Mhairi Morrison
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"Strong prose and a bevy of plausible suspects keep things intriguing. Readers willing to embrace this Christmas story's jagged edges are in for a ripping mystery."— Publishers Weekly
All aboard, but beware! Passengers who sleep on this train may never wake up.
In the early hours of Christmas Eve, the sleeper train from London to the Highlands derails, along with the festive plans of its travelers. With the train
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When Hazel becomes the personal physician to Princess Charlotte, the sickly granddaughter of King George III, she is dragged into the glamor and romance of the British court, but she soon realizes malicious forces are at work in the monarchy, and she may be the only one capable of setting things right.
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"When shy, lonely Ivy meets a woman who claims to be her long-lost sister, she knows it's too good to be true. She decides to trust Kate anyway. She wants a family. She wants someone to love. She's making a mistake. Ivy enters Kate's fairytale cottage, deep in the heart of Scotland . . . and she doesn't come out. She's the first to go missing. She won't be the last. Meanwhile, in another part of the forest, Tash's journey is just beginning . . ."--Publisher....
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"For Charlie and her niece Katie, it's supposed to be a quiet holiday in the peaceful, out-of-the-way seaside town of Hithechurch, England. Charlie is researching a book on the folklore of the area, and the gloomy sea and dangerous caves seem to offer up plenty of material, while Katie is just there to run wild and get some fresh air. But Charlie's research reveals a deeper, darker secret, one that uncovers her own, carefully hidden past. Because...
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"The year is 1729, and Resolute Talbot and her siblings are captured by pirates, taken from their family in Jamaica, and brought to the New World. Resolute and her sister are sold into slavery in New England and taught the trade of spinning and weaving. When Resolute finds herself alone in Lexington, Massachusetts, she struggles to find her way in a society that is quick to judge a young woman without a family. As the seeds of rebellion against England...
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2017
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Ordinarily, Lady Fiona Ormiston wouldn't think of forming an alliance with an ungroomed, barbaric Highlander, but now, by request of the king, a brazen stranger and outsider is to be her husband. Driven by her sense of duty, Fiona leaves the comfort of her home to marry the rugged knight, but when she surrenders herself to Sir Adham MacFinlagh's powerfully passionate-and shockingly tender-touch, she finds herself in bed with a man whose ties may lie...
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Glenna Douglas may be the daughter of a humble crofter, but she dreams of becoming the innkeeper of Glengour Inn, where she has worked for years. Her problems are two-fold: first, she cannot read or write, second, the landlord has chosen a gentleman who has never set foot in Glengour to manage the inn. She is determined to prove herself more capable than the newcomer-but she may need a bit of help from him to do it. With confidence, charm, and a bit...
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A tempestuous romantic tale set in seventeenth-century Scotland about forbidden love and the indomitable strength of the human spirit as Kara, a medieval Scottish Lady, must marry Henry, only a boy.
Trapped by fate, Kara fears what their union will be like-especially its consummation. But luckily, much to her relief, what her "husband" needs a mother's care and not a lover's touch.
Yet nearby is an older man, her husband's trusted older half-brother,...
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Cheerful Holly Anderson doesn't do flings. She doesn't do romance, full stop. She has her five-year plan all mapped out. Falling in love is not part of it…is it? Cheerful and confident veterinarian Holly doesn't do flings. Falling in love is not in her five-year plan. Moving her entire life out of London to a fishing village in the Scottish Highlands is definitely not part of her plan. But then Holly's life is turned upside down. She finds herself...
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After nearly ten years in the army, Hamish Campbell is ready to settle in and call a place home. His sights are set on Dalmore House, the Campbell family estate seized by the Crown after the '45 uprising. To have any chance at all of regaining it, he must not only find the money to pay off the estate's debts but also persuade the man who has charge of it to relinquish the property into the hands of a Jacobite's son. With the help of his brother-in-arms,...
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Thirty-one-year-old Merry is escaping to the Scottish Highlands for Christmas. Hiding away at Chestnut Cottage with only her Aunt Ava's menagerie of pets for company seems like the perfect way to spend a peaceful December. But when she arrives, Merry discovers some curious instructions from her aunt asking her to organize Secret Santa gifts for the residents of Christmas village.
Merry's determined to try and carry out her aunt's festive task. But...
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This enchanting collection of stories gathers together legends from across Scotland in one special volume. Drawn from The History Press' popular Folk Tales series, herein lies a treasure trove of tales from a wealth of talented storytellers. From the Spaeman's peculiar advice and a laird who is transformed into a frog, to a fugitive hiding in a dark cave and the stoor worm battling with Assipattle, this book celebrates the distinct character of Scotland's...
13) The Eagle
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His touch irresistible. His kisses unforgettable. And yet she lets him go . . .
After living under his tyrannical father's shadow and then in support of his laird brother, Stuart Ross is ready to forge a path of his own. When he falls in love with a servant girl, he proposes and vows to return to marry her.
What Stuart doesn't anticipate are the obstacles of a village under siege, a horrible sickness, and a huge winter storm that will keep him...
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In 1811, Winifred Wallace told one tiny lie. To secure her future as an independent sheep farmer, she invented an estranged husband named Mr. Spencer Halifax and forged their marriage record. Ten years later, her deception catches up with her: in the form of the disturbingly real, distressingly attractive earl on her doorstep. Spencer Halifax wants to set a good example for his beloved hellion sisters. Ever since their father's death, he's tried to...
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Viola Brodure, gentlewoman and celebrated authoress, faces a personal dilemma suited for a novel-everyone wishes for her to make a love match with Ethan Penn-Leith, the famous Highland Poet. After all, the popular novelist and the famous poet are the perfect heroine and hero for their own love story.
The problem is that Viola has never met Ethan, not in the flesh, at least. She has read about him and devoured his poetic writings, but does the man...
16) Midnight Honor
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Weeping from the wild splendor of the moors to the battlefields of a land divided, Marsha Canham weaves an unforgettable novel of Jacobite Scotland - of a man bound by honor - and of the woman fated to both desire and defy him.
Powerful, brave, irresistibly seductive, Angus Moy, chief of Clan Chattan, was everything Lady Anne could desire in a husband and a lover. But that was before the winds of war tore through her homeland.
While Angus was pledged...
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One of the most famous queens in history, Mary Stuart lived in her homeland for just twelve years: as a dauntless child who laughed at her friends' seasickness as they sailed to safety in France and later, on her return as an eighteen-year-old widow to take control of a nation riven with factions, dissent, and religious strife. Brief though her in time Scotland was, her experience profoundly influenced who she was and what happened to her.
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18) The Wildcat
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The protection of his people is of utmost importance, even if it means denying himself happiness.
Gideon Ross, the youngest brother to the heroic Lion, laird to the most powerful clan finally faces his destiny and it is not at all what he would have ever expected. A clash with attackers leaves him near death and he feels as if he's failed everyone, especially the people who he's sworn to protect.
When Gideon is found barely clinging to life, Alia...
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Tudor England, 1542
When beautiful widow Lady Annabelle Benton-Hayes is ordered to court, she is terrified. Henry VIII desires a sixth queen for his bloodstained throne, and her scheming family cares not for her wishes. Annabelle yearns for love, but there is no escaping her fate: escorting her is Rafe de Vere, the man who abandoned her to become England's most loyal and brutally successful soldier.
Rafe is utterly weary of war and its impossible...
20) The Beast
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What hides beneath the surface can be beastly or perhaps lovable . . .
Scarred and tortured during years in captivity, Duncan Ross must come to learn that he can live a normal life and allow himself to be loved.
Duncan Ross' inner scars are even more horrifying that the visible ones. Unable to control his rages, he hides himself away from his close-knit family. A normal life that includes a wife and family will never be his, a truth he's accepted....