship of her dreams: working with a collection of ancient Scottish swords. But when she finds herself locked in a stone room of weapons that look brand new, she demands to know what kind of game is being played. Laird Luthias MacRoss has never believed the legend of the Fire Sword...Categorized as:
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Shattered Moments by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA year has passed since the Sheridans fled the plague in England, but a new crisis tears Valerie and Louisa apart once again, with dire consequences. As the stranded Whitfields desperately try to return home to the seventeenth century, the Sheridans face a threat of a different nature... -
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... -
Eternal Summer by Rebecca Ruger
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Aedan Cameron and his men save a frightened and fleeing lass from a band of border reivers, he assumes his responsibility to her is done. His captain has other ideas. And then she lifts a pair of magnificent blue eyes to him, and he is reminded of what one of the nigheanan sgàil, the daughters of shadow, predicted—that a lass with blue eyes would come...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... -
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A Game of Shadows by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s 1624, and the Whitfields finally arrive in England, eager to spend time with Louisa and Kit, but their visit is not the happy reunion they’d hoped for.In the meantime in 1777, Abbie and Finn go behind enemy lines to spy for the Revolution, putting themselves in grave danger. The slightest mistake can mean the difference between life and death, and tear them apart forever... -
Loving Her Highland Thief by Maeve Greyson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStay? Lose all she’s ever known. Go? Lose the love of a lifetime.As a struggling, 21st century farmer, Kenzie MacMartin knows if she doesn’t recover that registered ram that cost her a bundle, her dog won’t be the only one howling in the Highlands...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... -
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... -
The Highlander's Bargain by Barbara Longley
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBefore he can settle down, blond-haired, blue-eyed Robley of clan MacKintosh needs to taste true adventure. So when the faerie, Madame Giselle, asks him to retrieve her stolen property in exchange for two enchanted tokens that will whisk him across the centuries, he jumps at the chance...Categorized as:
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Dark Victory by Brenda Joyce
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA HIGHLANDER DRIVEN BY VENGEANCEA dark, ruthless Highlander, the Black Macleod has refused his destiny. His life is revenge for the massacre of his family. His enemies’ insults—that he is a man of stone—only amuse him...Categorized as:
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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... -
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All for the Heiress by Cassidy Cayman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMellie’s having a quarter-life crisis. It’s to the point that she’s taking life advice from Shane Brodie, the notorious village flirt, who’s trying desperately to get to the eighteenth century to keep Catie Ferguson from marrying anyone but him. She not only decides to help Shane go back in time, but agrees to go with him as part of his plan to distract Catie’s posh English suitor... -
Highlander Fallen by Rebecca Preston
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThrust back in time by a horrible accident, Karin finds herself immersed in the mystery of reincarnation and the magic of the Scottish Highlands, at the center of a deadly cholera outbreak, and caught in a growing attraction to a man grieving his lost wife...Categorized as:
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Serpents in the Garden by Anna Belfrage
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter years of hard work, Matthew and Alex Graham have created a thriving home in the Colony of Maryland. About time, in Alex’s opinion, after far too many adventures she is really looking forward to some well-deserved peace and quiet. A futile hope, as it turns out... -
The Christmas Present by Ceci Giltenan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Pocket Watch Novella All of the Pocket Watch Chronicles are are complete, stand alone stories. Faced with an empty nest, and heartbroken, Anita Lewis is given the chance to experience Christmas in another time with the help of a mysterious old woman and a pocket watch. The gift she receives is priceless as she rediscovers the magic of Christmas in the past...Categorized as:
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The Time Traveler's Christmas by Amy Jarecki
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA man's life can fall apart in an instant... Tougher than oxhide, Lachlan Wallace can take about anything except a breakup call from his wife two minutes before competing in the Karate Championship of the World. Arriving home with a loss, he agrees to watch his uncle's cat over the holidays. Or so he thinks-until he awakes on a fourteenth century battlefield beside a woman fighting for her life...Categorized as:
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A Laird to Hold by Angeline Fortin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA journey through time to save one life jeopardizes the lives of everyone Scarlett holds dear in this finale of the Laird for all Time series. Scarlett would do anything to save her unborn baby, even return to a time she never thought she’d see again. Not for a moment had she missed the constant scrutiny of a celebrity life...Categorized as:
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