My Christmas Highlander — Fiona Grant

There's something very special about Christmas in the Highlands—especially when three firm friends seek true love for Christmas! These three novellas by Fiona Grant tell the stories of Bridget, Myra and Eimhir. BRIDGET is a dreamer who hopes against hope that the man she imagines riding to her across the moors really will appearMYRA is shy and more interested in reading scrolls and forming letters than finding a suitor — until a family tragedy brings someone unexpected into her life.EIMHIR dreams of being wild and free, and rails against fate that made her a female who is fated to a marriage arranged by her father. Then, on her last afternoon of freedom, she meets a man who wants her just as she is… but is it all too late? A Highland Christmas Dream (Bridget's Story)Bridget Rose is used to being teased by her friends Myra and Eimhir about being a dreamer, waiting for her brave knight - but Bridget knows that the right man is out there somewhere!What she isn't expecting is to see him in the courtyard of Chieftain Urqhart's castle when they all congregate there for Christmastide in the Highlands. Why is it that she feels she knows him?Her friends are shocked by her uncharacteristic behaviour, but Bridget is determined to get to know the handsome, smiling Alec Stewart. She throws herself into the fun of the season, but her heart is in her mouth: is this real?Will Alec feel the same way about her as she does about him? A Highland Christmas Gift (Myra's Story)Myra Munro is devastated beyond words when her twin, Jaime, is killed in the service of the King.Her parents, strong in their grief, urge her to do honour to her brother's memory and nurse his best friend Ewan back to health.Ewan has not only lost his best friend but needs time and space while recovering from his injuries. Suffering himself, he understands that Myra is numbed with grief, but in the long road back to health, Jaime's twin Myra is the one bright light in his world. He cannot deny his feelings for her.But Ewan has a secret: a sacred trust. While dying on the battlefield, Jaime gave Ewan a Christmas gift he has been carrying with him to give to his beloved twin sister. But before Ewan can find the right time to speak with her about it, they find themselves in mortal danger… A Highland Christmas Wish (Eimhir's Story)Eimhir Mackenzie has never been a biddable lass.Her mother thinks of her as a wild thing, and is pleased that she will be finally off her hands and wed to a future Chieftain, Angus Gordon - but Eimhir has a secret.When she slips away from the castle for a few hours of freedom before agreeing to accept Angus Gordon as her husband, she meets a man who promises her the kind of life she has dreamed of: adventure, excitement, and freedom.Liall Gunn is a free spirit, a seaman who has decided that his future lies with the same tumultuous seas that have always beckoned to Eimhir. He makes her a promise: that he will be back by Christmastide to claim her as his. But life moves on, and her father has promised her to Angus Gordon.If Liall cannot make it back by Christmastide, Eimhir's dreams of freedom and love will come to naught...