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The Maze Runner by James Dashner
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The Mayfair Bookshop | Eliza Knight
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This book is a dual-narrative about Nancy Mitford and her scandalous family including her two fascist sisters connected to Adolph Hitler. On the Mitford side of this book, this author did a wonderful research getting so much true and accurate.This book also has a mysterious inscription book curator in current time is trying to locate. A literary masterpiece where 2 women from different times seek the pursuit of happiness

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An Explosive Partnership
As Alexander and Cecilia become unlikely allies, their desire for each other overwhelms them. When shocking secrets come to light, will Alexander realize loving the wrong woman is the right thing to do?

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The Iron Warrior Returns | Michelle Willingham
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To regain his stolen lands and save his people from suffering, Robert of Penrith has returned to marry his enemy‘s daughter. To Robert‘s surprise, his dearest friend, Morwenna, helps him win the heiress‘s hand—despite the danger to them both. The fierce, beautiful miller‘s daughter has stood by him throughout his exile. But a single kiss ignites a passion that threatens to upend all Robert‘s plans…


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Highland Reckoning | Julie Johnstone
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Brus MacLeod never wanted to marry and is furious his father made this betrothal for a piece of land. He is determined to make the lass break the agreement. It turns out Seville MacWilliam‘s is the most beautiful woman he had ever saw plus kind and intelligent. Except she runs away and rumor is she married another. Brus is determined to track and find her and ask her why. Are these two who are forced to marry discover the true meaning of love.

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This book is about a Tormad MacLeod vows revenge after the MacDonald‘s slaughters half his village. On his way he sees MacDonald warriors guarding a woman. So to avoid a war he steals the woman Fiona Fraser who was supposed to marry the cruel MacDonald heir.During this time Tormad and Fiona marry and fall in love but she tries to barter when her family life in danger herself but they steal the MacLeod sister instead now their will be a clan war.

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Highland Soul | Elizabeth Rose
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Gavin MacKeefe & his friends trash their clans tavern owned By Callum. He has a set of rules & is allowed to punish anyone who breaks them. They broke every one & Gavin vomited on Callum‘s boots. So he wants him to make a new pair. Davita, the cordwainer daughter is asking for help since her Da was nearly beaten to death & she thinks by jealous cobbler. So Gavin the warrior has to make Callum a pair of boots but he starts to fall in love too!

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Highland Justice | Heather McCollum
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Highland Justice by Heather McCollum
As the new chief of Clan Mackay, Gideon Sinclair knows the importance of maintaining order at any cost. To keep the conquered clan in line, Gideon must mete out ruthless justice or risk losing their precious new peace. But from the moment he meets Cait Mackay—aye, from the moment the sweetness of her lips captures his—all of Gideon‘s careful objectivity is well and thoroughly compromised. Coming 4/26/2022

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The Knight's Pledge | Heather Grothaus
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The destiny of three proud sons—and one courageous daughter—of a notorious criminal is revealed at last in medieval Scotland. Series finale about Effie the daughter. Except the man Sir Lucas who is to capture her father for execution so he can get his inheritance back. Except he is falling in love with the criminals daughter whose son has been abducted! Romantic emotional adventure!

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Exiled Clan enemy Calum Campbell kidnap Laird MacMillan‘s sister for leverage so his starving clan can come back to Scotland. During this time Calum falls on love with Elspeth MacMillan as he wants peace now his black hearted father is dead. Will these two clans find peace and allow Elspeth and Calum to be together?

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The Return of the Heir | Gerri Russell
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Alastair MacLeod who believe his betrothed Gwendolyn killed herself on the day it their wedding. Heartbroken he left his clan for 5 years. He returns finding out his betrothed was locked up in the fairy tower where no one was permitted to enter as his mothers ghost was there. It turns out an enemy clansman abducted with her siblings. Now since that day the Fairy flag went missing too plus now he has another betrothed except he loves Gwendolyn.

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Fergus MacMillan who brother is Laird and is forcing him to marry the woman Coira Barron who betrayed him 6 years ago and ran away on the evening of their nuptials with one of the wedding guests and married him. Now her husband is dead and It is because their clan is weak after being attacked by traitor Alexander Campbelll. So they need wealthy alliances. Yet soon he realizes his new wife is not the cold faithless betrayer he thought her to be.

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Lyon in the Rough | Meara Platt
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Will he survive the ten day journey in a cramped carriage with those three? More important, will he keep his hands off Beatrix? He is falling in love with her, but she is returning to Edinburgh for an arranged betrothal to another man. Plus he may no longer be employed since it‘s his bosses daughter he‘s falling for! He is in deep trouble seems like his meddling cousin‘s matchmaking schemes are working again! 5 Star Review.

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Ross MacMillan lifts his bride's veil...and discovers it's not the woman he'd agreed to marry but her beautiful younger sister, Ilysa MacDonnell! The new MacMillan chieftain must accept Ilysa as his wife, for retaining his clan's lands depends on her father's support. But why is she there? Are her aims to help him or her father? Drawing out Ilysa's secrets will kindle an alliance more powerful—and passionate!—than Ross ever imagined... 5 stars

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5 stars review as Wolf who is really a murdered chieftains son since he was a child. He also has been betrothed to Lady Claray MacFarlane. Now her greedy Uncle is trying to force her to marry this abusive man. Well the Wolf Who is a known mercenary saves her and escapes on horseback. Claray is ready to swoon at his feet as he is so handsome not knowing he is her betrothed. They wed but they still have a target on their back! Book #10

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Highlander defied | Jayne Castel
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Fabulous 5 star book After ten miserable years at Bass Rock Niel MacKay finally gets to escape! Now he is obsessed with getting revenge on those who betrayed him. As his father sacrificed his son so he outdone not get beheaded. He know he must wed but he only wants a wife to keep his house and make heirs with no emotional attachment. Beth is hoping for love and a partnership so now it‘s love on the battlefield. Find out who wins! Release 3/3/2022.

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My Highland Captor | Miriam Minger
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Conall Campbell is a womanizer with a broken heart being forced to marry by his sire Robert the Bruce. It is the King‘s enemy who lead in killing his younger Bruce brothers. He is supposed to abduct the fiancé of King Robert‘s enemy except he grabs the wrong stepsister. A lass who has been abused her entire life and couldn‘t be happier pretending to be her stepsister! What will happen if Conall finds out the truth? Read and find out.

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Jamie MacKenzie is Ian‘s son who first meets Evie McKnight when in college when she accidentally pushes him in a lake. In retaliation he gives her an unforgettable kiss in his dripping wet shirt and kilt! Now he knows she‘s the woman he desires except one problem she‘s is already betrothed to another! Sounds a bit like his parents as Ian already told his son not to let a silly betrothal stand in his way!

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The English have destroyed everything James Douglas loves! His ruthlessness starts to worry Robert the Bruce, his right hand commanders. So he arranges a marriage to a bastard born daughter of a deceased freedom fighter. This woman Tosia Fraser is at first terrified due to his nickname the Black Douglas and his fearless reputation but she teaches him to open his heart again as that is what matters most!

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The Serpent | Kate Robbins
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Giric is a Scottish Laird tired of the Vikings barbaric ways so he starts peace talks with the Viking Chieftain. He decides a marriage alliance is the only way that will bring peace and stop the raiding.Being a widow he wasn‘t planning to take a bride himself until he is stopped in his tracks by the chieftain‘s beautiful sister, the shieldmaiden, Saga. The problem is she wants nothing to do with this alliance fearing it will take her freedom away!

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The Vanished Days | Susanna Kearsley
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Historic Scotland There is so much turmoil with politics, religion and a Union with England most don‘t want. Plus King James II is dethroned and exiled and the Jacobite movement starts. Plus the unsuccessful Darien scheme for a new colony that is a failure. The book centers on the life of Lily Graeme and her life with three different families. This book is an absolute masterpiece!

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Taming the scot | Knight Eliza
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Euan needs a bride and Bronwen needs a hide from her parents creditors. Except these two find their attraction is like a moth to a flame! What will the conclusion be?

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Taming the scot | Knight Eliza
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Highland Thief | Alyson McLayne
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No one ever accused Kerr MacAlister of being a nice man and everyone would agree. However when he makes up his mind up his mind about something no one will change it. That is that Izzy MacKinnon Is going to be his wife no matter what! Except he does not remember rejecting her when she was 15 years old due to he being deep in his cups! Yet the drunken sod broke her heart which hardened her heart against him forever! Or has it?

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The Highlander's Pirate Lass | Heather McCollum
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Beck Macquarie doesn‘t believe in curses but loves his brothers, clan and the ship he made with his own two hands more than anything! That is until he meet the tormented Eliza Wentworth near starving on a deserted isle. 5 stars - Tartan Book Reviews and Celticbarb.tumblr.com

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Bride of Mist | Glynnis Campbell
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Love, Lies and Betrayal

5 Stars - Tartan Book Reviews

5 Saltire Flags - celticbarb.tumblr.com

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Bride of Mist | Glynnis Campbell
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The Warrior Daughters of Rivenloch, Book #3 A beautiful warrior lass tracks a savage highlander and targets him for assassination, until she learns he‘s not the villain. He is a noble man desperate to win back his tormented clan and her precious heart! A define must read - Tartan Book Reviews 5 Stars

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Set in 1304 Scotland a founding left for the fairies but is saves by a high Druid who saves B the infant and trains her to become a defender of Scotland. Her next mission was to seduce Longshank‘s military commander and right hand man Hugh De Burgh. Yet love get into the way, can two enemies discover love among so much deceit, destruction and death? 5 stars

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Will MacDonald is the former enforcer of Clan MacDonald. Ann Fletcher is his former lover that broke his heart. Now he is in jail for wearing a Kilt that has been illegal since the the English slaughtered his people in Culloden. He is shocked that his former lover just walked into his jail cell and asks him to help her steal the Jacobite treasure!

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My Highland Protector | Miriam Minger
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Cameron Campbell has been awarded the titles of Baron and Lairdship and their enemies castle because he save Robert the Bruce, his Kings life. The problem is everyone is pestering him to find a bride. Yet he is very shy and finds out his enemy had Irish captives where all were dead except a lad. The lad was a Lass named Aislinn and cousin to the King who fights like a warrior. She shows him how to overcome his shyness and open his heart.

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You've Got Plaid | Eliza Knight
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This is during Culloden and about Fiona MacBean who is Bonnie Prince Charles messenger and spy as she and her friends Jenny and Annie will do anything to put the rightful King of the throne. Yet Cumberland and The Dragoon‘s are butchering Scotland and murdering any Jacobite rebels they can find. Fiona finds love with Brogan Grant who wants to protect this pint size Phantom and who would expect to find love on the Battlefield!

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This includes both the hero and heroine who have had difficult lives with much pain, struggles and scars. These scars were seen and hidden, but their largest struggle was they both had to learn to trust each other. Of course besides trust their biggest obstacle was each of them had to open their hearts and learn to love again! What a gripping story that squeezed my heart and totally swept me away right from start. Fabulous debut by author

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Highland Hero | Cynthia Breeding
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Juliana had been previously raped and now is kidnapped by Neal Cameron who wants to force her to marry him.So Rory MacGregor is the clans best tracker is sent to find her and bring her back. He lies saying they were handfasted. Now they are being hunted by Cameron in treacherous weather across Scotland where Juliana and Rory fall in love. Can they escape this enemy clan and be together forever?

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Highland Hero | Cynthia Breeding
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Juliana Caldwell is kidnapped by an enemy clan from her sister‘s celebrations so Clan MacGregor best tracker Rory must find her and bring her home. Yet as they cross they highlands in treacherous weather while being hunted they fall in love.

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Highland Warrior | Heather McCollum
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My 5 star review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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My blog review

https://celticbarb.tumblr.com/post/648190925348225024/book-highland-warrior-by-h...

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My book review blog:

5 star review

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Wonderful book that sang to my Jacobite heart! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Taking of Ireland | Anna Markland
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Scotland 1732
Enemy clans Robson and MacCray are neighbors that hate each other. They have been enemies for hundreds of years due to some battle many centuries! Only a marriage allowance can fix this n

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Dreamer | Maeve Greyson
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Magnus is quiet, kind and compassionate and is in love with a woman who thinks he‘s a womanizing murderer! Will these two find true love?

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Evil fae Queen steal away Boyd MacLeod half fae wife. Another clan wants Boyd dead! He is cursed to stay immortal forever for loving a fae. Now a time walker comes into his life 100 years later. He starts to feel thing that could break his curse. Except Maya doesn‘t belong in the 16th century. Will he open his heart after 100 years and will he lose another woman?

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To Save a Savage Scot | Tamara Gill
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The Scot's Oath | Heather Grothaus
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Fabulous reads sort of like a gothic novel but is it ever action packed and this cute kitty 🐈‍⬛ is a definite scene stealer the villain is a psychopath that seems to have a thing for 16 year old girls. Yet the hero want to clear his fathers name. Even the servant he loves has an agenda. Lots of cob web w of deceit and heartbreak to clear out in this masterpiece!

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Six stories shows the aftermath of the Rising, the catastrophic Culloden Battle nine months later and is a definitely a heartstring puller. The reader will see how life has changed and how people are coping after the devastating battle at Culloden Moor-especially during the holiday season. Readers will see a connection to a place called Balthazar Inn and the Chamber of Sorrows in each story.

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This is the first book in Heather McCollum‘s brand new “Brothers of Wolf Isle” series, and again is another refreshing masterpiece! I love that it blends in with her former “Highland Isles” series with some familiar characters that McCollum Highland Isles readersIt has all the elements and twists and turns that historical romance readers love. A book readers definitely don‘t want to miss. So yes, I absolutely recommend this masterpiece!is

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The Highland Laird | Amy Jarecki
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This book centers on the heroine, Emma Grant, readers met in the 5th book iTHE HIGHLAND RENEGADE). Even though this is the last book in the “Lords of the Highlands” series. If you are a fan and have read each book then you are in for a big treat! As this novel is like a family reunion, as you will see the other heroes and heroines from previous books in this book too. You can read as a stand alone book too. Spectacular book!

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Much Ado About a Scot | Gerri Russell
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“To make women learned and foxes tame has the same effect - to make them more cunning.”
King James I of England - VI of Scotland

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All Scot and Bothered | Kerrigan Byrne
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It is like Cecelia is two completely different people one a shy poor introverted spinster and the other the wealthy owner and operates of this gaming hell that he was to close down proving it is corrupt and immoral. Now he had not figured out that it is the same woman. What will he do when he finds out is Cecelia? Will he believe this deception is another untruthful woman just like his mother? Is it the final betrayal? Read and find out

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All Scot and Bothered | Kerrigan Byrne
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Cassius Gerard Ramsay, Lord Chief Justice of the High Court. Has a low opinion of women due to his abusive mother who ruined men. He was fine until he met Cecelia a woman who was making him break all his vows to himself and arouses him like no other.

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All Scot and Bothered | Kerrigan Byrne
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“Jesus kilt-lifting Christ.
It‘s ye.” - Cassius Gerard Ramsay

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Lord of Shadows | Tanya Anne Crosby
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“I have loved you from the moment you opened your mouth Rhiannon Pendragon…disheveled and lovely, proud and fierce!”
- Cael d‘Lucy

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Lord of Shadows | Tanya Anne Crosby
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Will love and light or evil and darkness dominate the future? Who shall win this epic battle?

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Lord of Shadows | Tanya Anne Crosby
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It is the old story that has been going on since the beginning of time of light vs darkness. This is the position Rhiannon Pendragon, her sister‘s and the men who own their hearts are in. As they must defeat in this last and final battle or die trying! It starts with destroying Morwen Pendragon, Witch Goddess, Cerridwen. Will love and light or evil and darkness dominate the future? Who shall win this epic battle?