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The Lyon's Surprise: The Lyon's Den Connected World by Meara Platt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe was an agitated beast, a Lyon of Mar. THE Lyon of Mar. Cheyne Lyon, Duke of Mar is at first surprised when his wastrel brother dumps a wife and baby on his doorstep. But Jennifer is intelligent, nurturing, and sweet, just the sort Cheyne could love, if only she wasn't already taken...Categorized as:
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The Memory of Her Kiss by Rebecca Ruger
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAnice Lindsay is a novice at Jardine abbey, whose true calling seems to be getting into trouble. Gregor Kincaid, known as The Fist of Scotland, is a fierce warrior and noble companion to William Wallace.Gravely wounded and separated from his army, Gregor stumbles upon the exquisite Anice, locked outside of the nunnery in the midst of one of her regular punishments...Categorized as:
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Highlander The Dark Dragon by Donna Fletcher
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHeather Macinnes is finally safe at home, her two sisters there to offer comfort. She escaped the notorious ghost warriors and thankfully never laid eyes on their leader the Dark Dragon. Her ordeal is done. However, she learns only too soon that her ordeal is far from done...it is just beginning...Categorized as:
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Once Upon a Christmas Wedding by Scarlett Scott, Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTis the season... for wedding bells! But, the path of true love never did run smooth... as our brides and grooms soon discover. From the snowbound Scottish Highlands to candlelit ballrooms, follow our fearless heroines as they scorn etiquette and defy danger in pursuit of their heart's desire...Categorized as:
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Highlander Unchained, Highlander Unmasked, Highlander Untamed by Monica McCarty
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree Hard Cover Like New Novels by Monica McCarty offered as a set: Highlander Unchained, Highlander Untamed, Highlander Unmasked. The DJ of each book displays minor shelf wear and rubbing. Otherwise the books are new with crisp, clean, unmarked pgs... -
Highlander Unbroken by Vonda Sinclair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn exciting new Highland Adventure novel from Vonda Sinclair, USA Today bestselling author of searing and deeply emotional Scottish historical romance. Torture has driven Neacal MacDonald to the brink of madness. As the new chief of the MacDonald clan, Neacal will do whatever it takes to honor his late father and to help his clan thrive... -
Rory by Lily Baldwin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRory is a standalone novel. It can be read on its own or as part of the Highland Outlaws Series. Lady Alexandria MacKenzie is one of Abbot Matthew's network of rebels, fighting for Scottish independence. When her father dies, leaving their clan without a laird, she asks the abbot for aid in finding a husband. He sends her a selection of three noblemen from which to choose... -
Bride of Mist by Glynnis Campbell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Glynnis Campbell...A beautiful and deadly warrior lass tracks down a savage Highlander and targets him for assassination, until she learns he's not the villain he seems, but a noble laird desperate to win back both his tormented clan and her precious heart...Categorized as:
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A Duke by Scot by Amy Jarecki
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt is one thing to defy convention . . . but quite another to completely thwart it in the pursuit of insatiable desire. His Grace, Martin MacGalloway, has well-earned the reputation as the most celebrated rake on the entire isle of Britain... -
Siempre te encontraré by Megan Maxwell
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEl laird Kieran OʹHara y sus guerreros son atacados por unos villanos mientras pernoctan en el bosque cercano al castillo de Caerlaveroch, pero una misteriosa banda de encapuchados, liderados por una mujer a la que los aldeanos llaman «Hada», consigue salvarlos.Angela es la menor de las hijas del laird Kubrat Ferguson...Categorized as:
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Taral, Ralin, Steppen, Edana & Slava by Marti Talbott
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTARAL -- Laird Neil MacGreagor's bride was not happy in her marriage. She tried everything to compensate including turning her attention to making sure the fun loving Taral didn't marry the wrong man. But before Taral could have a proper wedding, affairs of the heart had to be set aside for a far more dangerous concern - a concern that threatened the survival of the entire clan...Categorized as:
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The Campbell Trilogy 3-Book Bundle: Highland Warrior, Highland Outlaw, Highland Scoundrel (Campbell Trilogy) by Monica McCarty
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMonica McCarty’s novels of Scottish historical romance are the gold standard in a genre known for sensual intrigue. In this riveting trilogy, the men and women of the Campbell clan lose themselves in the velvet darkness of passionate nights, play deadly games of murder and treason, and fight to forge a love as strong as the sword that rules the Highlands... -
Stealing Moirra's Heart: Book One of the Moirra's Heart Series by Suzan Tisdale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStealing Moirra’s Heart was originally published in November, 2014 as part of the Guardians of Crihde – Highland Winds collection... -
The Handfasting by Glynnis Campbell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Rich wit, delicious characters, and heartwarming romance.. -
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My Enemy, My Earl by Tammy Andresen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFleeing London, and scandal, Lady Clarissa Burton runs directly into the wife-hunting Earl of Dumfries while traveling on a rutted Scottish road. She wanted peace in Scotland, not a tall and brooding laird who makes her forget that handsome lords are nothing but trouble...Categorized as:
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Claimed: A Medieval Scottish Romance (The Sisters of Kilbride) by Jayne Castel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA widow intent on taking the veil. The guard who would lay down his life for her. The proposal that will alter their relationship forever. A powerful tale of unrequited love in Medieval Scotland.Lady Drew MacKinnon doesn't belong anywhere. A widow who has never remarried, she decides that the time has come for her to do as society expects and take the veil...Categorized as:
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The Scent of Scandal by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA penniless young lady, rescued by providence. When Miss Fredericka Wycliffe’s eccentric Uncle Phin dies and leaves her all his worldly goods, she cannot believe her good fortune. A passionate missionary man, Phineas Wycliffe was not wealthy, but a little cottage in the Highlands of Scotland and a modest bequest seem like riches beyond Fredericka’s wildest dreams. The catch...Categorized as:
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Highland Homecoming by B.J. Scott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe last thing Alasdair Fraser expects to find on an isolated beach in Northern Scotland is a beautiful, unconscious lass. Unable to turn his back on someone in need, he delays his journey and tends to her injuries-an act that has him questioning his destiny and his plans to rejoin the fight for Scotland's independence...Categorized as:
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Frontier Highlander Vow of Love by Dorothy Wiley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStrathnaver, Scotland, Summer 1792--The Highland Clearances abruptly destroy Artis MacKay's idyllic world. Patrick Steller, the Countess of Sutherland's brutal estate manager, murders Artis' family and burns her village. Forced into indentured servitude in the American colonies, she becomes a Virginia plantation servant. After seven long years, Artis receives her freedom dues--land in Kentucky...Categorized as:
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What the Hart Wants by Emily Royal
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFive lessons in pleasure. One lesson in love.Fraser MacGregor, thirteenth Duke Molineux, seizes the opportunity to use the title he unexpectedly inherited, to further his whisky business. He leaves his Highland home and heads for London where he’s accosted by a feisty lass, who smashes a vase over his head.Delilah Hart should be relishing her first London season...Categorized as:
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No Other Highlander by Adrienne Basso
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsScottish Highlands, 1334: The McKenna clan flourishes under a family of warriors, fierce and righteous, faithful to their own until the last. But to produce an heir, the widowed eldest son must risk his heart again . . . Lady Joan Armstrong Fraser was once the indulged and pampered daughter of a laird. But marriage to a brute changed her...Categorized as:
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Secrets of the Heart: Book One of The MacCallens and Randalls by Suzan Tisdale
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWidowed clan chief Connor MacCallen prays fervently for a loving wife and children, as well as peace for his clan. As blessed as they are with abundant crops and cattle, they are threatened by the generations' old feud with the Randalls. Connor must find a way to stop the feud from turning into war... -
Passion and Plunder by Collette Cameron
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWould you sacrifice everything for the person you love, knowing you can never be together? A desperate Scottish lady Lydia Farnsworth—the sole surviving heir to the Laird of Tornbury Fortress—has lost nearly everyone she loves. Now her father lies on his deathbed... -
Dared & Kissed: The Scotsman's Yuletide Bride by Bree Wolf
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this Highland Christmas Romance by USA TODAY bestselling and HOLT Medallion winning author BREE WOLF, a daring lass and a stubborn Scotsman find that not any kiss will do...but the good ones are worth waiting for.EMMA STEWART has been in love all her life. Unfortunately, the man of her heart has no clue that she even exists. And so, one fateful day, she agrees to a dare to steal a kiss...Categorized as:
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The Christmas Countess by K.J. Jackson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA shunned lady determined to keep her secrets. A new newly minted earl looking for a fresh start. A love gone wrong gains a second chance in the light of the Christmas moon...Categorized as:
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My Brave Highlander by Vonda Sinclair
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBattle-hardened warrior Dirk MacLerie isn't who everyone thinks he is. He's Dirk MacKay, heir apparent to the MacKay chiefdom and Dunnakeil Castle on the far north coast of Scotland... -
Rebel Love by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA determined womanLady Bella de Vere's matchmaking mother has vowed to win her a duke and nothing less. But Bella secretly yearns for her brother's enigmatic American friend, Mr. Jesse Whitney, even if he's determined to treat her as nothing more than a younger sister.A man with a pastAdrift since the Civil War's end, Jesse's been through the fires of hell and back...Categorized as:
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Highland Guard by Hannah Howell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Hannah Howell brings back the daring Murray family in a brand-new tale of dangerous love rekindled. . . Lady Annys MacQueen has no other choice. The deception that enabled her to keep her lands safe is on the verge of being revealed by a cruel kinsman...Categorized as:
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Highland Hearts by Sandra Dustin, Hannah Howell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsReprint Edition. From New York Times bestselling author Hannah Howell comes the thrilling tale of a beautiful noblewoman embroiled in treachery and treason in the Scottish highlands--and the royal knight who would give his very life to protect her. . . Contessa Tess Delgado suspects her Scottish uncle of supporting those who would overthrow King James II...Categorized as:
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La decisión de Elizabeth by Jana Westwood
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings«—Por cierto… —William movió la copa en su mano lentamente—. ¿Quién es ese Dougal que las acompaña? ¿Qué podéis contarme de él?Alexander y Edward se miraron un instante antes de volver a fijar la vista en William.—Es una larga historia —dijo Alexander.—Necesitaremos más vino. —Edward se levantó para coger otra botella»...Categorized as:
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Hawk's Woman by Madeline Baker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE NUN A cloistered convent life had left Hallie McIntyre innocent of the world, and of men. But the wounded stranger lying in Sister Domenica's garden was sun-bronzed, strong, and fascinating. Agreeing to hide and nurse him, Hallie didn't understand the powerful feelings of desire that were propelling her toward sin...Categorized as:
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A Question of Trust by Angeline Fortin, Celine Cody
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Jack Merrill becomes earl Haddington inheriting not only a title but the devastating debt that came with it, his friends convince him that there is nothing for it but to gain quick wealth the really old fashioned way…marry into it! On the hunt for a wealthy bride, Jack stumbles upon Kitty Hayes, the sister of his former target Evelyn...Categorized as:
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Maree, Gillie, Jessup & Glenna by Marti Talbott
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCLARE: Clare of the Abbey hoped to marry the Lord of Wickerly Castle until word came that he was dead. So with no reason to stay, she went to Scotland with her sister and did not speak of her grief. But her uncommon beauty tempted all the Highlander men and soon the jealous unmarried women were demanding she choose a husband...Categorized as:
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Highland Deception by Lori Ann Bailey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsScotland, August 1642 Maggie and Lachlan must fight their growing attraction, battling suspicion and intrigue as religious and political turmoil threaten to tear their clans apart. He has sworn he will never marry. Lachlan Cameron is honor bound to see a wounded lass to safety, although he has well learned women are deceivers, and this lovely maid harbors a wealth of secrets... -
Protected by the Laird by Eliza Knight
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWHEN SHE NEEDED A CHAMPION… HE RAISED HIS SWORD… While besieging an enemy castle, Laird Douglas Hay comes across the half-frozen body of a lass. She’s obviously one of the enemy, but he cannot allow her to die. Besides, as his captive, she could bring a hefty ransom. He revives her, a task easier managed than her fiery temper and the intense desire heating his veins...Categorized as:
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The Warrior's Reward by Samantha Holt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFollowing the failure of the rebellion, Wales is a desperate country. As is the illegitimate son of the Prince of Wales, Ieuan. He is forced to travel from Wales to England to take part in a joust in a bid to get close to a woman—the famed Treasure of Tynewell. He soon discovers Rosamunde de Lacy certainly lives up to her name. And seems as pampered and as innocent as he thought she’d be...Categorized as:
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The Scot's Bride by Paula Quinn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAN IRRESISTIBLE SCOUNDREL Highlander Patrick MacGregor likes his life just the way it is. Fighting for his coin, enjoying a woman's charms, and bearing no responsibility at all. Aye, that's the life for him. That is, until Patrick sees her-a raven-haired beauty with eyes as dark as midnight. Patrick swore never to fall in love. Not even with a lass as wild as he..Categorized as:
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The Warrior's Wager by Mia Pride
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe will not be tamed… Aislin Mac Cecht is not like other lassies. She prefers her bow, connecting with nature, and most importantly, her freedom. Marriage and children would only tie her down. No man could ever possibly accept her as she is, feral and stubborn to a fault, and she refuses to change for anyone, despite her family’s insistence that she settle down...Categorized as:
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Wish Upon A Duke by Eva Devon
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLady Imogen Cavendish loves making merry. After surviving years of marriage to an old man, having seized her freedom seems the only intelligent thing to have done. Even so, years of dancing her way through parties has lost its’ luster and all she wants now is to spend most of the year on the small estate she’s purchased in Scotland. There’s just one thing...Categorized as:
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How to Marry a Royal Highlander by Vanessa Kelly
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIllegitimate yet thoroughly irresistible, the Renegade Royals are leaving behind their careers as daring spies for the greatest adventure of all… At sixteen, Alasdair Gilbride, heir to a Scottish earldom, fled the Highlands and an arranged betrothal. Ten years later, Alasdair must travel home to face his responsibilities...Categorized as:
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The Highland Guardian by Amy Jarecki
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe has sworn to protect her... Captain Reid MacKenzie, Earl of Seaforth, is a man of his word. During a harrowing battle at sea, the heroic Highlander makes a vow to a dying friend to watch over the man's daughter. His plan: send the child to boarding school as quickly as possible so he can continue his mission. But Reid's new ward is no wee lass...Categorized as:
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Callum's Vow by Ellie St. Clair
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWill he honor his promises and hold his family together? Callum McDougall’s fate has never been in question. He will follow in his father’s footsteps and become chieftain of his clan. A clan that is struggling in a Scotland where their very way of life is threatened by the industrial revolutions that are leaving them behind. All of that, however, will have to wait... -
Never Kiss a Highlander by Michele Sinclair
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNot a McTiernay by blood, but a brother nonetheless, Hamish will choose honor over all, until his world is shaken by one impetuous kiss... A LASTING PASSION Elite McTiernay guardsman Hamish MacBrieve is looking for a clean start. But when his brother, laird of Foinaven Castle, leaves the family holdings dangerously unprotected, Hamish has no choice but to return and keep his clansmen safe... -
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Sweet Home Highlander by Amalie Howard, Angie Morgan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLady Aisla Montgomery has a perfectly tolerable marriage...as long as her husband stays in Scotland and she in Paris. But now, years later, she wants only one thing—a divorce. Niall Stuart Maclaren, the rugged Laird of Tarbendale rues the day he met his beautiful, conniving wife. Though the thought of her incites a bitter and biting fury, no other woman has ever stirred his blood as hotly...Categorized as:
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Just Beyond Tomorrow by Bertrice Small
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMauritius has long been a prime holiday destination with its balmy climate, splendid beaches, coral reefs and translucent lagoons. This guide provides information on the island's history, topography, climate, economy, vegetation, flora, fauna, bird life and its beautiful underwater life... -
A Warrior's Promise by Donna Fletcher
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt has been prophesied that four men, raised as brothers, will bring Scotland back to glory. The third one will endure a lesson in humility—and passion.Charlotte is as brave as any Highland warrior, but she can't rescue her father alone. Her sweet face could convince any man to come to her aid, but fate has a funny way of complicating things...Categorized as:
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Legendary Warrior by Donna Fletcher
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Reena's village falls into the hands of a brutal landlord, she seeks the help of a warrior known only as The Legend. She should have been afraid after all the stories she's heard at her father's knees, but from the moment she meets him, it is not fear she feels but fierce passion. Magnus has never known a lass brave enough to look him in the eye, let alone one who would plead for his help...Categorized as:
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The Highlander Who Protected Me by Vanessa Kelly
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBestselling author Vanessa Kelly returns with an enthralling new series about the men of the Kendrick clan—and the women who claim their hearts . . . Lady Ainsley Matthews, heiress and darling of the ton , was expected to make a magnificent match. Instead she’s hiding on a remote Scottish estate, terrified that her vicious former fiancé will use her pregnancy to force her into marriage...Categorized as:
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