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The Lost Queen

Signe Pike · 527 pages

Celtic MythologyScotlandHistorical FictionPaganism
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Highlander Untamed

Monica McCarty · 400 pages

Rory MacLeod is a bold and powerful Highland Chief with only one allegiance--to his clan. He vows revenge against the rival MacDonald clan, though duty demands a handfast marriage to Isabel MacDonald--a bride he does not want and has no intention of keeping. But Rory couldn't have anticipated the captivating woman who challenges his steely control, and unleashes the untamed passion simmering benea

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Dreaming the Eagle

Manda Scott · 728 pages

Boudica means Bringer of Victory. She is the last defender of the Celtic culture in Britain; the only woman openly to lead her warriors into battle and to stand successfully against the might of Imperial Rome and triumph. It is 33 AD and eleven-year-old Breaca (later named Boudica), the red-haired daughter of one of the leaders of the Eceni tribe, is on the cusp between girl and womanhood. She lon

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The Bride

Julie Garwood · 358 pages

The Bride (Lairds' Fiancées, #1) By edict of the king, the mighty Scottish laird Alec Kincaid must take an English bride. His choice was Jamie, youngest daughter of Baron Jamison...a feisty, violet-eyed beauty. Alec ached to touch her, to tame her, to possess her...forever. But Jamie vowed never to surrender to this highland barbarian. He was everything her heart warned against-an arrogant sc

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The Dark Mirror

Juliet Marillier · 560 pages

Celtic MythologyScotlandHistorical FictionSeries Starter
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Devil of the Highlands

Lynsay Sands · 374 pages

They call him the Devil . . . He is the most notorious laird of Scotland: fierce, cold, deadly . . . and maybe even worse. Yet Evelinde has just agreed to wed him. Anything, she thinks, is better than her cruel stepmother. Though Evelinde should be wary of the rumors, she can't help but be drawn to this warrior . . . for the Devil of the Highlands inspires a heat within her that is unlike anyth

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The Stone Maiden

Susan King · 403 pages

The Stone Maiden (Celtic Nights #1) by Susan King 3.73 · Rating details · 553 Ratings · 50 Reviews The Woman Alainna MacLaren is the last hope of her Highland clan. According to the legend of the Stone Maiden, the ancient enchantment that protects her people will fade—unless Alainna weds a man who is willing to adopt her name. The Knight Sebastie

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Wild Wicked Scot

Julia London · 384 pages

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The Sinner

Margaret Mallory · 402 pages

Forced to make the ultimate sacrifice by marrying Glynis MacNeil, Highland warrior Alex MacDonald, who has vowed never to take a wife, is unable to resist his defiant new bride, while fighting to save their home, their clan and their lives.

Arranged MarriageScotlandHistorical FictionFemale Lead
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The Beauty Bride

Claire Delacroix · 388 pages

More cherished than gold are the Jewels of Kinfairlie, and only the worthiest may fight for their love…The Laird of Kinfairlie has unmarried sisters, each a gem in her own right. And he has no choice but to see them all wed in haste. Lady Madeline’s heart is not for sale…especially not to a notorious outlaw like Rhys FitzHenry. Yet Madeline’s hand has been sold, to none other than this battle-w

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Deception's Princess

Esther M. Friesner · 324 pages

In Iron Age Ireland, Maeve, the fierce, willful youngest daughter of King Eochu of Connacht, is caught in a web of lies after rebelling to avoid fosterage with another highborn family and an arranged marriage.

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In Bed With A Stranger

Mary Wine · 316 pages

"An imperfect match. Brodick McJames is an earl in name only. To secure his clan's future he needs an English wife. Mary Stanford, daughter of the Earl of Warwickshire, will suit perfectly. He's never met her, but what matter? She'll grace his bed eventually, and once she bears his child he need see her no more. Anne Copper looks just like her noble half-sister, but she was born illegitimate, and

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Highland Velvet

Jude Deveraux · 359 pages

Stephen Montgomery came to Scotland a conqueror, saw Bronwyn MacCarran's beauty, and was vanquished. But still she would abhor him. Yet, while clan fought against clan, and the highlands ran with blood--their destiny was made. This mighty warrior pledged himself to his woman's pride, her honor and her name--and made of their love a torch to burn through the ages!

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Born in Sin

Kinley MacGregor · 372 pages

Though few can equal her skill with the sword, Caledonia MacNeely fights an unfamiliar shiver when she is offered in marriage to the infamous "Lord Sin." Though Callie fears this mysterious, unreachable stranger -- less for the dark whispers that damn him than for the heat of his touch -- she is under the order of the English king. And with the fate of her troubled clan hanging in the balance, she

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The Wrong Bride

Gayle Callen · 373 pages

Shaken from sleep and bundled off to the Highlands by a burly Scot, Riona is livid. Hugh McCallum insists they were promised to each other as children and refuses to believe he's kidnapped the wrong woman.

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Taming the Highlander

Terri Brisbin · 304 pages

Bought Bride Lady Jocelyn MacCallum had always believed she would marry for love. But the price of her brother's freedom was to become fearsome Connor MacLerie's new bride--a bargain that could cost Jocelyn her life.From the moment she looked into Connor's sternly handsome face, Jocelyn began to hope that the rumors surrounding his first wife's death were false. His reputation was as wild and unta

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Moon Awakening

Lucy Monroe · 323 pages

Book One of the Children of the Moon paranormal series.Emily Hamilton volunteers to marry a Scottish laird in order to save her younger sister. But she can't save herself from being kidnapped by a werewolf clan-and its wild-hearted leader.

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A Kingdom of Dreams

Judith McNaught · 440 pages

Abducted from her convent school at 17, headstrong Scottish beauty Jennifer Merrick does not easily surrender to 29 year old Royce Westmoreland, Duke of Claymore. Known as "The Wolf"; his very name strikes terror in the hearts of his enemies. But proud Jennifer will have nothing to do with the fierce English warrior who holds her captive, this handsome rogue who taunts her with his blazing arrogan

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Once Upon a Tower

Eloisa James · 445 pages

A DUKE . . . Rhys Stoughton, Duke of Kinross, values order and self-control above all else. So when he meets Lady Edie, as serene as she is beautiful, he wastes no time in asking for her hand in marriage. HIS LADY IN A TOWER . . . Edie – who is the very opposite of serene – suffered such a high fever at her debut ball that she didn’t notice anyone, not even the notoriously elusive and undeni

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To Tame a Highland Warrior

Karen Marie Moning · 416 pages

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The Thistle and the Rose

Jean Plaidy · 314 pages

From the pen of the legendary historical novelist Jean Plaidy comes the story of Princess Margaret Tudor, whose life of tragedy, bloodshed, and scandal would rival even that of her younger brother, Henry VIII.Princess Margaret Tudor is the greatest prize when her father, Henry VII, negotiates the Treaty of Perpetual Peace with neighboring Scotland. The betrothal is meant to end decades of bloody b

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Claimed by the Highlander

Julianne MacLean

NIGHT OF CONQUEST With his tawny mane, battle-hewn brawn, and ferocious roar, Angus “The Lion” MacDonald is the most fearsome warrior Lady Gwendolen has ever seen—and she is his most glorious conquest. Captured in a surprise attack on her father’s castle, Gwendolen is now forced to share her bed with the man who defeated her clan. But, in spite of Angus’s overpowering charms, she refuses to surre

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Druids

Morgan Llywelyn · 404 pages

Fifteen-year-old Ainvar, protege of the chief druid of the Order of the Wise, leads his Celtic Carnute tribe against Caesar's Roman legions who are attempting to conquer Gaul. Annotation. "Mine was the vast dark sky and the spaces between the stars that called out to me; mine was the promise of magic." So spoke the young Celt Ainvar, centuries before the enchanted age of Arthur and Merlin. An orph

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The Border Lord's Bride

Bertrice Small · 416 pages

Next in the Border Chronicles from the New York Times bestselling author of A Dangerous Love.New York Times bestselling author Bertrice Small, no less than, "the reigning queen of the historical genre" (Romance Junkies) continues her Border Chronicles with this sweeping tale of an imposing laird forced to marry the woman he rescued. He never could have anticipated that she could be the love of a l

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