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Être captive n’était que le début… Lorsqu’une jeune Highlander est l’orpheline confiée à un oncle qui dirige une bande de vauriens et de voleurs, elle n’a d’autre choix que de rester et de voler. Aucun choix, car partir signifierait abandonner son petit frère. Elle lui a dit de ne pas la suivre lorsqu’elle part razzier le bétail d’autres clans. Avec sa malchance, il fallait bien qu’il choisisse justement la nuit de sa capture pour la suivre. Drew MacIntosh n’aurait jamais imaginé devenir le tuteur des jumeaux en bas âge de sa sœur. C’est un combattant. Il ...

William Blackheath fa sogni ricorrenti, sempre lo stesso, ancora e ancora: una donna che lo chiama, che gli chiede aiuto. Non crede ai veggenti, ma decide comunque di andare da uno per capire cosa significhino quei sogni. Gli viene detto che, per trovare pace, deve trovare quella donna. Shana Invermore è per metà scozzese e per metà gitana. Di certo non è un fiore delicato, né una che segue sempre le regole. Sa razziare meglio di molti uomini. Finché non viene catturata. Ora Shana è la prigioniera di Jacob Stewart. E quel dannato Stewart ha intenzione di usarla come esca. Gli farà ...

La prigionia era solo l’inizio… Quando una giovane delle Highlands è l’orfana affidata a uno zio che guida una banda di farabutti e ladri, non ha altra scelta che restare e rubare. Nessuna scelta, perché andarsene significherebbe abbandonare il suo fratellino. Gli ha detto di non seguirla quando esce a razziare il bestiame degli altri clan. Con la sua sfortuna, era inevitabile che decidesse di seguirla proprio la notte in cui viene catturata. Drew MacIntosh non avrebbe mai immaginato di diventare il tutore dei gemelli piccoli di sua sorella. È un combattente. Non è materiale da ...

L’amore torna una seconda volta… Clyde McMannis non è esattamente felice. E chi lo sarebbe, con i suoi bambini e l’amore della sua vita scomparsi? Ma riesce ad andare avanti. Tiene a bada il dolore grazie a coloro a cui si è avvicinato. Tutto cambia quando un volto familiare del suo passato da tempo dimenticato lo ritrova e gli fa un’offerta. Ailsa Dunne ha perso il suo vero amore e marito in guerra. Le sembra giusto portare avanti il suo scopo e servire la Scozia. Quando viene chiamata ad addestrare giovani donne come assassine e spie, risponde alla chiamata. Magari potesse ...

Rufus MacIntosh vuole riprendersi il diritto di nascita della sua famiglia. Ha combattuto guerre e i suoi demoni personali. È tempo di reclamare ciò che appartiene ai suoi. Più precisamente, a suo fratello. Così, con amici e alleati, riconquista ciò che è della sua famiglia. Le terre sono di nuovo loro. Solo che ora Rufus scopre che suo fratello ha abbandonato il diritto di nascita, la terra, tutto quanto. È partito verso nuove terre e nuovi mondi. Rufus dovrebbe sentirsi sollevato: non è più responsabile di nulla di tutto questo. Può andarsene dalle terre dei suoi antenati. Ma ...

William Blackheath fait des rêves récurrents, toujours le même, encore et encore : celui d’une femme qui l’appelle, qui implore son aide. Il ne croit pas aux voyants, mais il va tout de même en consulter un pour comprendre la signification de ces rêves. On lui dit que, pour trouver la paix, il doit retrouver cette femme. Shana Invermore est à moitié écossaise, à moitié gitane. Ce n’est certainement pas une pauvre petite chose fragile, ni quelqu’un qui respecte toujours les lois. Elle sait mener un raid aussi bien que n’importe qui. Jusqu’à ce qu’elle se fasse ...

L’amour revient une seconde fois… Clyde McMannis n’est pas exactement heureux. Qui le serait, alors que ses enfants et l’amour de sa vie ont disparu ? Mais il tient bon. Il garde sa douleur à distance grâce à ceux dont il s’est rapproché. Tout cela change lorsqu’un visage familier de son passé depuis longtemps oublié le retrouve et lui fait une offre. Ailsa Dunne a perdu son véritable amour et son mari à la guerre. Il lui semble juste d’accomplir sa mission et de servir l’Écosse. Lorsqu’on fait appel à elle pour former de jeunes femmes à devenir espionnes et ...

Rufus MacIntosh veut récupérer le droit de naissance de sa famille. Il a fait la guerre et combattu ses propres démons. Il est temps de reprendre ce qui appartient aux siens. Plus précisément, à son frère. Alors, avec des amis et des alliés, il reconquiert ce qui appartient à sa famille. Les terres sont de nouveau à eux. Sauf que Rufus découvre maintenant que son frère a abandonné ce droit de naissance, ces terres, tout cela. Il est parti vers de nouvelles terres et de nouveaux horizons. Rufus devrait être soulagé ; il n’est plus responsable de rien de tout cela. Il peut ...

Myrnella’s too young to be a widow. She misses Duran, who was more like a best friend and a brother than a husband. She’s haunted by his brutal murder and fears the perpetrators of that heinous act will come after her next. Yet, she has no choice. She must run the inn and the other businesses her husband left her. Highlander Arran’s on a mission. He’s going to touch base with his old friend Duran. His shock is two-fold when he finds out that Duran has passed and that his beautiful young widow is being harassed by a pair of ne’er-do-wells. Arran’s made a promise to Duran. He’s ...

Some promises are hard to keep… Phillip promised he’d let her go home. He promised, after she completed her task, she’d be free. He didn’t promise her that he wouldn’t capture her heart before he released her. For Sarah, captive of the Highland laird, that these promises are kept is paramount. Phillip never expected to fall in love with the woman who was supposed to save his brother’s life. He also never expected to break a promise. But some promises are hard to keep, especially when he finds out the secrets she’s keeping.

This warrior’s soul isn’t meant to be alone... Brice is a former warrior turned soldier of fortune hired to escort a Highland shrew to an Englishman. Alana’s the niece of a Highland laird betrothed to English royalty against her will. She’s hardheaded, fierce, and independent. He’s hellbent on delivering her to her destination. Until he discovers her destination is a version of hell he wouldn’t wish on his worst enemy, and certainly not on this spirited Highland lass.

Highland borders offer treachery and love... Olivia Smythe is the daughter of an English earl and a Scottish woman. He has decided that his half-Scottish daughter should go to the Highlands for her own safety to avoid the border skirmishes that plague their area. He’s also pledged her hand to a cruel Englishman. Laird Boyd MacPherson has no idea the Englishwoman he’s saved from cutthroats is the cousin of a Highland laird. He has no idea the courage and wherewithal that this young half-Scot can muster. He is quick to find out when she runs away and seeks to hide from her betrothed and ...

Three full-length Highland romances from author Aileen Adam’s Highland Heartbeats series. A Soldier's Salvation Book Seven of the Highland Heartbeats Series! Forever seeking salvation… Rodric Anderson isn't a soldier anymore. Nay, many would refer to him as a mercenary-a soldier for hire. He's embroiled in a Duncan clan matter. He's also hunted by the authorities, wanted by women, and tied to none. He's a part of a band of brothers, all former soldiers, some outlaws, all who make themselves available for the right coin-sometimes, the right cause. One woman has caught his eye. A shrew of...

Three full-length Highland romances from author Aileen Adam’s Highland Heartbeats series. Book One of the Highland Heartbeats Series! A Laird’s Promise Some promises are hard to keep… Phillip promised he’d let her go home. He promised, after she completed her task, she’d be free. He didn’t promise her that he wouldn’t capture her heart before he released her. For Sarah, captive of the Highland Laird, that these promises are kept is paramount. Phillip never expected to fall in love with the woman who was supposed to save his brother’s life. He also never expected to break a ...

Three full-length Highland romances from author Aileen Adam’s Highland Heartbeats series. Book Four of the Highland Heartbeats Series! An Auctioned Bride Some promises are forever… Hugh McInnis, trying to escape the past and the present finds himself at an auction, his attention fixed on a Norwegian beauty intended for the highest bidder. He wished he could say what possessed him to bid on Dalla. Dalla was intended for a convent—punishment for disobeying her father—until her uncle intercepted her journey and put her up for auction. A stubborn quiet Norwegian woman and a grumpy ...

Some promises are forever… Hugh McInnis, trying to escape the past and the present finds himself at an auction, his attention fixed on a Norwegian beauty intended for the highest bidder. He wished he could say what possessed him to bid on Dalla. Dalla was intended for a convent—punishment for disobeying her father—until her uncle intercepted her journey and put her up for auction. A stubborn quiet Norwegian woman and a grumpy Highlands man have no business traversing the landscape. Not together, anyway. Yet, that’s exactly what they are forced to do.

Love's challenge yields sweet rewards... Caitlin Graham’s a lowland lass, living with her uncle. She, her sister, and her brother were orphaned at a young age and Uncle Jamie graciously took them in. When her uncle tells her she’s caught the eye of a highland laird at a wedding feast a few weeks back she agrees to secure her uncle’s position with the highland tribes by taking the laird’s hand. Connor McArthur’s land’s been stolen by a highland scoundrel who’s a distant relative, thereby relegating Connor to live among the hills, biding his time when he can get the lands and ...

Rufus MacIntosh wants his family’s birthright back. He’s fought wars and his own personal demons. Time to claim what is his family’s. More specifically, his brother’s. And so, bringing friends and allies, he takes back what is his family’s. The lands are theirs again. Except now, Rufus discovers his brother has abandoned the birthright, the land, all of this. He’s headed to new lands and new worlds. Rufus should be relieved, he’s no longer responsible for any of it. He can walk away from their ancestral lands. He’s not sure if he wants to. Davina MacFarland never claimed she...

There is no escaping fate… Malcolm Drummond has risked all to save Eidith and Keith and the king’s bastard son. As such, he is now a wanted man. Gone are the dreams of settling a farm in the highlands where his forebearers have for centuries, of raising a family on the island he loves more than life itself. Malcolm is a wanted man and as such, the safest choice is to escape Scotland. To make his way to the New World and start anew. Margaret Astley, daughter of a landed, wealthy Englishman is running away from a brutally horrid situation. She has more than herself to worry about. The ...

Dougal Craig might have been amused regarding his reputation as a highwayman/ruffian/bandit, when actually, he's nothing of the sort. He just likes his privacy and it doesn't take much for rumors to start. He doesn't bother to deny them. More the better so people leave him alone. He's anti-social but not unfriendly, so he typically shrugs off the opinions of others. He lives quietly out on the moors, taking care of any trouble that comes his way with his guns or his swords. Tyra Fletcher’s running from a secret. But she didn’t plan on running into a musket wielded by Dougal Craig. Now ...