Rescued by a Highlander
Keira Montclair · Clan Grant #1
A fierce Highland laird rescues a brutalized woman — and vows to destroy every demon haunting her.
Description
An abused woman. A fierce Highlander. Is he strong enough to battle the demons threatening to destroy her? Madeline MacDonald has been a victim of her stepbrother’s cruelty ever since her parents’ death in a fire two years ago. Forced into a betrothal to a man she hates, her only way out is to escape to a convent. Laird Alexander Grant is honor bound to rescue Maddie after seeing the bruises on her face. What he doesn’t realize is that once he holds the beaten lass in his arms, his heart will never be the same. He vows revenge for the abuse she was forced to endure and yearns to make the sweet woman with an iron will his, but can he help her fight the demons in her mind left behind by her abusers’ horrid treatment? **WARNING** Mature content- Contains references to abuse and a previous rape that may be disturbing for some readers. This is a stand-alone novel with no cliffhangers. RESCUED BY A HIGHLANDER is the first in The Clan Grant series of eight novels.
Clan Grant series
Books like this
Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen
A Depression-era circus, a married equestrian star, and the young vet who falls for her against all odds.
7 tropes in common
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)
Nicholas Sparks · The Notebook #1
A decade apart couldn't kill their love — but her upcoming wedding just might.
6 tropes in common
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
A witty, prejudiced gentleman and a proud heroine clash — and slowly fall in love — in Regency England.
4 tropes in common
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
Patroclus narrates his epic, doomed love for Achilles from boyhood to the walls of Troy.
3 tropes in common
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen · Jane Austen: Marvel Adaptations
Two sisters — one all sense, one all feeling — navigate love, loss, and society's cruel rules in Regency England.
4 tropes in common
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Diana Gabaldon · Outlander #1
A 1940s nurse slips through a standing stone into 1743 Scotland — and into the arms of a Highland warrior.
8 tropes in common
Gone with the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
Scarlett O'Hara pursues the wrong man across a burning South while the right one watches her with a smile.
5 tropes in common
Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Two magnetic rock stars. One legendary band. The explosive love story the world was never supposed to know.
5 tropes in common
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid
A reclusive Hollywood icon finally tells the truth — including the one great love she could never make public.
2 tropes in common
The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern
Two rival magicians are bound to compete in a deadly game — and fall in love inside a dreamlike night circus.
3 tropes in common
Redeeming Love
Francine Rivers
A God-fearing man marries a broken prostitute and loves her unconditionally — even as she keeps running away.
9 tropes in common
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
Two young lovers in Verona defy their warring families — and pay the ultimate price.
3 tropes in common
A Viking For The Viscountess
Michelle Willingham · A Most Peculiar Season #1
A Viking warrior time-travels 1,000 years to rescue a desperate viscountess — but his time is almost up.
10 tropes in common
Persuasion
Jane Austen
Eight years after being talked out of marrying him, Anne gets a second chance — if pride doesn't ruin it.
4 tropes in common
Always to Remember
Lorraine Heath
A man branded a traitor finds unexpected acceptance from the woman who hires him to honour the soldiers he refused to fi
8 tropes in common
The Scotsman Who Saved Me
Hannah Howell · Seven Brides for Seven Scotsmen #1
A proud Scotsman rescues a highborn Englishwoman in the wild Ozarks — but old-world prejudice dies hard.
10 tropes in common
Dreams of a Highlander
Katy Baker · Arch Through Time #1
A modern vet walks through a Scottish archway and lands in a 16th-century clan war — and a warrior's arms.
10 tropes in common
Atmosphere: A Love Story
Taylor Jenkins Reid
A reserved physicist joins NASA in 1980 and finds the stars — and an unexpected love — among the astronaut corps.
4 tropes in common
The Highlander's Bride
Michele Sinclair · McTiernay Brothers #1
A Scottish laird who swore off marriage finds an English fugitive in his forest — and his heart.
10 tropes in common
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez
After 51 years of waiting, a man finally tells the widow he never stopped loving her.
4 tropes in common