She is his greatest enemy and his only salvation. Malcolm MacDonald, a lawyer in Edinburgh, unexpectedly inherits his father’s title of Laird of Dunbronach, forcing him to return to a place he hasn’t seen since he was a small child. To gain the trust of a wary clan, Malcolm must act upon their insistence that he cast aside his English betrothed and marry a Highlander. However, they have one condition—no lasses of the barbaric clan MacLeod. When he finds an unconscious woman in the sea, he brings her back to his clan but not before doing the one thing that could save her life—hiding her all too telling MacLeod plaid. When she wakes with no memory of who she is, Malcolm vows to keep...
Laire MacLeod’s father has married a mysterious widow who is a vain beauty that deals with potions and spells. Laire does not drink them with the rest of her family and is the only one who could see through her stepmother’s games. When Laire flees to find help from her Uncle, the Lady’s huntsman follows her with orders to kill. Laire must survive in a dangerous new city and find the antidote to a poisonous potion before it is too late. Iain Lindsay is cursed. He is bound for seven years to be the hunter of a Lady who uses him to bring back birds to use in her potions. When Laire MacLeod escapes the Lady’s nets, Iain tracks her to Edinburgh, where she’s found shelter with an unusual band...
You are formally invited to the Highland wedding event of the year. These four lasses are about to meet their matches in an original digital anthology featuring stories from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Sabrina York, Lecia Cornwall, Anna Harrington, and May McGoldrick. How a Lass Wed a Highlander by Lecia Cornwall In this retelling of The Princess and The Pea, Laird Alex Munro of Culmore has just five weeks to find a bride and marry her...or else the clan will be cursed with ill luck. Cait MacLeod finds herself caught in a clan feud, and when she tries to stop a deadly raid, she ends up as Alex Munro’s prisoner. With timing running out, is this couple meant to...
Gillian MacLeod is shy and quiet, the least likely of all her sisters to seek out excitement and adventure. But on a moonlit night at a masquerade ball, Gillian steals a kiss from a mysterious stranger, knowing she’ll never see him again. John Erly, disowned by his noble English father, started a new life in Scotland. Most people are suspicious of the foreign mercenary and he does everything is his power to avoid romantic entanglements. But he can’t forget the bewitching beauty who kissed him in the dark, and stole his heart, even though he has no idea who she might be. A year later, John is given the duty of escorting Gillian to her wedding and immediately recognizes her as the...
Tis the season to fall in love! These five bestselling authors bring you great tiding of highlanders and romances this holiday season! A HIGHLANDER'S HOPE by Terri Brisbin A village harlot who would never dream she could have a different life meets a Highlander visitor for the holidays who brings with him an offer and hope! LEFTOVER MISTLETOE by Lavinia Kent What happens when a highlander finds himself stranded, maybe kidnapped, with an English lady around Christmas... maybe the mistletoe will help answer that question. A SCOT FOR CHRISTMAS by Bronwen Evans She's ready to embrace her life and future as a spinster, he's trying to have one last hurrah before he gives into his...
Powerful and dangerous highlander Dair Sinclair was once the favored son of his clan, The Sinclairs of Carraig Brigh. With Dair at the helm, Sinclair ships circled the globe bringing home incredible fortune. Until one deadly mission when Dair is captured, tortured and is unable to save his young cousin. He returns home breaking under the weight of his guilt and becomes known as the Madman of Carraig Brigh. When a pagan healer predicts that only a virgin bride can heal his son’s body and mind, Dair’s father sets off to find the perfect wife for his son. At the castle of the fearsome MacLeods, he meets lovely and kind Fia MacLeod. Although Dair does his best to frighten Fia, she sees...
Sparkling debutante Lady Miranda Archer was determined to choose a husband based on his fortune, his title, and the size of his castle. But being one of the unpredictable Archers, she couldn't help falling in love with the most unsuitable man in London, Gilbert Fielding, a penniless second son with no title at all, a man who couldn't possibly marry her. At her family's urging, Miranda chooses the ton's most eligible bachelor, the handsome, rich, and titled Earl of Kelton. The ton predicted it. Her family is delighted. But Miranda cannot forget her first love (can anyone?) And poor Gilbert. He knows his suit for Miranda would never be accepted by her grandfather, even if he gathered...
Чтобы спасти семью от нищеты и разорения, Мэг Линтон пошла на отчаянный шаг – вместо своей сбежавшей из дома сестры обвенчалась с Николасом Хартли, герцогом Темберлеем, известным повесой и ловеласом лондонского света. План девушки был прост: какая Николасу разница, на ком жениться по расчету, если от новоиспеченной герцогини только и потребуется, что родить мужу наследника, а потом не мешать жить так, как он привык? Однако Мэг сильно ошибалась: восхищенный герцог понял, что брак с такой прелестной девушкой может стать не скучной необходимостью, а истинным наслаждением – если, конечно, он сумеет покорить ее сердце, призвав на помощь весь свой опыт соблазнителя…
Суровый майор Стивен Айвз никогда не питал склонности к великосветским кокеткам, но прощальный поцелуй, которым наградила его юная Дельфина, леди Сент-Джеймс, провожая на войну, навеки засел в его сердце раскаленным шипом. Однако теперь, когда блестящий офицер вернулся домой раненым и ослепшим, а имя его опорочено лживыми обвинениями в трусости и мародерстве, смеет ли он, униженный и оскорбленный, одинокий и беспомощный, даже надеяться на счастье? Может ли он хотя бы предположить, что теперь стал для верно любящей его девушки еще ближе и дороже и что Дельфина с радостью станет его ангелом-хранителем?..
Леди Джулии Лейтон предстояло стать женой богатого герцога – однако она променяла жизнь в роскоши и блеске на одну-единственную ночь любви с красавцем Томасом Мерритом, таинственным незнакомцем, которого повстречала на балу по случаю своей помолвки… Свет не прощает женщинам таких ошибок – и теперь Джулия, брошенная мать незаконнорожденного ребенка, отвергнутая семьей и обществом, влачит жалкое существование компаньонки вдовы. Но спустя некоторое время судьба снова сводит ее с Томасом – и искра былого чувства разгорается между ними пожаром неодолимой страсти…