Historical Scottish Romance Mysteries

Katie Price is baffled when a man claiming to be her grandfather leaves her his entire estate in the Scottish Highlands. The bulk of the estate consists of a thriving whisky distillery and a moldering castle. The will stipulates that Katie must travel to Scotland and claim her inheritance in person. There, she uncovers the secret that led to her mother’s birth, and begins to unravel a 250-year-old mystery surrounding the beautiful young wife of the last laird of Clan McBride. As Katie begins to unearth the clues to Isobel’s fate, she embarks on a romantic journey of her own.

“You offered marriage to protect me, Your Grace… but who will protect me from you?” Moments from scandal and stripped of her inheritance, Lady Charity's future is hanging by a thread. Until a brooding, unreadable duke interrupts a ball and declares her his wife. With Highland blood in his veins and a past built on secrets, Eammon Wexley never meant to marry. But claiming Charity shields the one truth he’s sworn no one can ever know… It is meant to be convenient. Temporary. Without feelings. But the longer she lingers within the walls of Leith Hall, the more he starts to lose ...

She vanished on the eve of their wedding. Now she’s returned, but remembers nothing—not even his name. Laird Struan MacInnes never stopped searching for Isla, the fierce and compassionate woman he loved more than life. When she’s found half-drowned on the rocky shores below Dun Lirra Keep, battered and without memory, Struan dares to believe the impossible—his bride has come back. But the woman who once pledged her heart to him no longer remembers their love... or the betrayal that tore them apart. Haunted by glimpses of a past she can’t grasp, Isla clings to the fragments—...

New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong returns to Victorian Scotland in the latest in the genre-blending Rip Through Time series. Modern-day homicide detective Mallory Mitchell has grown accustomed to life in Victorian Scotland after travelling 150 years into the past into the body...

On the coldest winter of her life, Hazel Drummond went north to Dunvray — and did not come back. November 1908. Orphaned and alone in London, twenty-five-year-old Hazel Drummond accepts a position as companion to the widowed Lady Catriona MacAlpine at a remote castle on the northern coast of Scotland. The castle is beautiful and falling slowly to ruin. Its mistress is kind and half-lost in grief. And above the grand staircase hangs a portrait of a red-haired young woman with a single lamp kept burning beneath it — a woman named Ellen, who vanished from this house ten years ago and has ...

Death at a Highland Wedding is the fourth installment in New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong's gripping Rip Through Time Novels. After slipping 150 years into the past, modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson has embraced her new life in Victorian Scotland as housemaid...

Helena Somerset never expected to inherit a castle—let alone uncover a Highland warrior, forbidden magic, and a romance that spans centuries. Bound by the Highland Secret is a sweeping time travel romance of ancient vows, haunting secrets, and love powerful enough to defy fate and rewrite destiny itself.

In The Highlander’s Oath, Laird Malcolm MacPherson must protect his clan—and the fiery Ailsa MacLeod, whose secrets could upend everything. Bound by duty but drawn by love, Malcolm and Ailsa face betrayal, a mysterious enemy, and a deepening connection neither can deny. As danger rises, so do their hearts. Set against the wild Scottish Highlands, this sweeping romance blends loyalty, passion, and suspense in a story where honor is tested—and love may be the greatest risk of all.

A passionate enemies-to-lovers tale rife with haunting intrigue and unholy secrets. Determined to save his wolf from a trap and confront his enemy, Ethyn Maclomain travels to the twenty-first century only to find the unexpected. He was the one lured into a trap. Now his destiny is inexplicably tied to another. His soul not entirely his own. Will Ethyn and his destined Broun be able to break the spell that both binds them together yet keeps them apart? The price they paid for forbidden love long ago? Or will the curse that's held them hostage for centuries mark the beginning of a dark end? ...

In Forbidden Love in the Highlands, Astrid Eiriksdottir, a healer with a dangerous past, saves the life of Highland chieftain Callum MacKinnon; igniting a bond neither expected. As enemies threaten his clan, Astrid’s secrets could unravel everything. But working together to expose a poisoning plot forces them to confront passion, betrayal, and trust. Set in the wild beauty of rugged Scotland, this sweeping romance blends danger, desire, and redemption in a love story as fierce as the Highlands.

Will a noble warrior find solace in the arms of the lass he's loved since the beginning? Or is his soul already damned and the fate of Scotland doomed? Find out in A Scot's Retribution, the steamy edge-of-your-seat epic conclusion of the entire MacLomain Series. So far, four couples have ignited the power of the Claddagh ring in an ongoing battle against evil. As each tale unravels, the MacLomains and their kin learn more about why they were targeted and what it will take to stop the enemy. Now, despite the odds stacked against them, Laird Marek MacLeod and his Broun lass come together to ...

In The Highlander’s Lost Love, archaeologist Fiona Hayes is thrust back in time to medieval Scotland after uncovering a mystical amulet. There, she meets Callum MacGregor, a Highland laird fighting to protect his clan and resisting the pull of a love that defies centuries. As danger rises and destiny tightens its grip, their bond is tested by prophecy, betrayal, and sacrifice. In a world divided by time, can love rewrite history? Or will it be lost to legend?

Lord William Morton is the laughing stock of London. Ashamed of his behaviour he hides away in his country seat, determined to become a sensible gentleman, no longer caught up by whichever eligible young lady catches his eye. The only problem? A beautiful tenant named Julia who is living in his gatehouse. William knows that he should have very little to do with his tenants but he simply cannot get her out of his mind. The more time he spends, the more he wants to know her despite their difference in status. A sudden accident leads to a whole new life for Julia, who is loathe to tell him ...

Nothing unusual had ever happened to her. Her life was ordinary and predictable until that day. Now, she has a secret, a secret both terrifying and compelling. “…the storyline is brilliant, and the characters are strong, fearless, caring, and vibrant…”-Amazon review “…a love story like no other: life in contemporary Britain meets life in the prehistoric Bronze Age, and what evolves is an amazing, timeless love connection…”-Amazon review “…a great love story along with a journey through the past interwoven with the present day…”-Amazon review “…I flew through this...

In The Highlander’s Song, Irish harper Siobhan O’Brien carries coded messages hidden in her music—secrets that could save her father or spark war. At Castle MacLeod, her mission collides with Alasdair MacLeod, a duty-bound Highlander torn between suspicion and desire. As danger mounts, so does their forbidden bond. With betrayal closing in, Siobhan and Alasdair must choose between loyalty and love in a world where every melody hides a secret—and every heart carries a risk.

In The Highlander’s Crown, reclusive blacksmith Callum MacPherson wants peace—until Lady Aileas Fraser crashes into his Highland solitude, pursued by enemies and carrying secrets that could ignite a clan war. As they search for the legendary Crown of Alba, danger, betrayal, and forbidden love threaten to tear them apart. With rival clans closing in and their bond deepening, Callum and Aileas must choose between loyalty and love—or risk losing everything in the battle for the Highlands.

Edinburgh, Scotland. March 1832. Kiera and Gage have been eagerly awaiting their bundle of joy but trouble has been brewing in the form of the roguish criminal Bonnie Brock Kincaid. A new book and subsequent play features some of Kincaid's daringly heinous exploits, although he swears he had nothing to do with it or the characters which are obvious representations of Kiera and Gage. A rash of crimes break out across the city, seemingly inspired by the play and book. Then the publisher is found brutally murdered.

Can true love happen twice? The last thing Chloe expects when she travels to New Hampshire is to end up with a mysterious Claddagh ring and a fated romance. If that isn't enough, she's been thrown into a love triangle and meant to help a medieval country in peril. Torn between the deceased lass he still loves and the modern-day woman destined for him, Laird Aidan Hamilton sets out with Chloe to protect King David II from Edward Balliol and his disenfranchised nobles, the 'disinherited.' A quest that ultimately means facing off with the dark brotherhood with which they are aligned. Thrust on...

In The Highlander’s Wolf Bride, Highland laird Alastair MacGregor is sworn to protect his clan—but his heart falters when he meets Rhona Cameron, a healer with a dangerous wolf-shifter legacy. Drawn together by magic, prophecy, and forbidden desire, they must navigate a world where clan loyalty clashes with ancient secrets. As danger rises and love deepens, Alastair and Rhona must decide if their bond can survive betrayal, tradition, and the dark forces threatening the Highlands.

Men would kill for this treasure. The McKenzie women will guard it with their lives. London, 1837. When 25-year-old Araminta McKenzie-Moore is summoned from Richmond to her great aunt's deathbed in Edinburgh, it's the first time she's met her extended family. The McKenzie women, however, have...