She is willing to die to bring peace to her kinsmen, but is she willing to love for them?When her brother's daughter is captured by the rival clan Macnaghtan, Gillian rashly volunteers to save her as clan Adam's champion.Her opponent, the mysteriously silent and unmoving Madman Macnaghtan, isn't what Gillian expects, especially when he refuses to fight her.Desperate and willing to do anything to make peace between the feuding clans, Gillian tries a ...

For him to become the wolf once again, her love must teach him how to hold on to the man inside the beast.Shifter leader Owen Fairbairn might be able to pronounce marriage unions for others in his clan, but when it comes to romance, he's bewildered, especially when his inner wolf muddles his understanding of human emotion.When his last shift ended in carnage, Owen swore he'd never shift, never endanger innocent lives again. But the wolf inside him hungers f...

He is the last man she expected, on a rooftop, no less. She is drowning in her mother's expectations. What they both need is a change of perspective.Kathryne flees from horrible suitor after horrible suitor, each one more atrocious than the last. After a particularly vexing engagement with a drunken cad, she attempts a desperate escape from a rooftop.When her exit is more dramatic and dangerous than she expected, a gallant hero comes to her rescue.K...

Sometimes the difference between life and death is just a single kiss.No one seems to notice the young woman wandering the estate, slipping between the onlookers in the crowd.Those who do turn and run.When his eyes meet hers, flaring with recognition, it's enough to send her racing away into the safety of the gardens, because nothing feels as it should.And there's not a familiar soul she can turn to for help.Kiss of Life is ...

Mirrors should not be portals. Pixies do not exist. And dance partners with mystically blue irises should not be so mysterious.When Kassidy meets a reflection pixie after dancing all night with a handsome stranger at a benefit gala, she thinks she's had too much to drink—until she falls through the hotel room mirror into a magical world.With the mirror passage closed and everyone thinking she's a lady about to marry a lord, Kassidy has no one to trust but t...

Frances Housden returns with her best–selling, award–winning Chieftain series in this short novel about a young woman with a strong will and a sharp mind, and the man who has nothing to offer but his heart.Maggie McArthur never thought she would meet her fate in a clash of swords. She may wield a sword more skilfully than a needle, but it was more luck than proficiency that led to her piercing Dhugal Robertson through the shoulder. Frightened she has kille...

"Deeply romantic, scintillating, and absolutely delicious."—SYLVIA DAY, New York Times bestselling author for Highland HellcatIt's Vixen vs. Highland War Chief. It's anyone's guess who'll win this battle of the heart.Marcus MacPherson is every inch the fearsome Highlander. He's used to men averting their eyes and women cowering before him. He thinks he'll eventually settle down with a nice, obedient bride. Instead, he gets...

The award–winning Chieftain series continues in a new, full–length novel about duty, determination and the power of love to heal all wounds.Rob is the McArthur heir and is determined to prove himself, a resolve that leads to his capture in a battle on the wrong side of the Borders where he is held for ransom at Wolfsdale. He never expects to fall in love with Melinda La Mont, his Norman captor's daughter, but payment of the ransom means their separation.

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 passiona...

Abigail Townsend longs for the type of excitement she reads about in her beloved books. She knows she won’t find anything remotely resembling an adventure at any of the stuffy events of the ton, so she sets out to find one of her own.Shane MacLeod is a man of many talents and titles. He’s a Highlander, a ship captain, and a member of the Knights Templar. When he sets out to sea bound for an important meeting of Templars, he realizes too late the lad his cook hired is a gir...

He has chosen a chaste life, but he's never been tempted like this...Callum has two childhood memories: a stone cross, and the wanton behaviour of his mother, memories that drive him to a take a vow of celibacy at the age of fourteen. Now twenty-four, Callum takes leave from his laird for a year to find the source of these memories and, hopefully, his origins. Weary of finding nothing but disappointment and sorrow at every Kirk and Spital he visits, and with his allotted t...

National Readers Choice Winner and Holt Medallion Historical WinnerScotland, 1642.He has sworn he will never marry.Lachlan Cameron is honor bound to see a wounded lass to safety, although he has well learned women are deceivers, and this lovely maid harbors a wealth of secrets. But Maggie's free spirit and charms enthrall him while he works to discover if she is innocent…or a spy scheming with his enemies to destroy his clan.