Highlands Refugee

Arya Furlough of Dunrobin has been betrothed to Laird Jared Stewart against her wishes. With her faithful maid and companion she begrudgingly embarks on a voyage to new lands to marry the laird her father has determined will prove a fruitful alliance with her their clan. Alas, the ship she is on does not weather a storm well, leaving her cast upon the sea.

Laird Duncan McAbee of Duffus is mourning his father on the shore when he notices a body bobbing among the waves. Little does he know, the body he pulls forth is a raven-haired spitfire of a lass with a steel will of determination not to marry her betrothed. He is caught unawares when she wields a poker and even further caught offguard when she manages to broach his defenses and capture her heart.

How is he supposed to recover when she chooses to leave him for Laird Jared Stewart?

Brigand's Intended

Isla of Tolbain has just been told by her father that she's betrothed to a highland laird, Finlay of Seannae. Though at first concerned, she recognizes the importance of the union between her clans. Then she meets Finlay and he's a fine young man who courts her with charm and consideration. She realizes that it's not a bad thing to have a union that isn't love based. Until she meets the man who makes her heart beat faster and her pulse race.

Ewan McAbee received a letter from his brother, the laird of Duffus that he's abdicating his position. Now Ewan, a man who's fond of his mead and the lasses has found himself as a laird and with new priorities. The first of which is to determine who the masked marauders are that have been ransacking the villages of his lands. Who would have thought that those same raiders would have assailed a young woman on the brae. One who appeared on his doorstep, bedraggled, frightened, and soaked to the bone.

Now Ewan McAbee, has a mystery to solve. Where are the raiders hiding and how can he stop them? Add to that, Ewan McAbee, sworn bachelor, is smitten with a woman who's promised to another.

Highland's Deception

Athdar has always had a charmed life. More or less. The son of a laird, he spent his time soldiering, carousing, and wenching at another laird's castle. Now, however, he's come home and his chickens seemed to have come home to roost as well. His father's preparing to turn the lairdship over to Athdar one day, but first, Athdar must be wed. He's to choose a wife from among a list of eligible daughters of nearby lairds. This handsome highlander's not having it. What's a highlander to do? Vanish, of course. And start a new life.

Orphaned Highland healer Rhona has a dream and a dilemma. Her dream? To be the healer that her mother was. Her dilemma? An overzealous suitor who insists that she take his hand in marriage. It does not help that her grandmother is pushing for the wedding as well.

And then, one day, a mysterious stranger drops in, practically from out of the sky. He appears in the ruins near her village, seeming to have no past, and sadly no future. Yet, he does possess something, this dashing, handsome highlander. By the end of a few days he possesses her heart.

Until he vanishes.

That's when Rhona learns that lies can tear asunder the best laid plans. What will it take to mend her broken heart and put her world to rights?

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