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Some promises are forever… Hugh McInnis, trying to escape the past and the present finds himself at an auction, his attention fixed on a Norwegian beauty intended for the highest bidder. He wished he could say what possessed him to bid on Dalla. Dalla was intended for a convent—punishment for disobeying her father—until her uncle intercepted her journey and put her up for auction. A stubborn quiet Norwegian woman and a grumpy Highlands man have no business traversing the landscape. Not together, anyway. Yet, that’s exactly what they are forced to do.

Three full-length Highland romances from author Aileen Adam’s Highland Heartbeats series. Book One of the Highland Heartbeats Series! A Laird’s Promise Some promises are hard to keep… Phillip promised he’d let her go home. He promised, after she completed her task, she’d be free. He didn’t promise her that he wouldn’t capture her heart before he released her. For Sarah, captive of the Highland Laird, that these promises are kept is paramount. Phillip never expected to fall in love with the woman who was supposed to save his brother’s life. He also never expected to break a ...

Mac has lived a life of wandering, never staying in one place for long. But when his friend Blaine asks for help saving their town, Mac finds himself building a home and forming strong bonds with the community. Despite his longing to leave, the people of the town have grown to love him. Blaine sees through Mac's carefree facade and confronts him about the pain that drives him to wander. A dinner conversation forces Mac to confront the truth, but will he stay and face it or continue down his path of running? Ailis, the talented seamstress and shop owner in a small Highland village, is ...

When Laird Riderch Stuart and his men are outnumbered and ambushed by brigands he’s frustrated. When he loses to their leader in a one-on-one skirmish, he’s beyond frustrated. When he discovers their leader is a flame-haired, emerald-eyed beauty who brandishes a sword like a professional he’s astounded. Sorcha Morton’s the daughter of a brigand. One of the best. Now she’s taken his place as leader of the band of highway men. She lives a life that she’s come to love, living in caves, stealing from the rich, and often sharing with the needy. She didn’t count on meeting a fair-...

Laird Niall Carrick has no interest in marriage, though the elders of the clan push the young laird to take a wife and guarantee an heir for his bloodline. He has more important matters on his mind. Such as determining who the assassin that keeps making attempts on his life is. After a particularly vicious and unexpected attack on Laird Niall Carrick and his men, Niall is left alone, wounded, and close to death. Seeking the village where he can secure healing, he takes the wrong direction and ends up at a tombstone, bleeding and injured. Considered a witch, Moira’s ostracized by the ...

Blair MacManus will not let a man tell her how to run her life. She will not let Laird Fergus Campbell betroth her to a man in his guardsman troops. She wants to follow in her dear departed mother’s footsteps. She wants to be a healer. Laird Campbell considers Blair practically as a daughter. One that needs to be bent to his will. She’ll be no man’s bride. That is not in the cards for Blair. Nae at all. Jameson Connor’s lands have been stolen by a lowlife. He’s living among brigands and refugees from clan wars. He and his men are constantly living on the fringe of society, making ...

Highland lass Kristine Somerlad is neither male nor old, and yet, she’s the town elder, tasked with the safeguarding of a village which has been facing attack after attack and calamity after calamity. She’s written to their laird repeatedly, seeking assistance and protection from marauders. To no avail. And now the laird has sent the captain of his guard to collect the tithe. After all they’ve been through, all the losses, and now they want what little the village has. She will do her best to make sure she pays the obligation, though it galls her. Highlander Fergus is a scarred, ...

Iris is heartbroken. Her dear father has passed. Now her mother has promised her to a cad of a laird. What’s a lass to do but run away from certain disaster and violence? Angus’s entire family was lost in a horrible murderous rampage. He alone survived. Now he’s got a scar, a broken heart, and vengeance on the mind. He’s become a man who tends toward rage at the drop of a hat. He’s not the kind of man anyone wants to be around. He’s not remotely interested in romance or friendships or socializing. On a ride with his best friend Lorne, he finds an unconscious lass. When his best ...

A Highlander’s Captive Rufus MacIntosh wants his family’s birthright back. He’s fought wars and his own personal demons. Time to claim what is his family’s. More specifically, his brother’s. And so, bringing friends and allies, he takes back what is his family’s. The lands are theirs again. Except now, Rufus discovers his brother has abandoned the birthright, the land, all of this. He’s headed to new lands and new worlds. Rufus should be relieved, he’s no longer responsible for any of it. He can walk away from their ancestral lands. He’s not sure if he wants to. Davina ...

Love's challenge yields sweet rewards... Caitlin Graham’s a lowland lass, living with her uncle. She, her sister, and her brother were orphaned at a young age and Uncle Jamie graciously took them in. When her uncle tells her she’s caught the eye of a highland laird at a wedding feast a few weeks back she agrees to secure her uncle’s position with the highland tribes by taking the laird’s hand. Connor McArthur’s land’s been stolen by a highland scoundrel who’s a distant relative, thereby relegating Connor to live among the hills, biding his time when he can get the lands and ...

Highland borders offer treachery and love... Olivia Smythe is the daughter of an English earl and a Scottish woman. He has decided that his half-Scottish daughter should go to the Highlands for her own safety to avoid the border skirmishes that plague their area. He’s also pledged her hand to a cruel Englishman. Laird Boyd MacPherson has no idea the Englishwoman he’s saved from cutthroats is the cousin of a Highland laird. He has no idea the courage and wherewithal that this young half-Scot can muster. He is quick to find out when she runs away and seeks to hide from her betrothed and ...

Myrnella’s too young to be a widow. She misses Duran, who was more like a best friend and a brother than a husband. She’s haunted by his brutal murder and fears the perpetrators of that heinous act will come after her next. Yet, she has no choice. She must run the inn and the other businesses her husband left her. Highlander Arran’s on a mission. He’s going to touch base with his old friend Duran. His shock is two-fold when he finds out that Duran has passed and that his beautiful young widow is being harassed by a pair of ne’er-do-wells. Arran’s made a promise to Duran. He’s ...

Some promises are hard to keep… Phillip promised he’d let her go home. He promised, after she completed her task, she’d be free. He didn’t promise her that he wouldn’t capture her heart before he released her. For Sarah, captive of the Highland laird, that these promises are kept is paramount. Phillip never expected to fall in love with the woman who was supposed to save his brother’s life. He also never expected to break a promise. But some promises are hard to keep, especially when he finds out the secrets she’s keeping.

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 ...

Rowan Campbell’s not even remotely interested in being a bride. Yet her father insists that this untamed, fiery daughter of his have a husband, so Rowan devises a plan. A competition. As a competent archer she’s more than willing to put her skills against the ablest of bow hunters in the realm. Lachlan McDonald’s known—and loved—Rowan since she was a wee lass, when he first arrived at her father’s keep to be a guard. He’s watched her grown into a beautiful woman who refuses to be tamed. Now he has a chance to compete to win this woman’s heart and hand.

Rufus MacIntosh wants his family’s birthright back. He’s fought wars and his own personal demons. Time to claim what is his family’s. More specifically, his brother’s. And so, bringing friends and allies, he takes back what is his family’s. The lands are theirs again. Except now, Rufus discovers his brother has abandoned the birthright, the land, all of this. He’s headed to new lands and new worlds. Rufus should be relieved, he’s no longer responsible for any of it. He can walk away from their ancestral lands. He’s not sure if he wants to. Davina MacFarland never claimed she...

Three full-length Highland romances from author Aileen Adam’s Highland Heartbeats series. A Highlander's Need Book Ten of the Highland Heartbeats Series! Some needs are forever… She accepts no man as her boss. She runs her father’s household and runs the forest when she’s not. He’s a youngest son brought home from his mercenary soldier of fortune ways by a father’s trickery. He’s not remotely interested in settling down. She has news for him. Neither is she. Except both their fathers think they know what this hardheaded woman and this fierce former soldier need. Only it would ...

Three full-length Highland romances from author Aileen Adam’s Highland Heartbeats series. Book Four of the Highland Heartbeats Series! An Auctioned Bride Some promises are forever… Hugh McInnis, trying to escape the past and the present finds himself at an auction, his attention fixed on a Norwegian beauty intended for the highest bidder. He wished he could say what possessed him to bid on Dalla. Dalla was intended for a convent—punishment for disobeying her father—until her uncle intercepted her journey and put her up for auction. A stubborn quiet Norwegian woman and a grumpy ...

Three full-length Highland romances from author Aileen Adam’s Highland Heartbeats series. A Soldier's Salvation Book Seven of the Highland Heartbeats Series! Forever seeking salvation… Rodric Anderson isn't a soldier anymore. Nay, many would refer to him as a mercenary-a soldier for hire. He's embroiled in a Duncan clan matter. He's also hunted by the authorities, wanted by women, and tied to none. He's a part of a band of brothers, all former soldiers, some outlaws, all who make themselves available for the right coin-sometimes, the right cause. One woman has caught his eye. A shrew of...

Like battles, some redemptions cannot be won... In early 1746, Alasdair Macintyre is headed home after the rout at Culloden on Drummossie Moor, in sight of Inverness. The battle has been lost and scar on his face that makes him so ferocious-looking that even children run from him in terror. He learns his father has betrothed him to a local lass—a nearly blind woman—in exchange for a sizeable dowry and a chunk of land. The woman brings with her a companion that hates him immediately. He has no interest in having a chain around his neck, not even in the form of a woman he once knew as a ...