Scandalous Passions

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Publisher : Entangled: Scorched
ISBN 13 : 1682816036
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (828 download)

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Book Synopsis Scandalous Passions by : Nicola Davidson

Download or read book Scandalous Passions written by Nicola Davidson and published by Entangled: Scorched. This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scotland, 1504. Lady Janet Fraser didn’t earn her reputation as Scotland’s most notorious sinner by following the rules. A former mistress of King James IV, she’s content to live her life from pleasure to pleasure. Even if those pleasures—and people—are forbidden. People like Sir Lachlan Ross, given the moniker The Highland Beast, a man as intimidating in battle as he is in size. A beast she discovers secretly wishes to be tamed and submit to her dominance. Or like her new ward, Lady Marjorie Hepburn, a convent-raised virgin with a desire to be taught all the sensual secrets of the marriage bed. Things that Janet is fully willing to teach her, again and again. There’s much for her to learn. And forbidden pleasures like the three of them together in one bed. But Lachlan and Marjorie both have ties to the king. As wicked lusts are indulged and affection unexpectedly grows into love, breaking the rules this time could mean all of their undoing...

Highlander's Hope

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ISBN 13 : 9781954307995
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Book Synopsis Highlander's Hope by : Collette Cameron

Download or read book Highlander's Hope written by Collette Cameron and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She's a strong-willed heiress. He's a powerful lord with a secret. Tempers and passion collide.Yvette Stapleton has no need for a husband. Ever. Possessed of a fortune, she's determined to forge her own future without matrimony's confining bonds. Besides, she's yet to meet a man who doesn't find her wealth more alluring than her. Until she meets Ewan, the Viscount Sethwick, that is.Ewan, also Laird McTavish of Craiglocky Keep, has one last mission before resigning his position as a covert agent: to oust a War Office traitor. He'll stop at nothing to succeed. Except exploit Yvette, the vixen who captured his interest months ago.As peril mounts, they flee to Scotland, the only place Ewan is confident he can keep Yvette safe. However, on the journey, dangerous circumstances force them into assuming the role of a married couple. Incensed upon discovering the marriage is legal under Scottish law, Yvette is determined to have the union annulled. But Ewan's just as resolute she'll remain his wife?

You've Got Plaid

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Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1728200393
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (282 download)

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Book Synopsis You've Got Plaid by : Eliza Knight

Download or read book You've Got Plaid written by Eliza Knight and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fierce and loyal Highlander A proud and determined rebel A mission that could cost them not only the Crown But their hearts as well... Brogan Grant, Jacobite soldier and bastard son of the Chief, fought savagely on the battlefield and barely escaped capture. On the run for his life, Brogan comes across the daughter of his clan's enemy...who just might also be a spy... Lady Fiona MacBean is determined to ensure there is a Scottish king. Disguised as a healer, she delivers coded messages to rebels throughout the Highlands. There's only one thing in her way now—a striking Highlander who's determined to send her home. Fiona will not be deterred, no matter what the sexy Scot says. Left with little choice, Brogan joins her mission to save the life of Bonnie Prince Charlie himself... "Bold, adventurous, brimming with intrigue."—CATHY MAXWELL, New York Times bestselling author "Irresistible."—JENNIFER ASHLEY, New York Times bestselling author, for The Rebel Wears Plaid "Gripping... Eliza Knight is the master!"—JOANNA SHUPE, award-winning author "Outlander fans will be thrilled."—JENNIFER MCQUISTON, New York Times bestselling author

Sadie's Highlander

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Publisher : Loveswept
ISBN 13 : 0399594833
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Book Synopsis Sadie's Highlander by : Maeve Greyson

Download or read book Sadie's Highlander written by Maeve Greyson and published by Loveswept. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Highland Protector series brings to life four mouthwatering Celtic brothers in twenty-first-century North Carolina—where the lasses are anything but tamed. Highland warrior Alec MacDara and his brothers traveled forward in time to protect the sacred Heartstone. Their cover? Owners and operators of a theme park called Highland Life and Legends. As the chairman, Alec has been fending off requests to film at the breathtaking property. It’s only because of the charming correspondence from an enterprising production assistant that he agrees to a meeting at all. That’s when Alec meets a woman whose lush curves make him forget, for the first time, all about tenth-century Scotland. A lowly assistant for her sister’s motion picture company, wannabe screenwriter Sadie Williams is shocked when Alec agrees to let them film at the park upon one condition: that she report to him daily. Sadie’s sister always told her that their parents only adopted her because they felt sorry for the ugly little stray. But Alec looks at Sadie like she’s the most tempting creature in the world. And with his gleaming, musclebound body stripped down to nothing but a hip-hugging kilt and boots, Alec clearly knows a little something about temptation. Praise for Sadie’s Highlander “Readers will delight in the fiery passion that ignites between characters and they will relate to the varying degrees of family dynamics. The author beautifully meshes the past with the present. . . . An awesome read, Sadie’s Highlander can easily be read in one sitting and will stay in the minds of readers long after the last page.”—RT Book Reviews “With scintillating sex and plenty of romantic angst, this novel is likely to appeal to those who like their romance on the hot side.”—Publishers Weekly “Sadie’s Highlander is an engaging, fun romp that combines a very serious ninth-century Scottish Highlander and a sassy twenty-first-century wannabe Hollywood screenwriter. I highly recommend this thoroughly enjoyable and perfect beach read.”—Sharon Cullen, USA Today bestselling author of The Reluctant Duchess “Lovable heroine, hunky Scot and an intriguing plot! What’s not to love!”—Bestselling author Barbara Longley Don’t miss any of Maeve Greyson’s enticing Scottish romances: The Highland Protector Series: SADIE’S HIGHLANDER | JOANNA’S HIGHLANDER | KATIE’S HIGHLANDER The Highland Hearts Series: MY HIGHLAND LOVER | MY HIGHLAND BRIDE | MY TEMPTING HIGHLANDER | MY SEDUCTIVE HIGHLANDER This ebook includes an excerpt from another Loveswept title.

Loving Her Highland Thief

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ISBN 13 : 9781956003185
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Book Synopsis Loving Her Highland Thief by : Maeve Greyson

Download or read book Loving Her Highland Thief written by Maeve Greyson and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stay? 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. And to make matters worse, when she chases that fool sheep through a cave, she discovers a troupe of trespassing re-enactors mucking up her land with some kind of clan skirmish complete with realistic weapons, monstrous warhorses, and a restless herd of Highland cows. The only upside is their strikingly handsome leader-until he kidnaps her.Mathias Stronach questions his sanity in laying claim to the strangely dressed woman and her vicious wee dog. Perhaps he should have let the MacPhersons take her prisoner. Then, she would've distracted them instead of him. Such daring and fire in this feisty lass. He'd bet his best dagger; her passions burn just as fiercely. And that fine round backside of hers nestled between his thighs as they ride. Makes a man think twice about choices he's made. Like promising to marry a woman he's never loved so he can be the next chieftain of Clan Stronach.When Kenzie realizes she's barged into the thirteenth century, her priority is getting back to that cave and hoping if she retraces her steps, she'll find her way back home. But vengeful clans, a medieval sociopath, and the mesmerizing warrior who draws her in like a bee to sweet clover thwarts that priority at every turn. Her head knows better. Her heart refuses to listen.She misses her family, is worried about her farm, and would kill for coffee and a toothbrush. But those aren't the worst things about traveling back several centuries. The worst thing is loving a man who, once she returns to her time, will have been dead for over eight hundred years.

Rogue with a Brogue

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250041619
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Book Synopsis Rogue with a Brogue by : Suzanne Enoch

Download or read book Rogue with a Brogue written by Suzanne Enoch and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When she falls in love with Arran MacLawry, a member of one of her clan's longtime rival clans, Mary Campbell risks everything to be with this enemy, despite the fact that any contact between them is strictly forbidden.

Into the Dreaming

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ISBN 13 : 0345535227
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Book Synopsis Into the Dreaming by : Karen Marie Moning

Download or read book Into the Dreaming written by Karen Marie Moning and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an ancient tapestry bearing the likeness of her beloved Aedan MacKinnon arrives on her doorstep, novelist Jane Sillee is whisked back in time to fifteenth-century Scotland where she is given one chance to save her dream lover.

The Wicked Deeds of Daniel Mackenzie

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101625589
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Book Synopsis The Wicked Deeds of Daniel Mackenzie by : Jennifer Ashley

Download or read book The Wicked Deeds of Daniel Mackenzie written by Jennifer Ashley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SECOND SIGHT AND SEDUCTION… Daniel Mackenzie lives up to the reputation of the scandalous Mackenzie family—he has wealth, looks, and talent, and women love him. When he meets Violet Bastien—one of the most famous spiritual mediums in England—he immediately knows two things: that Miss Bastien is a fraud, and that he’s wildly attracted to her. Violet knows she can’t really contact the other side, but she’s excellent at reading people. She discerns quickly that Daniel is intelligent and dangerous to her reputation, but she also finds him generous, handsome, and outrageously wicked. But spectres from Violet’s past threaten to destroy her, and she flees England, adopting yet another identity. Daniel is determined to find the elusive Violet and pursue the passion he feels for her. And though Violet knows that her scandalous past will keep her from proper marriage, her attraction to Daniel is irresistible. It’s not until Daniel is the only one she can turn to that he proves he believes in something more than cold facts. He believes in love.

Seduction of a Highland Lass

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Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345519507
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Book Synopsis Seduction of a Highland Lass by : Maya Banks

Download or read book Seduction of a Highland Lass written by Maya Banks and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maya Banks, the New York Times bestselling author of romance and romantic suspense has captivated readers with her steamy Scottish historical novels, perfect for fans of Julie Garwood. In Seduction of a Highland Lass, an indomitable Highland warrior is caught between loyalty and forbidden love. Fiercely loyal to his elder brother, Alaric McCabe leads his clan in the fight for their birthright. Now he is prepared to wed for duty, as well. But on his way to claim the hand of Rionna McDonald, daughter of a neighboring chieftain, he is ambushed and left for dead. Miraculously, his life is saved by the soft touch of a Highland angel, a courageous beauty who will put to the test his fealty to his clan, his honor, and his deepest desires. An outcast from her own clan, Keeley McDonald was betrayed by those she loved and trusted. When the wounded warrior falls from his horse, she is drawn to his strong, lean body. The wicked glint in his green eyes ignites a passion that will follow them back to Alaric’s keep, where their forbidden love draws them deeper into the pleasures of the flesh. But as conspiracy and danger circle closer, Alaric must make an impossible choice: Will he betray his blood ties for the woman he loves?

A Holiday of Love

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416517219
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Book Synopsis A Holiday of Love by : Jude Deveraux

Download or read book A Holiday of Love written by Jude Deveraux and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-10-25 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In New York City in the late 1800s, a beautiful but clumsy angel turns a lonely man's life around.... In medieval Scotland, the intrigues of a Christmas Mass imperil two Highland lovers....In Regency London, a world-weary lord receives an outrageous proposal....And in modern-day Colorado, a clever twelve-year-old plays matchmaker for his bighearted but impractical mother.

The Ghost

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ISBN 13 : 9781953455826
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (558 download)

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Book Synopsis The Ghost by : Maeve Greyson

Download or read book The Ghost written by Maeve Greyson and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While searching for his son, he finds something he never expected: a woman to love.If only she didn't hate him?Clan MacCoinnich is the only family Magnus de Gray has ever known. But when a message catches up with him five years too late, he discovers he has more family than he thought. He has a son. But the dear lady who gave him this gift died while bringing the wee one into the world. Magnus isn't about to abandon his child-not the way his father abandoned him. He's determined to find the boy and bring him home to Clan MacCoinnich.Brenna Maxwell loved her sister Bree with all her heart, but if she could reach beyond the grave, she would shake her until her teeth rattled. All Brenna ever wanted was to be a healer and even convinced her cruel father to let her leave the keep for training. She returned to find her unmarried sister pregnant and both of them banished from the clan. While on the run, her sister died bringing the babe into the world, leaving Brenna with the precious child to love and protect.She spent years hating this man she had never met. The selfish womanizer responsible for her sister's death and more pain and suffering than she could bear to think about. But then he saved her life. And he's kind. And it turns out he's not a womanizer at all, but a quiet warrior who struggles to say what he really means. He's just a man who wants to take care of his son and make up for the past.How can she hate a man like that? A man determined to make her love him?

Highland Bride

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Publisher : Zebra Books
ISBN 13 : 9780821779958
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (799 download)

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Book Synopsis Highland Bride by : Hannah Howell

Download or read book Highland Bride written by Hannah Howell and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking readers to the treacherous and tempestuous Highlands of 15th-century Scotland, "New York Times" bestselling author Howell offers a passionate tale of a feisty beauty determined to uncover the softer side of the iron-willed warrior who has wed her, bed her, and stolen her heart. Reissue.

A Book of Golden Deeds

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Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis A Book of Golden Deeds by : Charlotte Mary Yonge

Download or read book A Book of Golden Deeds written by Charlotte Mary Yonge and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 1927 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

My Highland Bride

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Publisher : Loveswept
ISBN 13 : 0553395084
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (533 download)

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Book Synopsis My Highland Bride by : Maeve Greyson

Download or read book My Highland Bride written by Maeve Greyson and published by Loveswept. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of the Highlander novels of Karen Marie Moning and Janet Chapman, Southern sass meets Highland heat in Maeve Greyson’s scintillating Highland Hearts romance. With bedroom eyes and racetrack curves, Kenna Sinclair seems like just another pretty Kentucky girl. But she can also read minds, erase memories, and jump through time—a skill set that comes in handy when her matchmaking granny sends her back to thirteenth-century Scotland on the pretext of visiting her older sister. When she encounters the clan’s womanizing man-at-arms, Kenna instantly knows the gorgeous Highlander has only one thing on his mind. She vows to steer clear of him, but after a single electrifying touch, she finds that playing hard to get won’t be quite so easy. . . . Bewitched by the first lass who could ever resist him, Colum Garrison will do anything to prove his devotion, even ask for Kenna’s hand in marriage—and swear off his chosen form of recreation until their wedding night. It’s a burden for a man of his thunderous appetite, but the sinful temptation is not his alone: Colum’s fetching bride-to-be is practically trembling with anticipation for a moment that can’t come soon enough. When she’s willing, Colum will be ready and waiting—with a love that lasts a lifetime. Praise for My Highland Bride “My Highland Bride is an entertaining time-travel story packed with spice, humor, fantasy and nonstop adventure.”—Sandy Blair, USA Today bestselling author of The Laird “What a roller coaster of emotions throughout. I love, love, love the Sinclair sisters and can’t wait to read more about the twins. Colum: just yum!”—Cassidy Cayman, author of the Lost Highlander series “A captivating tale you won’t want to end, with the magic of time runners, sexy kilted men, and consuming love.”—Vonnie Davis, author of the Highlander’s Beloved series “Sensual . . . The quest for Colum and Kenna’s happiness propels the novel forward and will easily keep the reader’s attention.”—Publishers Weekly “The incongruity of Kenna’s modern-day language and behavior leads to plenty of laughs, while the serious content has emotional heft.”—Library Journal Don’t miss any of Maeve Greyson’s enticing Scottish romances: The Highland Protector Series: SADIE’S HIGHLANDER | JOANNA’S HIGHLANDER | KATIE’S HIGHLANDER The Highland Hearts Series: MY HIGHLAND LOVER | MY HIGHLAND BRIDE | MY TEMPTING HIGHLANDER | MY SEDUCTIVE HIGHLANDER Includes a special message from the editor, as well as an excerpt from another Loveswept title.

Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination

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Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810134047
Total Pages : 551 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination by : Silke Stroh

Download or read book Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination written by Silke Stroh and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can Scotland be considered an English colony? Is its experience and literature comparable to that of overseas postcolonial countries? Or are such comparisons no more than patriotic victimology to mask Scottish complicity in the British Empire and justify nationalism? These questions have been heatedly debated in recent years, especially in the run-up to the 2014 referendum on independence, and remain topical amid continuing campaigns for more autonomy and calls for a post-Brexit “indyref2.” Gaelic Scotland in the Colonial Imagination offers a general introduction to the emerging field of postcolonial Scottish studies, assessing both its potential and limitations in order to promote further interdisciplinary dialogue. Accessible to readers from various backgrounds, the book combines overviews of theoretical, social, and cultural contexts with detailed case studies of literary and nonliterary texts. The main focus is on internal divisions between the anglophone Lowlands and traditionally Gaelic Highlands, which also play a crucial role in Scottish–English relations. Silke Stroh shows how the image of Scotland’s Gaelic margins changed under the influence of two simultaneous developments: the emergence of the modern nation-state and the rise of overseas colonialism.

Art and Identity in Scotland

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108284876
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (82 download)

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Book Synopsis Art and Identity in Scotland by : Viccy Coltman

Download or read book Art and Identity in Scotland written by Viccy Coltman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively and erudite cultural history of Scotland, from the Jacobite defeat of 1745 to the death of an icon, Sir Walter Scott, in 1832, examines how Scottish identity was experienced and represented in novel ways. Weaving together previously unpublished archival materials, visual and material culture, dress and textile history, Viccy Coltman re-evaluates the standard clichés and essentialist interpretations which still inhibit Scottish cultural history during this period of British and imperial expansion. The book incorporates familiar landmarks in Scottish history, such as the visit of George IV to Edinburgh in August 1822, with microhistories of individuals, including George Steuart, a London-based architect, and the East India Company servant, Claud Alexander. It thus highlights recurrent themes within a range of historical disciplines, and by confronting the broader questions of Scotland's relations with the rest of the British state it makes a necessary contribution to contemporary concerns.

Taming Her Highland Legend

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Publisher : Time to Love a Highlander
ISBN 13 : 9781956003116
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Book Synopsis Taming Her Highland Legend by : Maeve Greyson

Download or read book Taming Her Highland Legend written by Maeve Greyson and published by Time to Love a Highlander. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Take thirty days off or you're fired." To 21st century Dr. Evie Wortham, confirmed Londoner and obsessively driven surgeon; her hospital's ultimatum of thirty days leave in the calming wilderness of the Scottish Highlands so she can get a handle on her anger issues means one thing: unbearable boredom. But she agrees out of pity for her best friend who Human Resources nominated to pass out the punishment. That and the fact she did massively overstep her bounds this time-even by her standards. So, she heads to her friend's cottage on the outskirts of Inverness for a month of hiking, biking, and becoming one with nature. But a climb behind a waterfall to rescue a kitten with an odd fondness for water permanently strikes the word boredom from her vocabulary. Instead of finding the cat, she discovers a man with a bloody gash in his head floating face down in the pool below.When Chieftain Quinn MacTaggart opens his eyes to the lovely, but strangely dressed Englishwoman, he's certain the enemy has captured him. He'd put nothing past Edward I's arrogance and determination to break Scotland, especially after the sacking of Berwick. But when the sharp-tongued lass turns out to be an extraordinary healer and confesses England has banished her, honor demands he not only offer her the protection of his clan, but the added safety of taking his name. After all, she did save his life. And not only is she fearless, canny, and filled with fire, but bonny as a prize filly. What better choice for a wife? The arrangement could serve them both.Finding herself trapped in 13th century Scotland, Evie has no choice but to accept Quinn's offer of protection. While she had always thought to marry for love, marrying to stay alive seems a good enough reason, too. What she didn't count on was falling in love. Or how hard it would be to hide the truth of her past from Quinn. And then there's the assassin intent on killing her new husband. Who knew there could be so many obstacles to wedded bliss?