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1) Kidnapped
Author
Language
English
Description
Orphaned and penniless, David Balfour sets out to find his last living relative, miserly and reclusive Uncle Ebenezer. But Ebenezer is far from welcoming, and David narrowly escapes being murdered before he is kidnapped and imprisoned on a ship bound for the Carolinas. When the ship is wrecked, David, along with the fiery rebel Alan Breck, makes his way back across the treacherous Highland terrain on a quest for justice. Through his powerful depiction...
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Series
Shadows of Brierley volume 1
Publisher
Covenant
Language
English
Description
After hearing a Mormon preacher in the streets of London and buying a Book of Mormon, the prodigal wanderer Ian MacBrier begins the long journey home to his beloved Brierley and to the woman whose heart he hopes to win. Set in the Highlands of 19th century Scotland.
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Series
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Aileana Kameron, faery huntress, has been resurrected by ancient magic and given the dark powers of the Cailleach in an attempt to break the curse that pits the two factions of the Fae against each other in a war that could destroy both the Fae and the human world--but as she gathers her allies for the final battle, her new powers are slowly destroying her.--Adapted from dust jacket.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Aileana Kameron is the Falconer, born to hunt and slay the faeries who prey on mankind--but now, in 1847, the great battle is past, Edinburgh lies in ruins, and Aileana is a prisoner of the Fae prince Lonnrach, whose sister murdered her mother, and somehow she must find a way to escape, before he can steal her memories.
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Language
English
Description
"A vivid reimagining of the woman who inspired Hester Prynne, the tragic heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, and a journey into the enduring legacy of New England's witchcraft trials. Who is the real Hester Prynne? Isobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotland in the early 1800s with her husband, Edward. An apothecary who has fallen under the spell of opium, his pile of debts...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In 1844 Edinburgh eighteen-year-old Lady Aileana Kameron is neither an ordinary debutante, nor a murderess--she is a Falconer, a female warrior born with the gift for hunting and killing the faeries who prey on mankind and who killed her mother.
Author
Publisher
Covenant
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
From the dark, dangerous, and deadly pits of the Scottish coal mines, to the crowded and bustling streets of Edinburgh, to the perilous voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, to the long and arduous trek across the plains to a "promised land," this is the triumphant story of the Hogge and Kenny families and their faith and determination to join the Scottish Saints in Zion.
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Series
Upon the isles of the sea volume 1
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Language
English
Description
Driven by the dream of creating a new life in the South Sea colonies, a small group of immigrants (among them several recent converts to the Mormon Church) becomes part of the surging tide of immigrants leaving the British Isles. Facing the perils of life at sea, their lives become inextricably intertwined as they make their journey to a new home.
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Series
Regency brides daughters of Aynsley volume 3
Publisher
Kregel Publications
Language
English
Description
"Verity Hatherleigh has a mind of her own--but her impulsive actions do not impress her viscount papa. When she gets into one scrape too many, he sends her off to the wilds of Scotland to rethink her headstrong ways. Anthony Jardine relished his role as curate, but his new duties as laird of Dungally aren't always to his liking. Though he thought his new inheritance would be a blessing, somehow he's finding nothing but trouble on these estates. And...
13) Doing no harm
Author
Publisher
Sweetwater Books, an imprint of Cedar Fort, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
After a celebrated career in the war against Napoleon, Captain Douglas Bowden moves to a small fishing village to escape military life and put his medical skills to good use.
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A modern-day homicide detective is working as an undertaker's assistant in Victorian Scotland when a serial poisoner attacks the men of Edinburgh and leaves their widows under suspicion. Edinburgh, 1869: Modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson is adjusting to her new life in Victorian Scotland. Her employers know she's not housemaid Catriona Mitchell-even though Mallory is in Catriona's body-and Mallory is now officially an undertaker's assistant....
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Series
Shadows of Brierley volume 2
Publisher
Covenant
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Together with close friends and family members, Scotsman Ian MacBrier takes his wife Wren and troubled sister-in-law Bethia to America, but when tragedy strikes the Scotsman's new faith is sorely tested. His best hope lies in bringing his family safely to the Mormon settlement of Nauvoo.
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