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Gentle Warrior / Honor's Splendour / Lion's Lady / New Excerpt! by Julie Garwood
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Ideal Man comes an eBook box set of passion, seduction, and revenge featuring three of Julie Garwood’s classic titles ( The Gentle Warrior, Honour’s Splendour, and The Lion’s Lady )...Categorized as:
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![The Depths of Her Soul by Rebecca Ruger]()
The Depths of Her Soul by Rebecca Ruger
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMarianna Sinclair has lived years in England, separated from her family and regarded only as an unpaid servant to her aunt and uncle. She is overjoyed when her brother comes to collect her, returning her to Scotland. Yet, her thrill is quickly diminished when she learns she's to wed the son of a local landowner, the detestable Walter Ramsay...Categorized as:
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The Highlander Series 3-Book Bundle by Maya Banks
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom a rising star in Scottish romance comes a breathtaking trilogy of forbidden passion, legendary heroes, and sacred bonds. In Maya Banks’s Highlander series, collected here in one must-have eBook bundle, three unforgettable brothers risk everything to save their clan and their legacy—and to surrender their hearts to love...Categorized as:
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Cocky Viscount by Annabelle Anders
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when a lady breaks the rules?Felicity Brightley is the most genteel of ladies. Raised to marry the Earl of Westerley, she’s never failed to follow the dictates of society. Doing so, she’d been promised, ensured lifelong security and happiness. When her future is shattered, however, she decides it’s time she tests those rules—perhaps make up a few of her own...Categorized as:
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![High King by Kathryn Le Veque]()
High King by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLove is immortal and time, as we know it, is circular. Souls never truly die, but connect with each other in different times, different worlds.A modern American girl is about to discover just how mystical the world can be.And just how much she loved an ancient king… and was loved in return... -
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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... -
![Once Upon a Christmas Wedding by Scarlett Scott, Merry Farmer]()
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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![A Fierce Archer by Hildie McQueen]()
A Fierce Archer by Hildie McQueen
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat if the person you love, is the one you may never trust? Ewan Ross is adrift. Without a true home or drive, he finds his purpose in avenging the attack on a woman he is drawn to. Elated that she allows him into her very small circle of trusted people, Ewan soon falls in love. And then, one misstep ruins everything... -
![The Touch of Her Hand by Rebecca Ruger]()
The Touch of Her Hand by Rebecca Ruger
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor more than a decade, while the First War of Scottish Independence rages, fierce warrior Conall MacGregor has dreamed of the revenge he will have against the man who robbed him of his family and home. To this end, he abducts the daughter of his enemy, hoping to force a marriage and reclaim what is rightfully his... -
![Ian's Rose: Book One of The Mackintoshes and McLarens by Suzan Tisdale]()
Ian's Rose: Book One of The Mackintoshes and McLarens by Suzan Tisdale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHIS IS MEANT FOR PRE-ORDER PURPOSES ONLY. The final book will be over 90,000 words in length, which should be around 300 pages. This file is meant as a PLACEHOLDER during the pre-order proess. This is NOT the final file, nor is it the final word count. Sincerely, Suzan Tisdale They should never have stolen his wife... -
![Highlander Unchained, Highlander Unmasked, Highlander Untamed by Monica McCarty]()
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]()
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... -
![The Dreamer by Maeve Greyson]()
The Dreamer by Maeve Greyson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe promised him a year. Now he wants forever.Book 4 in the Best Selling series Highland Heroes is now available. Read FREE in Kindle Unlimited!Ian Cameron knows he’s cursed when it comes to women. His pregnant wife was murdered at the Glencoe massacre, and he barely survived the agony of her loss. Years later, he allowed himself a fondness for another... -
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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... -
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![Highland Heartbreaker by Julie Johnstone]()
Highland Heartbreaker by Julie Johnstone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA fallen hero. A jilted lass. A game of treachery they may not survive.The day Elena MacLeod’s arrow pierced Rolland MacKay’s arse, she fell in love with the ruggedly handsome Scot, despite her better judgment. After all, he was known as the Highland Heartbreaker. Given that, it should have come as no surprise when he disappeared without a trace before they were to be wed...Categorized as:
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![The Beast’s Ball by Eva Devon, Maire Claremont]()
The Beast’s Ball by Eva Devon, Maire Claremont
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan one ball change a bluestocking’s life and mend a beast’s broken heart?Scarred and sarcastic, the Earl of Argyle has abandoned society, choosing to live alone, away from Scotland in his London townhouse. But he needs an heir. Throwing a ball to find a woman who might be able to endure being married to someone so brutalized by war. . -
![When a Highlander Weds a Hellion by Julie Johnstone]()
When a Highlander Weds a Hellion by Julie Johnstone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow far will he go to belong? Fierce, famed Highland warrior Broch MacLeod has always been a bastard—until one day he isn’t. And now that he’s discovered his real family, he intends to do whatever it takes to carve a place for himself in it, including wedding the lass known as the Hellion of the Highlands... -
![How to Heal a Highland Heart by Julie Johnstone]()
How to Heal a Highland Heart by Julie Johnstone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFate bound them together, but love will set them free. With no chance of escape… When Patience Kincaide learns she’s being forced to wed for a third time, she’s desperate to compel her husband-to-be to stay away from her. Both her previous husbands were shockingly cruel, and she holds no hope this time will be different, especially since the man is known as the Savage Slayer...Categorized as:
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![A Duke by Scot by Amy Jarecki]()
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... -
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Sweet Scandal by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNot the average lady...Lady Helen Harrington is a spinster by choice. She hasn’t any desire to entangle herself in romantic nonsense. Instead, she prefers to spend her time championing the causes nearest to her heart through writing articles for the London Beacon... -
![Sutton's Spinster by Scarlett Scott]()
Sutton's Spinster by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJasper Sutton, London’s most dedicated scoundrel, needs a wife. He needs one quickly. He needs one yesterday, in fact. His requirements are precise. She has to be capable of mothering the wild twin daughters who have unexpectedly appeared in his life. She must also possess the patience of a saint and the understanding of an angel... -
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Saving Moirra's Heart by Suzan Tisdale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe story of Moirra’s Heart concludes with Saving Moirra’s Heart. After losing everything they own in a fire, Alysander and Moirra’s plans to begin anew are torn asunder when Moirra is arrested for the murder of her last husband. Moirra is determined to protect her family at all costs. Even if it means hanging for a crime she did not commit... -
![Markham Hall Series Bundle by Sierra Simone]()
Markham Hall Series Bundle by Sierra Simone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYorkshire, 1879 I am alone. When Ivy Leavold is left destitute by her brother’s death, she is taken in by her cousin’s brooding, tortured widower--Julian Markham. Handsome and possessive, it’s not long before Ivy falls for him. But Mr. Markham has dark secrets, secrets that may put Ivy in danger... I am afraid... -
![Entrusted to a Highlander by Donna Fletcher]()
Entrusted to a Highlander by Donna Fletcher
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnce upon a time, Purity, of the Clan Macara, shy, plain, and with a deformed hand that everyone believes is the mark of the devil, begged handsome, charismatic, devil-may-care Arran of the Clan MacKinnon to wed her and save her from a fate she feared. He turned her down.Five years later, Arran returns home after being taken captive by a group of mercenaries and forced to fight alongside them...Categorized as:
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![My Enemy, My Earl by Tammy Andresen]()
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... -
![Undeniable by Violetta Rand, Dragonblade Publishing]()
Undeniable by Violetta Rand, Dragonblade Publishing
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRead the long-awaited Book Two in the Highlands Forever series, UNDENIABLE! Purchase, or read for FREE in Kindle Unlimited! Jamie MacKay has spent a lifetime serving as the right hand to the Laird of the MacKays. Now that he possesses his ancestral home again, he has his own plans for the future, including the ambition to start a new branch of the MacKays...Categorized as:
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![Claimed: A Medieval Scottish Romance (The Sisters of Kilbride) by Jayne Castel]()
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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![Bed Me, Duke by Felicity Niven]()
Bed Me, Duke by Felicity Niven
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA desperate Scottish countess seeks lovemaking lessons from a gorgeous rogue.He can’t stand her fierce resistance to his charms. She can’t stand his dazzling good looks. But why bother standing when they’d both prefer to lie down on a bed together? Especially since neither has any intention of falling in love... -
![The Cruel Highlander’s Bride by Eloise Madigan]()
The Cruel Highlander’s Bride by Eloise Madigan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“I’ll end this war…if ye marry me.”Ciara would do anything to protect her sister; even marry the most cruel Highlander in her stead.Known for killing his own father, Laird Magnus needs a bride to bring peace to his clan. And the moment he sees the defiant look in Ciara's eyes, he knows he wants her.But wanting her is dangerous...Categorized as:
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![Frontier Highlander Vow of Love by Dorothy Wiley]()
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... -
![Return of the Highland Laird by Amy Jarecki]()
Return of the Highland Laird by Amy Jarecki
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn untimely tempest transports two miserable and lost souls to England’s Abbey Wood where they stumble across each other’s paths. Lady Jane, a battered woman and accused murderess—Laird Alexander, fleeing his keep after blaming himself for the accidental death of his wife.Both souls must heal their wounds. Both souls have reason to keep their identities hidden... -
![Deception of a Highlander by Madeline Martin]()
Deception of a Highlander by Madeline Martin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"A promising debut."—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Scottish Romance doesn't get much steamier—or more dangerous—than a spy hunting her quarry, and losing her heart to him instead. To pay a seemingly impossible debt, Mariel Brandon has become a spy for Aaron, one of England's deadliest minds... -
![What the Hart Wants by Emily Royal]()
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... -
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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... -
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![A Virgin for the Beastly Highlander by Lydia Kendall]()
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![The Christmas Countess by K.J. Jackson]()
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]()
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... -
![Highlander's Captive by Donna Fletcher]()
Highlander's Captive by Donna Fletcher
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReaders have fallen in love with Cree, the mighty Highland warrior, and Dawn, the courageous woman born without a voice. Their story started in Highlander Unchained and continued in Forbidden Highlander. Now the Highlander Trilogy comes to a conclusion in Highlander’s Captive. The story centers on Cree’s sister Wintra... -
![The Missing Marquess of Althorn by Chasity Bowlin, Dragonblade Publishing]()
The Missing Marquess of Althorn by Chasity Bowlin, Dragonblade Publishing
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBetrothed to Marcus Balfour, Marquess Althorn since infancy, the entirety of Miss Jane Barrett’s life has been planned for her by others. Through an overheard argument, Jane discovers at a very tender age that her betrothed is opposed to the match. The knowledge wounds her deeply and sews the first seeds of rebellion in her... -
![Highland Ever After by Maya Banks]()
Highland Ever After by Maya Banks
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratings#1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Maya Banks returns to her beloved Highlander series with the story readers have been waiting for... After Scotland's three most powerful clans come together to build a formidable alliance, an apprehensive king conspires to keep his empire from collapsing...Categorized as:
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![Borrowed Dreams by May McGoldrick]()
Borrowed Dreams by May McGoldrick
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE PROPOSAL Driven to undo the evil wrought by her dead husband, Millicent Wentworth must find a way to save her estate and free the innocent people he enslaves. Her only hope is a marriage--in name only--to the notorious widower the Earl of Aytoun... -
![Highland Hearts by Sandra Dustin, Hannah Howell]()
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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![To Wed a Highlander by Michele Sinclair]()
To Wed a Highlander by Michele Sinclair
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn Arranged Marriage. . . Makenna Dunstan has never needed a man's protection before. But when her father's failing health places the safety of the clan in her hands, she has no choice but to marry Colin McTiernay. Fearing the emotions Colin awakens within her, she finds herself succumbing too easily to his lingering kisses and warm caresses... -
![Wild Mountain Scots: Volume I by Jolie Vines]()
Wild Mountain Scots: Volume I by Jolie Vines
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA mountain rescue leader and a woman with a stalker.A movie star in hiding and the rugged Scot who protects her.Three suspenseful romances with hot Scottish mountain rescue heroes and the beautiful women who tame them.Obsessed He's the leader of the mountain rescue service. She might just need saving. For too long, I've been alone. Just me and my daughter... -
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![La decisión de Elizabeth by Jana Westwood]()
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»... -
![A Question of Trust by Angeline Fortin, Celine Cody]()
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... -
![Enemy of the Highlander by Kate Robbins]()
Enemy of the Highlander by Kate Robbins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo years ago Freya MacKay walked away from the only man she would ever love, her family’s bitter enemy, knowing her clan would never accept their love. A fragile alliance has been forged and now he has returned to warn of a terrible threat. Freya MacKay is torn between the familiar surge of passion he evokes and her promise to wed another man... -
![Hell's Wedding Bells by Annabelle Anders]()
Hell's Wedding Bells by Annabelle Anders
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWHEN A NIGHTMARE BECOMES A DREAM COME TRUE... JILTED by one future duke, Lila has no choice but to wed another. She will marry the man, escape from her father's clutches and free her sister as well. Her groom is simply the means to an end, that is, until he becomes so much more...Categorized as:
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![The Lady's Guide to a Highlander's Heart by Emmanuelle de Maupassant]()
The Lady's Guide to a Highlander's Heart by Emmanuelle de Maupassant
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLook out for other titles in this series‘The Lady’s Guide to Escaping Cannibals’‘The Lady’s Guide to Mistletoe and Mayhem’‘The Lady’s Guide to Scandal’'The Lady's Guide to Deception and Desire'‘The Lady’s Guide to a Sultan’s Harem’'The Lady's Guide to... -
![The Lady's Guide to Mistletoe and Mayhem by Emmanuelle de Maupassant]()
The Lady's Guide to Mistletoe and Mayhem by Emmanuelle de Maupassant
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn the run from an unwanted marriage, Ursula assumes the identity of an etiquette teacher and heads to a remote Scottish castle or the Yuletide season, but her 'young charge' turns out to be more than she bargained for. Texan rancher Rye Dalreagh, the long lost Dunrannoch heir, has been thrown in the deep end...
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