Bøger af Angela Polidoro

Jennie Grant has always wished to be a healer, but when her clan becomes involved in the violence that has broken out across the Highlands, it shakes her belief in herself. She no longer knows if she can work in a trade where life and death exist in such a fine balance. Desperate to clear her head and spend some time away from the wounded men who crowd the sickroom in the Grant keep, she travels to Lochluin Abbey for sanctuary. But even there, she cannot escape her calling. The abbey sits on the land of the Cameron clan, and when the new chieftain is injured in battle, Jennie is the only person capable of saving him.Though Aedan Cameron would sooner spend his life as a scholar, reading and watching the stars, than assume a leadership role in his clan, his father's untimely death forces his hand. To make matters worse, he is immediately called upon to ride into battle to protect his land and his people. But everything changes for Aedan when a beautiful girl with a mind as curious as his own heals him. Suddenly he realizes he is capable of becoming the leader his father wanted him to be while still pursuing the stars. Aedan recognizes his soul mate in Jennie, but can their love survive the mysterious threat to his land?

Loki Grant's first memories are of living in a crate behind an inn in Ayr, struggling to survive. Clan Grant saved him from his lonely existence and took him in as one of their own. But though the Highlands have become his home and he loves his adopted parents, Brodie and Celestina, Loki feels lost. Part of him is still that scrappy wee lad who relied on his wits to survive the streets, and he is not sure he belongs. The feistiest and most beautiful lass in the clan, Arabella, steals his heart, but when her father resists the match because Loki is not of clan blood, Loki decides to confront his past. He wishes to satisfy Bella's father by discovering his parentage, but he also hopes his quest will help him understand his purpose.As far as Arabella is concerned, Loki Grant is the wiliest, brawest, and most handsome warrior in existence. She is determined to have him as her husband regardless of what her father thinks. So when Loki's search for his sire leads him into trouble, she rushes headlong after him. Together, Loki and Arabella must discover the dark secrets of Loki's origins, for only by confronting the past can they hope for a bright future together.

After enduring years of her nobleman father's cruelty and abuse, Celestina Lunde is ready to take her own life rather than enter into an arranged marriage with an equally brutal man. But just when she is about to leap through the window of her tower bedroom, a brawny Highland warrior arrives at her home and changes everything...Summoned to the royal castle by the King of the Scots, who is preparing for war with the Norse, Brodie Grant's mind is on battle when he first spies the breathtaking Celestina perched on a window ledge. The sadness in her eyes makes him turn his horse around against his laird's orders. He intends only to save the lovely lass, but after touching her once, he can think of nothing and no one else. There's one problem: Celestina's intended is an important man, and the king has just as much at stake in her arranged marriage as her father does. Will Brodie be able to do as he's ordered and stay away?A testament to love's ability to transcend the most harrowing of obstacles, Love Letters from Largs is the emotional story of two soul mates who are determined to be together when everyone around them seems intent on pulling them apart.

Jake Ramsay returned from Iraq without any physical injuries, but the trauma of what he saw there haunts him still. A police officer by day, he spends much of his free time in pursuit of dangerous, high-octane hobbies-anything to help him forget his time in the military. A part of him realizes his behavior is destructive, but he feels no incentive to change. Then he meets Julia Ross, a gorgeous woman who's engaged to a domineering man she doesn't love. His protective instincts kick in, followed by the realization that he doesn't just want to save her...he wants her to save him, too. Julia feels as if she's in a trap with no escape. Her family insists that she keep her engagement to her wealthy fiancé, but to do so would mean relinquishing her dreams. The debt she feels to her single mother is almost powerful enough for her to make that sacrifice, but then she meets Jake-a man who's as kind, gentle, and considerate as Vincent is violent and controlling. But as soon as she starts drawing away from Vincent, it becomes clear that as far as he's concerned, leaving him might be the last thing she ever does. Together, Jake and Julia stand a chance to conquer their pasts and create a wonderful future, but will Vincent get in the way of their fresh start in Summerhill?

Kidnapped at knifepoint in the middle of the night, healer Brenna Grant is spirited across the Highlands to heal a chieftain who's near death. The last thing she expects is for her patient to be a handsome laird who steals her heart. Unable to deny him-or anyone who needs her talents as a healer-she travels to his clan to treat a mysterious invalid. Quade Ramsay awakens to find a beautiful healer at his bedside. He is powerless to fight his attraction to the lass who saved his life, but he's vowed never to fall in love again. Convinced a family curse hangs over his head, he fights his feelings for Brenna. But the very woman he is determined to stay away from might be the only one who can save his young daughter. Will he let the beautiful healer mend his own broken heart?

Gwyneth of the Cunninghams has one goal: to kill Duff Erskine, the corrupt merchant who murdered her father and brother. The last thing she needs is a distraction, but fate deals her one in the form of Logan Ramsay, a maddeningly handsome Highlander who waylays her mission. Logan and his brother-in-law seek her help in rescuing two bairns and spiriting them away to the Highlands. When Gwyneth agrees to help, she little expects Logan to assist her with her own mission...Logan Ramsay never thought a lass would steal his heart. But Gwyneth of the Cunninghams poses an intriguing challenge from the moment he meets her. As fierce a warrior as any man of his acquaintance, the lithe, dark-haired beauty dresses only in tunics and leggings and spends her days practicing archery. She's one of a kind. Determined to make her his own, Logan will do anything to help her overcome the wounds of her past...even if it means allowing her to endanger herself in a final confrontation with her nemesis.The sparks between Gwyneth and Logan are immediate and blinding, but if they survive their mission to take down Erskine, they face another challenge: Will they find it in their wild hearts to relinquish their independence and build a life together?

Captain Robbie Grant has always had a way with the lasses, but his warrior's heart is too married to the battlefield to seek out a wife. Then Robbie saves a mysterious beauty from a Norse attacker. He knows little about Caralyn Crauford beyond that she has a damaged past and two wee daughters, but he volunteers to bring her and the lasses to a priory where they will be safe from the oncoming battle. The last thing he expects is for Caralyn to give him a night of unrestrained passion and then disappear. But when she does, he is determined to find her.After spending years under the thumb of men who cared only about her comeliness, Caralyn no longer knows who she is or why she matters. The only thing she cares about is the welfare of her daughters. But when Captain Robbie Grant enters her life, she dares to want something more. At first she's just grateful to the handsome Highlander, but his noble nature and kind heart endear her to him. The night they spend together only confuses her more, but Caralyn has no time to sort through her feelings because her past rears its ugly head and threatens to ruin her. Robbie will stop at nothing to rescue Caralyn and her lasses and bring them to the safety of the Highlands, but will Caralyn be able to heal the wounds of her past enough to let herself be loved?

Diana of Drummond is frantic. Tired of waiting for her to choose a husband, her ailing father has selected one for her. Too bad the man he's chosen could not be further from her childhood fantasy of the perfect knight. From the instant she meets him, she knows her betrothed would make a frightful partner. Lucky for her, the handsome, intrepid Micheil Ramsay is part of the group that escorts her to her betrothed's home. He spirits her away and promises to save her from the ruinous marriage by helping her find the knight of her dreams. Too infatuated with all women to select one, Micheil Ramsay is determined never to settle down. But when he rescues Diana of Drummond and brings her to Edinburgh to snare a husband, he finds himself swayed by her beauty, her bossiness, and her bravery. This is exactly the sort of woman he would take to wife...if he had not already decided to remain a bachelor. Now he finds himself in the position of trying to help the object of his affection woo another man.As they embark on a rapid-fire quest to save Diana from her disastrous situation, Diana and Micheil find themselves battling their own hearts. Will they manage to overcome their preconceived notions and recognize the love that's right in front of them?

After each life cycle, Catherine returns to the heavens for a new assignment. This time, she'll be born in the Highlands of Scotland, and she's thrilled to learn she'll meet her soulmate. Circumstances will try to wrest them apart, but they must stand strong if they're to live a happy life. There's one drawback: Catherine won't remember anything once she's born...Catherine is married to Henry Merrill, an abusive Englishman who resents her for her failure to bear him sons. Their one daughter means nothing to him, and though the bairn is sickly, he refuses to send for a healer. Desperate, Catherine ventures into the Highlands alone-intent on saving her only daughter-only to find herself in a life-threatening situation mere hours after she leaves the castle.Revenge consumes Graeme MacGregor's every thought. Henry Merrill attacked his castle and slayed his parents and brother in front of him, and he's intent on paying the man back in kind. Finally, after years of training, he and his warriors are ready to mount their attack. But when he rides to Merrill land to conduct a final scouting mission, Graeme instead finds-and rescues-a beautiful lass facing sure death. The brave and feisty beauty reminds him that there's a life beyond revenge, but everything changes when he finds out she is Merrill's wife.

Life can be short and brutal in the Highlands, and Jamie Grant is determined to make the most of it. Filled with a longing he cannot put into words, he leaves his clan to help his cousins, who are on a mission for the Scottish Crown. Though he has not yet told his sire, the great Alexander Grant, he plans to become a spy for the Crown if all goes well. A life of action and adventure is exactly what he wants-or so he thinks. His thoughts keep turning toward home, and his uncle's beautiful adopted daughter, Gracie. Gracie is reputed to be the most comely lass in the Highlands, but she shuns the attention. Being useful to her adopted clan matters more to her than being beautiful. Her dream is to have a family of her own, but the only man her heart yearns for is Jamie Grant, who seems as desperate to leave the Grants as she is to stay. When a mysterious, commanding baron courts her, she's wrought with confusion-she doesn't wish to leave home, but to refuse him offhand would be a dangerous insult that could endanger the clan she loves. Jamie realizes that the life he wants has been in front of him all along, but has he waited too long?

The greatest heroes are soft-spoken.Gregor Ramsay has never seen himself as a hero, but when the lass he fancies falls into the clutches of the Channel of Dubh, he'll do anything he can to save her. Linet Baird will not be sold across the sea on his watch. Together with his cousin Connor, he follows Linet's trail to Edinburgh, where it's rumored they'll find one of the Channel of Dubh's final headquarters. There's only one problem: Linet claims she doesn't wish to be saved. Although Linet didn't ask to be kidnapped from Ramsay land, she's grateful it happened. The dark secret she left behind was destroying her. Even so, it quickly becomes apparent that her protector Sela has limited power to help her. Just like her, Sela is in the grips of a larger organization, one controlled by cruel, capricious men who lack any form of conscience. When Gregor Ramsay offers to save her, she's tempted to trust the lad she once fancied, but to do so, she will need to face the trauma of her past.Warning-It is medieval times, and while nothing happens on the written page, the history could be upsetting to some readers. Please remember that in my novels, good always triumphs over evil.

He vows to find her sister. She helps him find himself.The only son of Logan Ramsay, the man known to all as the Beast of the Highlands, Gavin Ramsay feels a powerful need to prove himself. His sire thinks he's incapable of leading a mission on his own, but when a young lass goes missing from the clan, Gavin vows to find her. His time has come-if he can avoid being distracted by the missing girl's sister, Merewen, a sweet yet fierce beauty whose stunning talent with the bow rivals even that of his mother.Merewen Baird will do anything to save her sister. She's long admired Gavin, and when he agrees to search for Linet with her, she sets off on a journey with him and several of his cousins. Their search brings them to Inverness, a burgh by the sea, where they discover an underground the likes of which the Ramsay and Grant cousins have never seen. Lasses and lads fight for coin, and there are whispers of a coming shipment of illegal, human, merchandise. To save Linet and the other lasses and lads, Merewen and Gavin must risk all-including the promise of a future with each other.

Sorcha Ramsay is as willful as she is beautiful, and she has mastered the art of convincing others to do her bidding. She coerces a few guards to bring her on a hunting trip, but when an unidentified archer targets them, Sorcha is restricted to the castle grounds. Worse, she's assigned a lout of a guardian-Cailean, the maddeningly handsome guard who saved her from the archer-until her sire returns from a visit to the Grants. How can she show her sire, the infamous Logan Ramsay, she's grown up if she's not allowed her freedom?Though he intends never to marry, Cailean finds himself captivated by Sorcha's beauty and brash charm. He's determined to keep her safe from the archer, whether she wants him to or not. Then Sorcha's sire returns with news that has the potential to ignite the Highlands: Laird Alexander Grant has been badly injured. Trouble is brewing, and the archer, who may or may not be connected to a larger plot against the Ramsays and the Grants, continues to target Sorcha. As the danger mounts and Cailean and Sorcha are brought together again and again, their heated attraction becomes a deeper connection. But can Cailean convince Logan, the most fearsome man in the Highlands, that he is a worthy match for his firstborn daughter

A warm contemporary romance.When Caitlyn McCabe leaves her cheating husband, she has nowhere to call home. But chance, circumstance, and a touch of magic bring her to Summerhill, a small town in western New York. There she meets Ryan Ramsay, a handsome army vet who returned from Iraq with physical and emotional wounds. The connection she feels with him is instant, encouraging her to believe once more in the possibility of love. But while Caitlyn's fresh start has all the makings of a wonderful new beginning, an unknown enemy starts harassing her, threatening not just her happiness, but her very existence. In many ways, Ryan Ramsay has a full life-his job on the police force gives him meaning and he loves his large, boisterous Scottish-American family. But his experiences in the war left an indelible mark on him, and he believes he will never meet a woman who can accept him, scars and all. With Caitlyn McCabe, he dares to hope otherwise. There's no pity in her eyes when she looks at him, and her loving heart promises to help heal his own. So when a threat to her life arises, he is desperate to do everything in his power to protect her. Can Caitlyn and Ryan find happiness and healing together in Summerhill, or will the danger looming over Caitlyn destroy them both?

A lass who cannot speak. A warrior who cannot fight. Can they restore peace to each other?Rose MacDole cannot speak, and her mother ensures the world sees her as a deaf, daft girl incapable of communication. Completely under the cruel woman's control, her only escape is to roam the cliffs outside of her castle, looking down at the turbulent, seething water and dreaming of a different life. But when a handsome Highlander visits their castle, he sets off a series of events that will free Rose from her mother's cage-and propel her into a different sort of danger. Roddy Grant has a secret. A warrior in a clan renowned for its prowess on the battlefield, he struggles with a profound fear of death. Grappling with this fear that threatens to unman him, Roddy nonetheless continues to work with the Band of Cousins, trying to eliminate an evil network that trades in human lives. On a scouting mission for the group, he finds himself at a secluded castle on the coast, where he meets a bonny lass who cannot speak. Rose steals a piece of Roddy's soul, and when he discovers she may be entangled with the very network he and his cousins seek to destroy, he will do anything to save her-even face his worst fear.A dark tale with a happy ending, plus the Best Epilogue Ever for fans of Alex Grant.

Avelina Ramsay despairs that she will never fall in love. Though every lad she meets is entranced by her comeliness, shyness prevents her from speaking with them. Part of what silences her is the fear that beauty is all she has to offer. She longs for something more, for a deeper calling and sense of purpose, for a stronger connection with a lad. Desperate for help, Lina leaves home to stay with Jennie Cameron, her closest childhood friend. There, at the Cameron keep, Lina will meet the Highlander of her dreams and discover that her destiny is much richer than she ever could have dreamed. As soon as he encounters Avelina Ramsay, Drew Menzie feels an overwhelming need to protect her. Never before has he met a lass who is at once so comely, so kind, and so strong. For reasons he keeps to himself, Drew does not wish to settle down and take a wife, but he cannot deny that Lina calls to him like no other lass. So when a neighboring clan threatens her, he steps forward to act as her protector. Little does he know that protecting Lina will prove a complicated task, for she has newly discovered otherworldly abilities that both set her apart and make her a target. Lina and Drew have the potential for a blissful, harmonious future, but conflict is about to shake the Highlands-and Lina is fated to play a pivotal part in the outcome.