The Guardian (Return of the Highlanders #1)
Margaret Mallory
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
3.84
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 42 ratings · 354 pages · Published: 24 Jun 2013

After years of fighting abroad, Ian MacDonald comes home to find his clan in peril. To save his kin, he must right the wrongs from his past...and claim the bride he's long resisted.
As a young lass, Sìleas depended on Ian to play her knight in shining armor. But when his rescue attempt compromised her virtue, Ian was forced to marry against his wishes. Five years later, Sìleas has grown from an awkward girl into an independent beauty who knows she deserves better than the reluctant husband who preferred war to his wife. Now this devilishly handsome Highlander is finally falling in love. He wants a second chance with Sìleas—and he won't take no for an answer.
Tagged as:
- virgin heroine 11
- arranged/forced marriage 10
- alpha male 10
- highlander hero 10
- historical 9
- friends to lovers 9
- marriage of convenience 9
- medieval 8
- second chances 5
- war 2
- take-charge heroine 2
- cruel hero/bully 2
- third person pov 2
- fighter hero 2
- grumpy/cold hero 2
- possessive hero 2
- independent heroine 2
- paranormal 1
- magic 1
- witches 1
- m-f romance 1
- love triangle 1
- cheating 1
- good grovel 1
- somnophilia 1
- abduction 1
- military 1
- disabilities & scars 1
- shy heroine 1
- competent heroine 1
- curvy heroine 1
- aristo/royal heroine 1
- bad boys 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- rape 2
- abuse 1
- past child abuse 1
- geography
- scotland 2
- united kingdom 2
- europe 2
- british isles 2
- france 1
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The 'Return of the Highlanders' series
148 ratings 4.10 ·
historical · europe · united-kingdom · scotland · medieval · highlander · british-isles · alpha male · strong heroine · possessive hero · m-f · military · explicit-open-door · magic · love triangle · arranged marriage · aristocratic heroine · abduction · witches · dual-pov
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