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"A vivid reimagining of the woman who inspired Hester Prynne, the tragic heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, and a journey into the enduring legacy of New England's witchcraft trials. Who is the real Hester Prynne? Isobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotland in the early 1800s with her husband, Edward. An apothecary who has fallen under the spell of opium, his pile of debts...
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"In the autumn of 1707, old enemies from the Highlands to the Borders are finding common ground as they join to protest the new Union with England. At the same time, the French are preparing to launch an invasion to bring the young exiled Jacobite king back to Scotland to reclaim his throne, and in Edinburgh the streets are filled with discontent and danger. Queen Anne's commissioners, seeking to calm the situation, have begun paying out money sent...
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Sourcebooks Casablanca
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[2014]
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English
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Lady Ravenna Walsingham is a seasoned spy who is sent to the savage Highlands to uncover a nefarious plot against the Crown. Playing the part of an English governess, she infiltrates the home of Laird Sutherland, a suspected conspirator. Ravenna soon discovers that the only real threat Sutherland poses is to her heart. But will the proud Highland laird ever forgive her when he discovers the woman he loves in an English spy?
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Entangled Publishing
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2022.
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English
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"Ailsa Connery has waited three long years to finally escape her enslavement at Stirling Castle and reunite with her clan. But her carefully laid plans are completely destroyed by the arrival of the infamous Highland warrior known as Dubh Mahoun, the Black Devil...who has plans of his own. Kallum MacNeill's fearsome reputation has long allowed him to keep hidden his secret double life of freeing enslaved captives across the land. It's only when he...
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Kensington Books
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English
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Enemies become lovers in a divided Scotland in this "marvelous tale" of history and passion (Diana Gabaldon).
From birth, Catriona Campbell and Alasdair Og MacDonald are enemies—for he is the second son of her clan's most powerful foe. Yet from the moment they meet, they know they will lie in each other's arms someday. Their love, though centuries forbidden, comes at the most dangerous of times, as they become pawns of war...
From birth, Catriona Campbell and Alasdair Og MacDonald are enemies—for he is the second son of her clan's most powerful foe. Yet from the moment they meet, they know they will lie in each other's arms someday. Their love, though centuries forbidden, comes at the most dangerous of times, as they become pawns of war...
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[2011]
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English
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A breathtaking novel of passion and betrayal in seventeenth-century Scotland and the portrait of an unforgettable heroine
February 13, 1692. Thirty-eight members of the MacDonald clan are killed by soldiers who had previously enjoyed the clan's hospitality. Many more die from exposure. Forty miles south, brilliant, captivating Corrag—accused witch and orphaned herbalist—is imprisoned in the Scottish highlands for her involvement in
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Sourcebooks Casablanca
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[2016]
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English
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It's been three years since Lady Elizabeth Walsingham ended her childish crush on Laird Ian Munro, the fierce Highlander who scared everyone but her. She's a grown woman now, heading to London to find a proper English gentleman. But when the wild Highland laird walks through the door, she's that breathless youth all over again. Ian tries hard to avoid the young lass who's confounded him for years. But now that they're attending court, he must keep...
8) Corrag
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W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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A novel from Susan Fletcher, author of the bestselling Eve Green and Oystercatchers. The Massacre of Glencoe happened at 5am on 13th February 1692 when thirty-eight members of the Macdonald clan were killed by soldiers who had enjoyed the clan's hospitality for the previous ten days. Many more died from exposure in the mountains. Fifty miles to the south Corrag is condemned for her involvement in the Massacre. She is imprisoned, accused of witchcraft...
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Forever
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2012.
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English
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To return home to his beloved Scotland, Colin MacGregor must complete one last mission and, while infiltrating a traitor's home to expose a treasonous plot against the king, comes to the rescue of Lady Gillian Dearly and her young son who are being held captive by a madman.
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Must love volume 3
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Unsealed Room Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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While vacationing in Scotland, Traci Campbell whisks her kilt-obsessed sister back to 1689, where she meets Iain MacCowan.
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