Warned by her mother that love and desire are very different things, Esa McCullum learns that truth like she has everything else ? the hard way. After giving herself to a man she believed she loved, the harsh reality that he loved another pushes her toward a different path. Determined to put men and all their complications behind her, she devotes her life to being a healer - a choice that leads her the most complicated man of all.Father Braigh MacAllister is a man who lives by his faith and by his sword. But the Archbishop has issued an ultimatum: lay down your sword or lay down your frock. Wounded in battle, he finds himself in Esa's capable and very tempting hands. Torn between two worlds, Braigh must make a decision that could change both their lives forever.

Romance

Tisdale, Suzan

Historical

Targe & Thistle, Inc

Mourning is an ugly affair yet Muriale McCullum's crushed heart somehow still beats.\nIt has been nearly a year since she lost the love of her life. Worried that she might never recover from the loss, her parents decide to send her to Edinburgh, with her sister Orabillis in tow. They hope that time away from her memories of Patrick will help heal her broken heart.\nWhen Muriale meets the handsome knight, Rory MacLeod, she begins to realize that life just might be worth living again. 
But will the madman she encounters in the dark and dirty streets of Edinburgh stop her heart from beating forever, or will she find the courage to fight and allow herself to live again?\nThe life of a Knight has meant devotion to king and country. But when handsome Rory MacLeod meets Muriale McCullum, he begins to question everything.\nOn a quest to find a madman, it's a race against time to find the courage to give Muriale his heart and keep her from being the next victim.

Muriale

Alec Bowie never wanted a wife. He never wanted a hearth and home. And he most assuredly never wanted to be chief of his clan. But much to his vexation, he finds himself in possession of all three. His desire for peace and to protect his clan are stronger than his desire to remain free and untethered. He agrees to the marriage in the hopes his wife will bed him only long enough get with child then leave him the bloody hell alone. Leona MacDowall -- or Leona ‘Odd Eyes’, Leona the Witch, or Leona The Devil’s Spawn depending on to whom you speak -- is all too happy to volunteer to marry the Bowie Chief. Though the clan Bowie's reputation as murderers and thieves precedes them, she believes life with Alec more palatable than living the rest of her life untouched, unmarried, and under the hateful rule of her spiteful father. But nothing turns out the way they expect. Alec doesn't know if he can keep to his original plan of leaving his wife alone after he gets her with child. Leona is beginning to suspect she might not get the happy home she's always wanted. And worst of all, someone's set on murdering Leona — and might just succeed before anyone's dreams can come true.

The Bowie Bride (Book Two of The Mackintoshes and McLarens)

Scotland, 1344 She believes men are not honorable nor are they kind-until she meets one that changes her heart forever. Betrayed by lies told before her birth, Aishlinn is raised by a harsh and cruel stepfather. Her life is forever changed one horrifying night when she is forced to flee England for the safety of the Scottish Highlands. Rescued by a fierce band of highland warriors, Aishlinn soon learns that honorable men do exist. She finds a strength she never knew she possessed and it will be tested to the limits when she is forced to make a heart-wrenching decision...allow the English to kill those she loves, or surrender for the crime she committed. She is everything he never knew he wanted in a woman.... As a fierce highland warrior, Duncan McEwan has survived numerous battles, bed countless women, and survived a horrific storm at sea. He has scaled mountains and even survived hand-to-claw battle with a cat-o'mountain. But none of that could have prepared him for how his life forever changed one fateful spring day when he rescued a lass from a freezing stream. He will do anything to keep her as his own and will risk everything to keep her out of the hands of the English.

Laiden's Daughter: Book One of the Clan Macdougall Series

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Whisky made her forget. One man's love will help her remember. He could have walked away when he learned of his bride's secret -- that she is a raging alcoholic. But Brogan Mackintosh is not the kind of man to turn a blind eye to someone in need. He battled his own demons and won the fight against drink years before. Facing the challenges head on, like the battle hardened warrior he is, he is determined to help his new bride overcome the demons that haunt her. And he might even learn the truth surrounding the murders of her husband and infant son. Mairghread Mactavish isn't sure she can continue to breathe anymore without the aid of wine and whisky. Plunging herself into the dark abyss of drunkenness was the only place where she could catch glimpses, bits and pieces of her memory from the night her world was torn apart. When she learns the truth about the man she is to marry -- a man who has murdered more than one wife and raped countless other women -- she makes a desperate decision to marry Brogan Mackintosh instead. Brogan offers her more than a way out of marrying a murderer, however. He might be the only man who can give her back the life she once lived. This is a story about overcoming grief and alcoholism and finding true love in your darkest hours.

Brogan's Promise: Book Four of the Mackintoshes and McLarens Series

Genre Fiction

A beautiful lass with hair the color of fire and eyes of emerald green would be a dream most men would happily invite. But these dreams, of the lass calling to him, begging for his help, haunt Rodrick the Bold. When the nightmares become too much, he sets off to find the lass who calls to him nightly. Not known for his warm heart nor eloquent way with words, he seeks to rescue her if only to be free of the torment. Held as the pawn in a plot of treachery and deceit, Muriel MacFarland does not know who to trust or believe. Her once quiet, ordinary life is torn asunder when she is kidnapped and sold. Tormented and abused, she gives up all hope of a rescue by her brother and believes her life is no longer worth living. Can Muriel put her faith, trust, and life in the hands of the stranger who comes to rescue her? Will Rodrick the Bold's wish for a family of his own come true?

Rodrick the Bold: Book Three of the Mackintoshes and McLarens

One falling star. Two wishes. Who's will come true? The love of her life doesn't know she exists. Still, ever the optimist, Mariote Dundotter-McCullum makes a wish on a falling star: to marry the man before her next birthday. Little does she know that someone else is wishing on the same star. When it looks as though her wish to marry will never come true, Mariote decides to settle for someone who has been professing his love for her through beautiful letters. It doesn't matter that he is the son of her father's enemy, or that she can't remember ever meeting him. Mariote believes 'tis better to be loved by someone than never at all. So, she steals away in the middle of the night to make her own joy. There's another who has loved her since the first time he saw her. After learning Mariote has run off to marry someone else, he goes after her. But will he have the courage to give her his heart and to make his secret wish come true?

Mariote: Book One of the Daughters of Moirra Dundotter Series

Nearly killed while trying to win back his ancestral home, Black Richard MacCullough is left scarred and mangled; but some scars run far deeper than mere skin. No longer the handsome devil or kind man of his youth, now he focuses solely on rebuilding everything that was lost to the brutal Chisolms and traitorous MacRays. Revenge -- while not nearly as important as keeping his clan from starving - is the only thing that keeps his bruised heart beating. With his clan on the brink of starvation and annihilation, Black Richard doesn't believe his life could get worse. Until King David II decides to put an end to the border wars himself, via a marriage between Black Richard and Aeschene MacRay, the daughter of his sworn enemy. Locked away and all but forgotten because she is deemed imperfect and useless by her father, Aeschene MacRay holds no hope of ever having a husband and family of her own. But hope is the only thing she has left: hope that her vision will miraculously return and that she will regain her father's approval. But when news arrives that she is to be married off to the chief of her father's enemy, she has only two choices: put her faith and hope in the monster that is Black Richard MacCullough or remain in the prison her father has created for her. When you've lost everything, any risk is worth the taking.

Black Richard's Heart (The Macculloughs)

Suzan, Tisdale

Opposites attract at LA's largest soup kitchen when a businesswoman falls in love with one of her patrons. Savannah Carrington is too busy for romance. She has a soup kitchen to operate which, thankfully, helps her avoid her socialite mother's attempts to marry her off to some L.A. millionaire. When a patron is attacked, she runs fearlessly down a dark alley to help. Saved by a man who emerges from the shadows, she wants to thank him but he's disappeared. Yosef "Joe" MacArthur, a Green Beret, has gone into hiding. Admiring Savannah from afar, he'll never admit to his growing feelings for her and will stop at nothing to keep her safe. But the White House is making it hard, tearing apart L.A. to award him the highest military honor any soldier could receive. Joe has no time for that with Savannah still in danger. Hunted by the leader of a notorious drug ring Joe is faced with an impossible choice: save a city full of innocent civilians or save Savannah. A most unlikely paring, love shows no limits in this emotional, action-packed, heartfelt story. Romance and danger ensue in Rachel Homard's debut novel.

The Green Triangle

Rachel Homard

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