While spying for Clan Cameron, Brodie Cameron rescues a lass, only to realize it's Skye--the woman who'd broken his heart. Having beautiful Skye anywhere near him is dangerous because the price on his head is higher than the one on hers and he's trying to stop a war that could destroy them all. Upon being rescued from kidnappers, Skye finds herself staring into the eyes of the man she once loved. She's grateful to be free but has no idea how she'll resist the lad who has become a brawny Highlander. Especially since she's promised to another, in a political marriage forged to strengthen the clans. Each book in the Highland Pride series is STANDALONE: * Highland Deception * Highland Redemption * Highland Temptation * Highland Salvation * Highland Obligation
She’s a lost time traveler. He’s a haunted Highland hero. Can their romance survive the test of centuries? Scotland, 2020. Kate Anderson is desperate to keep her restaurant from falling into ruin. But while soliciting the help of a celebrity TV chef at a Scottish castle, she’s injured and suffers amnesia. Disoriented and lost, she touches a mysterious rock that hurls her back in time where she encounters a handsome warrior. Scotland, 1308. After years of bloodshed as a gladiator, Dundail heir Ian Cambel swears he’ll never kill again. Resettling in his father’s estate craving a peaceful life, he takes in a charming woman with no memory and offers her a position as a cook. But as the English army threatens his stronghold, he fears for her safety and tries to hide his growing desire for the pretty lass. As Kate’s memories slowly return, she’s driven to return to her modern world, despite her feelings for her noble protector. But Ian knows helping her get back home means waging war on the invaders, and when Kate sees the killer he really is, she’ll leave him forever. Will the two wounded hearts find their destiny across the ages? All volumes of the 'Called by a Highlander' series: 1 - Highlander's Captive 2 - Highlander's Secret 3 - Highlander's Heart 4 - Highlander's Love 5 - Highlander's Desire 6 - Highlander's Vow 7 - Highlander's Bride 8 - Highlander's Protector 9 - Highlander's Claim 10 - Highlander's Destiny 11 - Christmas Reunion (Series Epilogue) Each book is a standalone and can be read in any order. A happy ending is guaranteed. Keywords: Highlander Romance, Historical Romance, Outlander, Scottish Highlands, Medieval Romance, Time travel, time travel romance, strong heroines, Highlander, alpha hero, steamy romance reads, historical romance read, historical romance series, enemies to lovers, paranormal romance, fantasy romance, paranormal fantasy romance
In Echoes of Success, Ian Stuart Kelly uses new information about late Victorian Scottish Highland battalions to provide new insights into how groups identify themselves, and pass that sense on to successive generations of soldiers. Kelly applies concepts from organisational theory (the study of how organisations function) to demonstrate how soldiers’ experiences create a ‘blueprint’ of expected behaviours and thought patterns that contribute to their battalion’s continued success. This model manages the interplay between public perception and actual life experiences more effectively than current approaches to understanding identity. Also, Kelly’s primary research offers a more certain description of soldiers’ life, faith, education, and discipline than has previously been available.
Rebellion was recurrent in the Highlands because the Gaels (Scoti) were an often-oppressed indigenous minority in the nation, Scotland, to which they gave their name. They spoke a language, Gaelic, few outsiders would learn, and had their own family and social system, the clans. Warfare was bloody, culminating in the catastrophe of Culloden Moor during the doomed quest to restore the Stuart kingship to all of Britain. Economic hardship, including the near-genocidal Clearances, in which tenant farmers were replaced with sheep, drove the Gaels from the glens and islands, so that most today live in the diaspora, including millions in North America. Although the Gaels lack a single genetic identity, they clearly draw from distinct roots in the Irish, Norse and Picts. Despite their hardship, the Gaels are also presented in romantic portrayals by the artistic elite of other nations. This book offers ways in which the reader might find roots and ancestry in unfamiliar terrain. Chapters discuss the landscape and language of the Highlanders, the rise of clans, feuds and invasions, and eventual emigration.
Training men to be ruthless soldiers is a skill at which Highlander Teàrlach MacGregor excels. After he rescues a ward of the king, the beautiful Lady Madeline Crawford, the fierce warrior begins to yearn for a cottage of his own in the Highlands, with the sweet, delicate Madeline as the mother of his bairns. Madeline begins to see a side of Teàrlach that nobody else does. The strong, silent Highlander takes her to her first fair, teaches her to read, and bestows upon her a passionate kiss—her very first. But Madeline is informed that she is betrothed to another with the blessing of the king, making her and Teàrlach’s love forbidden. Teàrlach vows to make Madeline his, even if that means defying the king. Each book in the Ladies of Scotland series is a STANDALONE story that can be enjoyed out of order. Books in the series An Earl for the Archeress The Maiden's Defender
In the game of love, the only way to win is to risk it all. Fiercely focused Highland warrior Alexander Gordon has one goal—secure a coveted spot on the King’s Night Guard. Being born illegitimate and raised with the constant scorn of his father’s wife, he wants nothing more than a home of his own where he feels like he belongs, and the king’s elite warrior group is the only chance to achieve his dream. He doesn’t intend to let anything or anyone derail him, but then the brave beautiful Adeline Brodie strolls into his life, and the harder he tries to push her away to preserve his honor and dreams, the more it makes him want her. Sweet smart Adeline Brodie is used to being overlooked by men, but she’s never cared much until the day her world collides with Alexander Gordon’s. Not only is the Scot sinfully handsome, but his intense allegiance to his undeserving brother and his noble heart intrigues her in a way no man ever has. When he appears to return her admiration, things seem perfect for the promise of a wonderful future, until betrayal strikes from the most unexpected places. Desperate to save her chance at love, Adeline creates a plan to save it, but the qualities she admires most in Alex—loyalty and determination—may be the very things to tear them apart forever. To secure a future together, Adeline and Alex must face painful truths and make dangerous choices to champion themselves, each other, and the forbidden love that’s grown between them that’s worth any price—even that of old dreams.
He kidnapped her to save his clan, not to lose his heart. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and no one is more desperate than Highlander Alasdair MacRae. His clan is on the verge of disaster, thanks to continuous raids from the lying, thieving, murdering MacKenzies. Their latest strike has left Alasdair’s family on the precipice of starvation and his brother badly wounded. The time has come to hit back, and what better blow to deliver than to kidnap his enemy’s daughter and use her to negotiate much-needed peace. His plan is simple: wed the lass. It’s well-known that she’s beloved by her father, and the doting Highlander certainly won’t go to war with Alasdair’s clan if he’s married to the man’s daughter. Once the vows are spoken, he plans to send her to a nice little cottage on his land, where she can live her life as she wishes, and he can live his as if he’s not wed. But his plan meets an obstacle he didn’t foresee, and suddenly, Alasdair finds himself fighting to protect a woman he thought was his enemy and questioning whether he’s wooing the lass to see out his scheme or to truly capture her heart? When Maeve MacKenzie discovers her adoring father has denied his own heart’s desire so that she may find hers, she resigns herself to stop delaying and finally honor the betrothal to her childhood friend. Their union will strengthen her clan and give her father a second chance at love. But when tragedy strikes, she’s snatched from her home by Alasdair MacRae: the barbaric Highland beast who long ago awakened cravings in her that are impossible to forget. As the heiress of a strategic fortress coveted throughout the Highlands, she’s well-aware the Highland fiend wishes to gain her castle. She has no intention of falling prey to his transparent ploy to woo her, though, and every intention of escaping him. Except the blasted Highlander still possesses an extraordinary ability to kiss, and beyond that, he has the nerve to display seemingly honorable qualities at every turn. How’s a lass to know if it’s all simply a ruse by a cunning, too-handsome foe or if the man she believed to be her enemy is really her greatest hope? Winning Maeve’s love isn’t something Alasdair ever expected to want, but the sharp-tongued, iron-willed lass ignites a yearning in him that can’t be denied. And when enemies threaten to take her from him forever, Alasdair will do whatever it takes to make her his, even if he has to fight a war to win his bride and lay claim to her heart.
"A master of Highland romance. ...[A] love story that transcends time and place."-Becky Condit of USA Today This Highland Laird won't bow to the Crown Laird Ruairi Sutherland refuses to send his only son away to be educated by the English. And he most definitely will not appear in Edinburgh to pay homage to a liege who has no respect for Scotland. So he does what any laird would do-he lies to the king. The last thing Ruairi expects is a beautiful English governess to appear on his doorstep. But this lady spy might make him... Lady Ravenna Walsingham is a seasoned spy who is sent to the savage Highlands to uncover a nefarious plot against the Crown. Playing the part of an English governess-a job easier said than done-she infiltrates the home of Laird Sutherland, a suspected conspirator. If she doesn't betray him first Ravenna soon discovers that the only real threat Sutherland poses is to her heart. But will the proud Highland laird ever forgive her when he discovers the woman he loves in an English spy? More praise for My Highland Spy: "This book begs to be read and reread."-RT Book Reviews, 4 1/2 Stars "Beautiful! This book has it all."-Night Owl Reviews, 4.5 Stars, Reviewer Top Pick "An exciting Highland tale of intrigue, betrayal, and love with a braw Highland hero and strong English heroine any reader will love."-Hannah Howell, New York Times bestselling author of Highland Master Highland Spies series: My Highland Spy Kilts and Daggers Plaids and Petticoats
This is a true life story of my walk with the Lord Jesus. I believe my calling by the Lord from birth, orchestrated the path of events in my life. I have had heavenly visions that have acted as a guide in my life towards my calling and the ministry. To be precise, in one of them the Lord told me; “Everything that you will go through, is for you to teach others". Pointing to the angels on his right and left, he said; "Go with the angels and they will show you what to do." Surprisingly, he has led me as a missionary to Egypt, Greece, Italy, and Kenya. I have gone through life and phases and made so many sacrifices that have cost me but I am proud to share my experiences. Previously, I had a feeling of regret and pain but as the Lord taught me the values of his heart and of eternity, I am now always thankful for all he has taught me and is still teaching me.