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The Highlander's Accidental Bride: A Scottish Medieval Romance (The Highlander's Bride series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Cathy MacRae (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 out of 5 stars 1,363 ratings

He married the woman the king commanded to end the feud--or did he?

Scotland. 1375 A.D. A generations-long feud rages between the Scott and Barde clans. Weary of the strife along his border, King Robert II decrees a marriage between Laird Eaden Scott and Lord Barde’s daughter, Miriam. But when marriage negotiations fail, Eaden takes matters into his own hands and kidnaps his bride.

Mary Marsh only wanted to help her friend. Sleeping in Miriam’s bed whilst she slipped away for the evening had seemed simple enough—until a stranger enters the chamber in the dead of night, and a misstep lands Mary with more than a bump on her head and a temporary loss of memory.

With no recourse for their accidental marriage, the hardheaded laird and shy lady’s companion must either live in strife or find common ground. Will Eaden be able to convince Mary of his growing love? Or will she find the ghosts of his past too much to bear?

If you enjoy enemies to lovers romance mixed with an arranged marriage and a plot full of twists and turns, you’ll love this second chance romance between a rugged, stubborn Scot and a young woman determined to create something worthwhile out of a doomed marriage.

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Thank you for your interest in Eaden and Mary's story! Please note this is a NEW COVER! This is a 2nd Edition with updated content, and not a new book. ~ Cathy

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The Highlander's Bride series:The Highlander's Accidental Bride (book 1) Mary & EadenThe Highlander's Reluctant Bride (book 2) Caitriona & RanaldThe Highlander's Tempestuous Bride (book 3) Gilda & RyanThe Highlander's Outlaw Bride (book 4) Brianna & ConnorThe Highlander's French Bride (book 5) Melisande & Kinnon

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06XD8RXDM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Short Dog Press
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 1, 2017
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 2nd
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.9 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 357 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 1 of 5 ‏ : ‎ The Highlander's Bride series
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Cathy MacRae

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Cathy MacRae is the award-winning, best-selling author of Scottish historical romance novels. Her books are regular RONE award nominees and winners, and are known for their strong heroines and deeply researched story lines.

Writing with long-time partner DD MacRae, their Hardy Heroines series has fascinated readers and earned glowing critical reviews. A series linked by their strong women set against pivotal times in Scotland’s history, it has garnered its fair share of awards and nominations.

Cathy and her husband currently live in central Wisconsin where they read, write, and tend the garden—with the help of their dogs, of course. You can find her at art fairs, Scottish festivals, and playing with the grandkids.

Join Cathy on Facebook at cathy macrae author, and visit her website for up-to-date news about her books and blog at https://www.cathymacraeauthor.com. There’s a link to sign up for her newsletter there, as well.

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Customers enjoy the book's storyline with its great twists and turns, and find it fast-paced and easy to read. They appreciate the well-developed characters and writing style. The plot receives mixed reactions, with one customer finding it slightly predictable.

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57 customers mention "Readability"53 positive4 negative

Customers find the book enjoyable and delightful, with one mentioning it kept them entertained from start to finish.

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"I give this book a 3 1/2 stars. It was a good book, but it felt like something was missing. It certainly is tame in the bedroom...." Read more

23 customers mention "Character development"20 positive3 negative

Customers appreciate the well-developed characters in the book, noting their strong personalities, with one customer specifically mentioning the depth of Eaden's character.

"...I loved the characters and the way they reached their happiness. Cathy MacRae's story reminded me of all the reasons why I love Scotland...." Read more

"I really enjoyed this book. A talented author, and great story and characters. Loves the highlander men, and their strong personalities." Read more

"An action-filled read with hard-won love. Wonderful characters and a strong female lead. Love the use of a dog in the story." Read more

"...I loved both main characters, and the brother. He had some of the best lines. The bad: no epilogue...." Read more

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"...There is no real details of the scene and so you can’t just say he rapped her because there is no real detail that there was a rape...." Read more

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  • Vera Hall
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Bonnie romp
    Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2025
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    An action-filled read with hard-won love. Wonderful characters and a strong female lead. Love the use of a dog in the story.
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  • Roslynn
    4.0 out of 5 stars review of the highlander's accidental bride
    Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2014
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    I was a little curious when purchasing this book from Ms. Cathy MacRae why there were quite a few negative reviews. So in actuality this prompted me to buy the book just to see what upset everyone. I will say that the story was fairly interesting. There was a sort of caveman mentality to the hero Eaden and just by the fact that he knocked a woman or she was hit with something in the head senseless for marriage and ownership. In fact throughout the book this behavior was glaringly obvious in Eaden which irritated me a little that I was just waiting for him to hit his chest and say me man you woman lay down I desire you and now want to have sex with you. With Eaden since he had this type of mentality why not just go with this and write it in that style as opposed to placing it in 1375 the Scottish highlands. To me it would have made more sense for it to be written in the Paleolithic time since the hero portrayed most of the appropriate characteristics of a caveman. In reading the book I never really figure out how Mary gets hit so hard in the head that she suffers from a mild concussion and some type of temporary amnesia from who knows what whether Eaden hits her in the head with a weapon maybe a club or did she hit her head so hard to cause her to forget who she was and what her name is. Really Ms. MacRae never states what exactly happened to cause the concussion and temporary amnesia which I would have liked to know what caused this in that case. Plus, coupled with the fear and being forced to sign and agree to an unwanted marriage and consummating it could also just make Mary comply with whatever they wanted her to do just to save her life which I guess she felt like she had no choice so I can understand that to some degree still the whole situation seemed quite shady and just didn't really make much sense to me at all. Plus, there is a little too much violence going way beyond BDSM in a marriage for my taste and usually BDSM is totally completely consensual which some of this really went a little beyond the border of that. I couldn't really understand why Mary would want a guy like that? First of all Eaden doesn't believe her when she attempts to tell him who she is. He also doesn't seem to respect, fight or even care for her in the least. I really was hoping Mary would have ended up with someone like Ranald or even Ranald who seemed honorable, chivalrous, and respectful plus he really cared for her too. In actuality I was really rooting for Ranald and I really liked his character more than Eaden's I really wished that he could have ended up with Mary as opposed to Eaden. Another thing is I never figured out how to say Eaden name throughout the book I was pronouncing it as Eden which really seemed a little to feminine for a strong warrior male type character but then again there are a few guys named Marion, Leslie and Sasha rare as it may seem to me so I guess it is okay then. Ranald is just a strong male sounding name especially for a warrior and a clan chief.
    The arrogant, brash good-looking warrior highlander hero Eaden abducts the beautiful innocent heroine Mary from the enemy; but due to unfortunate circumstances and mistaken identity Eaden kidnaps Mary believing that she is the lady Miriam Barde and the king has decreed that he must marry her to keep his land, titles and wealth. Eventually Mary falls in love with Eaden and he with her which is really hard to believe and why I really don't know why these two fall in love anyway.
    This actually sounds like I didn't really like the book which I didn't mind reading the story. I did finish the book so it wasn't that bad as some people made it out to be. I still rated it at four stars despite all the issues I seemed to have with it. I think I should have attempted to read another book of Ms. MacRae and will try another one of her books before I misjudge all of her books and her writing style from just this book alone.
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  • Col D
    5.0 out of 5 stars Eaden and Mairi
    Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2025
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    Just a lovely story. This is the first book I’ve read by Ms. MacRae. I will b reading a lot more of them now.
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  • lugal78
    5.0 out of 5 stars lovely read!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2025
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    It was a lovely read from beginning to end. The twist was surprising and had me tearing at times! Can’t wait to read the next story!
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  • feehan5
    3.0 out of 5 stars I really liked this.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2014
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    The good: This was a substantial story that really drew me in. I got so caught up in it that I missed my favorite tv show. I loved both main characters, and the brother. He had some of the best lines.

    The bad: no epilogue. I like a story with a concrete ending and a peek at the future. This just ended. I didn't really understand the daughter, I think she needed a bit more work.

    Overall: It was well written and interesting. I see some reviews talk about the violence in the beginning, it happens off page before the story starts. In that time period, it was not all that hard to see happening. She was injured when he kidnapped his bride. He didn't punch her, she hit her head somehow, it isn't really explained. Today it's unthinkable, but in the book setting, it was something that could happen. I dislike books where the hero mistreated his bride, that wasn't the situation in this book, so it worked for me. I would read this author again, and will look for the brother's story.
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  • laurie Garrison
    4.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable story
    Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2014
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    3 1/2
    If you look on both Goodreads and Amazon you will find totally different reviews with mixed feeling for this book. I myself enjoyed it.

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    The mixed feeling is at the start of the book where the heroine wakes up with the loss of memory and is forced to marry a Laird.

    Some reader says that he was the one who hit her over the head and rapped her on their wedding night. I myself read this book and didn’t find anywhere where he claims hit her. He says it was unintentional accident but it never says what truly happened. As for the rape again I don’t know what they read but I didn’t take it that way. Of course, she doesn't know him and she is scared because of her memory lost but the Laird is zealous and he makes a bit of a mess out of it to save his people and land and as you're reading about him he really doesn't seem to know how to really treat a lady but he does learn as time goes by. She never told him no, she just said be done with it. There is no real details of the scene and so you can’t just say he rapped her because there is no real detail that there was a rape.

    Now, I know some people are touchy about this stuff, so if you are, you might want to stay clear of this book, but if you’re not then go for it. I myself loved how things turned for these two and how they were able to find love with everything going against them and to be that is romance finding love against all odds.
    Spoiler stop.

    I really enjoyed the story being told by Cathy but the publisher needs better editors. With a good editor they can really execute their stories and this is why my rating is lower.

    I recommend this book to the readers that likes more of a bodice ripper novels style book.
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  • DCook
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wrong bride
    Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2025
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    This is a great story with strong characters. The wrong bride turns out to be the right one after all.
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  • Melissa Bingham
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good Story with Romance and Intrigue
    Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2024
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    The story was interesting and had lots of twists and turns. The writing was very good. The main characters held all of the characteristics you want from loyalty, fierce love and respect. Looking forward to the next book in the series!
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  • Nicakindle
    5.0 out of 5 stars The accidental surprise
    Reviewed in Australia on September 9, 2024
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    Lovely mix of history, passion, and the highlands of Scotland. A realistic take on life and live in the dark ages
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  • Anne Quinn
    5.0 out of 5 stars Another great story
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 7, 2015
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    Well written only took 2days to read lovely enjoyable read, can't wait to start the next one book 2 regards Anne
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  • Familienmanagerin
    3.0 out of 5 stars nicht schlecht, aber teilweise unlogisch
    Reviewed in Germany on May 3, 2014
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    ok, die Geschichte ist annehmbar. Die falsche Braut wird geraubt und verschleppt und geheiratet. In der Hochzeitsnacht wird dann die Ehe vollzogen, aber ohne Einverständnis der Braut. Nach dieser Tat entwickelt die Hauptakteurin trotzdem eine Beziehung und Gefühle für ihren Mann, was an sich ja schon recht unervständlich ist.

    Deswegen nur 3 Sterne, denn das ist doch argkonstruiert, auch wenn der Rest ganz gut gemacht ist mit den diversen Geheimnissen und Intrigen ;-)
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  • Annabel
    5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging story
    Reviewed in Canada on January 6, 2025
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    This was an enjoyable and interesting read. I loved the main characters as they were easy to identify with and support. The supporting characters were also well described.
    From the writing it was easy to see the people, the lands and castle life and it added to a feeling of being submersed in this time period. It was like slipping into the highland world for this romantic mystery. The linguistic phrasing was more modern, making the reading of it clear, but the essence of a Highland burr remained for context.
    It is so nice to read a well edited book with clear timelines and spelling.
    (Sad that such a comment is needed, but too many authors in the romance genre don’t seem to care, this one did.)
    I recommend this book, and author, it was a most enjoyable and engaging read. I will read more in this series.
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  • L.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Kept you reading
    Reviewed in Canada on January 7, 2023
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    Love the way the writer keeps you wanting to read one more chapter
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