Fighting for her life, and the life of her client, Amelia Tucker, personal bodyguard, stumbles into an enchanted fountain and straight into the 16th century Scottish highlands. Kept under lock and key for her own good by a handsome highland warrior, Amelia - or Tuck as she prefers to be called - knows she has to find her way back to the 21st century to save her client. Too bad she'll leave her heart in the past when she goes ...
Here is a seven-game World Series of entertainment, innings one through nine, starting off with rookies and ending with famous Fall Classic events, heroes, and villains. Readers can keep their own score and can earn hits, RBIs, and homers depending on the degree of difficulty of the question. There are over 660 at bats, and many of the most challenging questions contain clues and hints!
Captive of the clan To regain control of his fractured clan Robert Matheson must take Lilidh MacLerie hostage as a bargaining tool. But Lilidh is no ordinary captive. She's the woman he once loved--and rejected Rob's touch is etched permanently into her memory and, unaware that he was forced to repudiate their love, Lilidh has never forgotten the man who broke her heart all those years ago. Now, looking into the eyes of her captor, she no longer recognizes this fearsome leader. She should be afraid--there's no telling what he will do. But something about him excites and unnerves her in equal measure....
Enchanted by the Highlander is the fourth book in a charming and enchanting Scottish series that reimagines fairytales by Lecia Cornwall. 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 temptress he’s dreamed of for months. There’s not much he can do when she's promised to another man, but fate intervenes and this time, passion—and adventure—can’t be denied. Honor demands he stay away from the MacLeod’s enchanting daughter, but love has a very different ending in mind...
Acclaimed historian Tim Newark tells the story of the Highlanders through the words of the soldiers themselves, from diaries, letters, and journals uncovered from archives in Scotland and around the world. At the Battle of Quebec in 1759, only a few years after their defeat at Culloden, the 78th Highlanders faced down the French guns and turned the battle. At Waterloo, High- landers memorably fought alongside the Scots Greys against Napoleon’s feared Old Guard. In the Crimea, the thin red line stood firm against the charging Russian Hussars and saved the day at Balaclava. Yet this story is also one of betrayal. At Quebec, General Wolfe remarked that, despite the Highlanders’ courage, it was “no great mischief if they fall.” At Dunkirk in May 1940, the 51st Regiment was left to defend the SOE evacuation at St Valery; though following D-Day, the Highlanders were at the forefront of the fighting through France. It is all history, now: Over the last decade the historic regiments have been dismantled, despite widespread protest. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
"Dramatic and vivid...Scorching love scenes threaten to set the sheets aflame."—Publishers Weekly Starred Review In 15th century Scotland Clarissa of York is sent to be the king's mistress and produce an heir. She is a bastard of the English King, her royal blood is highly coveted, and she has never needed a miracle more. But the brusque Highland laird who kidnaps her is a bit too rough to be considered divine intervention. With rival lairds determined to steal Clarrisa from him and royal henchmen searching for her all over the Highlands, Laird Broen MacNicols has a mess on his hands. Though he stole Clarissa for political reasons, there's a magnetic attraction between them, and his betrothal to another is just one of the things standing in their way. But even an independent–minded lady like Clarissa knows that a Highlander always claims his prize... A romantic tale of the Scottish highlands, readers of Lora Leigh, Connie Brockway and Amanda Scott will be hoping for their own Scottish Laird. The Sutherlands Scottish Highlander series: The Highlander's Prize, Book #1 The Trouble With Highlanders, Book #2 How To Handle A Highlander, Book #3 The Highlander's Bride Trouble, Book #4 What readers are saying about The Highlander's Prize: "FORBIDDEN LOVE in an era when marriages were arranged for the sole purpose of increasing power. Great read..." "I compare other books to it...still trying to find one that measures up!" "a SEXY ROMANCE with indepth characters and story" "Characters you will love interlaced with smoldering sensuality and quick paced dialog" "plenty of humor, adventure, romance, and history." "Sexy Highlanders, dangerous plots and a feisty heroine" "This book is full of SWEET AND SPICY confrontations between the hero and heroine." "A fast paced, action filled story of love, romance, trickery, treachery, with a complex plot, Scottish and English alliances" What reviewers are saying about The Highlander's Prize: "Fiery passion as elemental, raw, and beautiful as the Scottish Highlands." —Long and Short Reviews "[The characters] fight just as passionately as they love while intrigue abounds and readers turn the pages faster and faster!" —RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars " an exciting and romantic adventure about a fantastic couple and their impossible love."—Romance Reviews "Highlander's Prize is another Mary Wine historical for the book shelf-a keeper to be enjoyed more than once."—Long and Short Reviews
Boston, Tuesday, October 21, 1975. The Red Sox and the Cincinnati Reds have endured an excruciating three-day rain delay. Tonight, at last, they will play Game Six of the World Series. Leading three games to two, Cincinnati hopes to win it all; Boston is desperate to stay alive. But for all the anticipation, nobody could have predicted what a classic it would turn out to be: an extra-innings thriller, created by one of the Big Red Machine's patented comebacks and the Red Sox's improbable late-inning rally; clutch hitting, heart-stopping defensive plays, and more twists and turns than a Grand Prix circuit, climaxed by one of the most famous home runs in baseball history that ended it in the twelfth. Here are all the inside stories of some of that era's biggest names in sports: Johnny Bench, Luis Tiant, Sparky Anderson, Pete Rose, Carl Yastrzemski--eight Hall of Famers in all--as well as sportscasters and network execs, cameramen, umpires, groundskeepers, politicians, and fans who gathered in Fenway that extraordinary night. Game Six is an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at what is considered by many to be the greatest baseball game ever played--remarkable also because it was about so much more than just balls and strikes. This World Series marked the end of an era; baseball's reserve clause was about to be struck down, giving way to the birth of free agency, a watershed moment that changed American sports forever. In bestselling author Mark Frost's talented hands, the historical significance of Game Six becomes every bit as engrossing as its compelling human drama.
From USA Today Bestselling Author Madeline Martin comes a steamy, suspenseful Scottish romance... Bridget de Vere wants nothing more than to kill the man who slew her brother on the battlefield, a man to whom she later finds herself betrothed. Marrying Aidan MacAllister is the perfect opportunity for her to get close enough to exact her revenge, except that the more she gets to know him, the harder it is to go through with her plan and the more she is drawn to the man she is supposed to hate. When passion and vengeance collide, can enemies become lovers, or are they destined to lose everything?
