A Very Highland Christmas — Kathryn Le Veque

Ashley... Crosby... Le Veque... Knight... Burke... Byrne...It's an enchanting holiday season in the Highlands with some of your favorite Historical Romance authors!It's the holiday season of 1746 and the highlands are snowy. In the village of Calvine, north of Tay Forest along a road that leads straight into Inverness, and the only tavern in town is packed to the rafters with travelers. Eight months after the disastrous defeat at Culloden, the people haven't recovered, nor has the land, and it's a bad winter. But inside the tavern known as Balthazar's Inn, the magic of the holidays is about to happen. A blustery innkeeper, his sensitive daughter, and a cast of characters passing through the careworn, ancient tavern will bring you six captivating stories of reflection, joy, and enthrallment that is the very spirit of the holiday season.Welcome to an enchanted Highland Holiday collection you won't soon forget!The Earl in Winter by Kathryn Le Veque - When James de Lohr heads into the wilds of Scotland to discover what happened to his brother at the Battle of Culloden, his stay at Bathazar's Tavern has an unexpected twist. On a night when angels walk the earth, James comes face to face with his own guardian angel.Fiona and the Three Wise Highlanders by Jennifer Ashley - Fiona McDonald is overjoyed to see Stuart Cameron alive and well after his imprisonment by the English, but her worries are not over. Stuart Cameron owes his safety to a pair of smugglers who have come to collect on their debt, and Stuart will need her help to win himself free.One Knight's Stand by Tanya Anne Crosby - Bound for a marriage she hopes will save her cousin from the gibbet, Lady Elizabeth Louise Wolfe finds herself en route to Scotland to marry the younger son of a known traitor to the Crown. Fate intervenes when, on the way, she checks into an inn and registers as the MacKinnon's bride. Presumed dead at Culloden, Callum MacKinnon, stops by the inn as well, intending to clean up before his return as the prodigal son. Imagine his surprise to discover his bride to be has already procured a room. And more—the feisty sassenach everything he never realized he desired.The Earl of Christmas Past by Kerrigan Bryne - A solstice blizzard drives Victorian photographer, Vanessa Latimer, to a crowded Highland Inn where the only available room is haunted by the ghost of a fallen warrior unwilling to give up his side of the bed.The Legend of a Rogue by Darcy Burke - When Tavish Crawford learns treasure hunter Elspeth Marshall is on the trail of his family's missing legacy, he swears to prevent her at any cost. As nefarious forces threaten them both, he realizes he must not only protect the mystical sword, but the woman who has stolen his heart.The Highlander Who Nearly Stole Christmas by Eliza Knight - For eight months, Thane Menzies has patiently waited to enact his revenge against the Campbells and finally he can't resist the opportunity that's presented itself: stealing their most precious treasure for his own—Lady Sarah.