Long ago, in ancient Scotland, there was a time when druids held power. These druids were nothing more than ordinary mortals—dedicated ordinary mortals, contrary to the godlike perceptions their closely guarded teachings and warlike prowess created. They honored the old ways of the land. Served the mighty goddesses. Carefully selected clans more willing than the average Scot to die for all they considered holy.
Their lore was sacred, so guarded that it was never committed to text, never recorded in history’s annals. Instead, their traditions were taught and passed down orally. Father to son. Mother to daughter. Druid chief to chosen successor.
Of all the druid clans, the strongest and most cherished by the goddesses was the MacDara bloodline. More devoted than any other and trained by the warrior goddess Scota herself, the MacDara men and their sons mastered the goddesses’ four sacred weapons: sword, hammer, shield, and spear. No better archers could be found than the MacDara women.
The MacDara clan became the goddesses’ mightiest champions. And with this honor came the task of guarding the most hallowed gift to all of humanity: the blessed Heartstone—the ancient relic filled with the unexplainable energy that made every mortal life worth living.
The sacred Heartstone was fabled to fuel humankind with the most important instincts: the need to love, hope, and evolve. Without the Heartstone’s subtle nurturing of humanity’s desire to achieve a brighter future, civilizations would cease to better themselves. Progress would stagnate. Life would be nothing more than dreary mediocrity until snuffed out by death. Humans can survive without many things, but love and hope—the urgent expectancy that circumstances will get better—are essential to survival.
The blessed stone and its lore was known and revered by the druids and the followers of the old ways. It was a precious gift from the goddesses. But as centuries passed and beliefs changed, the knowledge of the Heartstone and the legend of the druid clans faded into barely remembered myth, finally forgotten and abandoned by mankind.
Except by those who knew the cost: the druid clans.
Scattered to the winds by history and walking among society as though the tales were never more than fanciful stories of a long-ago time, the descendants of the clans now live double lives, upholding their families’ ancient oath: protect those who protect the Heartstone. Their ancestors failed the chosen MacDara clan once. They will not fail again. Not only for the MacDara clan's sake but for all humankind's sake, even though the world is oblivious to the reality of the stone and its powers.
The Heartstone—and humanity’s evolution—must be protected at all cost, and the MacDara druid clan and their descendants are the ones deemed worthy enough to do it. Selected by the goddesses and the sacred stone itself, the MacDaras are the only bloodline courageous enough for the task.
And the MacDaras must do more than survive. They must thrive. Their bloodline must never die out . . . no matter what century the goddesses place them in to save them.
Duty brought him to the future. Honor forces him to tolerate it. Nothing could ever make him love it—until her.
Highland warrior Alec MacDara and his brothers traveled forward in time to protect the sacred Heartstone. Their cover? Owners and operators of a theme park called Highland Life and Legends. As the chairman, Alec has been fending off requests to film at the breathtaking property. It’s only because of the charming correspondence from an enterprising production assistant that he agrees to a meeting at all. That’s when Alec meets a woman whose lush curves make him forget, for the first time, all about tenth-century Scotland and those he left behind.
A lowly assistant for her sister’s motion picture company, wannabe screenwriter Sadie Williams is shocked when Alec agrees to let them film at the park upon one condition: that she report to him daily. Sadie’s sister always told her that their parents only adopted her because they felt sorry for the ugly little stray. But Alec looks at Sadie like she is the most tempting creature in the world. And with his gleaming, musclebound body stripped down to nothing but a hip-hugging kilt and boots, Alec clearly knows a little something about temptation.
If you love super steamy romances about alpha Highlander warriors with ancient values and the modern-day women who not only vex them but steal their hearts—then this is the story for you!
Previously published in 2017, this revised edition with its fresh new cover and updated content is now available in paperback for the first time!
This tenth-century Highland warrior has a lot to learn about twenty-first century women.
Haunted by lost love, Grant MacDara still dreams of tenth-century Scotland. Nothing can soothe his aching heart—until a sharp-tongued, redheaded beauty leads a tour of senior citizens through his family’s North Carolina theme park, Highland Life and Legends. Though she’s the polar opposite of the lass he left behind, Joanna Martin is the most irresistible woman Grant has ever met. But when he decides that she’s worth the risk of loving again, he tries so hard to hold her close that she nearly slips through his fingers.
Forced out of her job as a pharmaceutical sales rep by a conniving ex, Joanna is trying to make the best of her quiet new life. But one glimpse of Grant—who wields an ancient hammer like it’s just another appendage of his chiseled body—convinces Joanna not to give up on love. But the one thing she can’t do is outrun her past as a loser magnet. And although Grant seems to be the last honorable man left on earth, this mouthwatering temptation needs a crash course in twenty-first-century women before Joanna will trust him with her heart.
If you love super steamy romances about alpha Highlander warriors from tenth-century Scotland and the modern-day women who not only vex them but steal their hearts—then this is the story for you!
Previously published in 2018, this revised edition with its fresh new cover and updated content is now available in paperback for the first time!
A brooding Highland warrior straight out of ancient Scotland can’t stay broody long when a modern woman with a zest for life crashes into his life.
Ramsay MacDara wishes the goddesses had left his arse back in the tenth century. That way he never would have met the gold digger who made a fool out of him. A loner at heart, Ramsay is riding his beloved horse through the woods near his family’s North Carolina theme park, Highland Life and Legends, when he hears tires squealing—followed by a thud—and rushes to the scene to help. That’s when he lays eyes on a pair of long legs sticking out of the moon roof of a car. His interest piqued, the rest of her will soon arouse his greatest desires . . . and deepest fears.
Archaeologist Katie Jenson is on a six-month sabbatical from her job at Princeton University. Following the death of her beloved father—whose dying request was for Katie to live life to the fullest—she’s headed to a friend’s beach house in North Carolina. But a momentary distraction takes her off the road and on the journey of her life . . . with a warrior god in a kilt at her side. Ramsay’s passion is the stuff of legend—and it just may be Katie’s greatest discovery.
If you love super steamy romances about alpha Highlander warriors from tenth-century Scotland and the modern-day women who not only vex them but steal their hearts—then this is the story for you!
Previously published in 2019, this revised edition with its fresh new cover and updated content is now available in paperback for the first time!
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