In only six weeks, Isla Ramsey is due to marry Henry Northrup, the sixth Earl of Sydney. But she remains haunted by memories of the dashing Hugh Courtney, the Marquess Pierce. The handsome aristocrat had hinted at forever and then tossed her aside, leaving Isla with few viable options. Now, as she awaits her new fiancé’s arrival from London, she rides her horse past Hugh’s estate at Hazelwood every day, pining for a man who was never truly hers. Hugh Courtney may have left Isla’s life, but...
The Men of the Moss-Hags (The Kailyard authors) (Galloway Collection, #3)
by S R Crockett
In The Men of the Moss-Hags, S.R. Crockett takes as his theme the persecution of the Covenanters in seventeenth-century Scotland, a favourite subject of Scottish historical novelists. Steeping himself in the documentary sources and oral traditions of 'The Killing Time', Crockett weaves a thrilling adventure romance, carrying the reader off with him on a perilous journey across the moss-hags - the peaty bogs of the Galloway moorland. With a new introduction by Richard D. Jackson, which outlines C...
This is the new novel from the well-loved Scottish storyteller.When Shona MacInnes, a crofter's daughter from a remote Scottish island, qualifies in the 1950s to train as a vet, she meets prejudice not only from her father and brother, but also from handsome Ross MacMaster, an islander who is to become a vet himself. With only her invalid mother's support, Shona is determined to succeed, doing so well that Ross offers her a job in his Edinburgh practice, where their fiery professional relationsh...
Evelyn Grant started to come to terms with the loss of her first love, Johnny, but the Grant family were overshadowed by the unwelcome reappearance of a figure from Jamie's past and by the terrible stories of the war told by soldiers returning from the trenches. Among those fighting for King and Country was Gillan Forbes, the son of the big house, on whose friendship Evelyn increasingly relied and who still hoped to win her love. But it was a handsome Gordon Highlander, Davie Grainger, who captu...
Fünf Weihnachtswunder
by Sasha Cottman, Mariah Stone, and Ellie St Clair
She risked everything for a Scottish outlaw who would do whatever it takes... Author of more than a dozen national bestsellers, award winner Susan Johnson is unmatched when it comes to writing novels that thrill, excite, and seduce. Now she once again captivates with this exciting historical novel of sensual adventure and forbidden love.... Roxane Forrestor was determined to live life on her own terms--even in a man's world. The beautiful Countess of Kilmarnock had so far survived the politica...
The Highland Earl's Revenge (Highland Lords and Ladies)
by Cathleen Ross