Ladies of the Stone: A Scottish Romance Anthology by Eliza Knight, Madeline Martin, Cecelia Mecca, Lori Ann Bailey. Historical Romance Release & ARC Review.

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Four bestselling Scottish romance authors take you on an epic journey through the heart of Scotland... 

From within the soul of a special stone, the embodiment of the heart of Scotland, a protector is selected. A woman with a pure heart and the ferocity of a warrior is called to the fairy pools on the Isle of Skye upon the death of the previous protector. However, nature has a way of balancing itself, and so with each call to a Protector comes the call of an evil force, set on using the stone for their own purpose. These are the stories of the Protectors of the Heart of Scotland, the stone they seek to keep safe and the love that strengthens and emboldens them. 

The Highlander’s Quest by Eliza Knight

 Her mission was to protect the young boy king. He’s uncovered a plot to destroy Scotland. Together, they must fight a powerful enemy who hides behind a traitorous veil of secrecy… 

Cassandra by Madeline Martin

 Together their power is brilliant. But when destiny rivals the safety of family and the whole of Scotland hangs in the balance, can their love survive the required sacrifice? 

The Protector’s Promise by Cecelia Mecca 

Two bitter enemies. One sacred vow. Will the passion that flares between them consume everything they love? 

The Highland Guard and His Lady by Lori Ann Bailey

 To protect Scotland, she must eliminate her greatest enemy. But when the challenge begins, will he forgive her for destroying his family?

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The Highlanders Quest. 

By Eliza Knight.  

☆☆☆☆

Scotland has a new,  but very young King. The job of protecting him and his regent will take very special guards.  Lady Julia Sutherland was trained by her mother and will now take her place as a royal guard. 
Sir Alistair Campbell knows that there is something off about a person close to the young king but has no proof. 
An exciting and slightly magical story full of adventure and wonderful characters. 
I loved it.

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Cassandra,

By Madeline Martin.

☆☆☆☆

Cassandra Thomas has been under pressure all her life.  It is known she will one day be the protector of the stone of Scotland but the special powers she will need have never surfaced.  Her brother has taught her the physical side but the magic must come automatically. 
Sir Fergus the Undefeated works for a very unscrupulous king.  The king has used  the special talents Fergus has for years,  now the stone is within reach Sir Fergus must fetch it and the new protector. 
A very difficult and dangerous journey is ahead of our protagonists.  Magic and mayhem,  truth and lies,  all have to be discovered.  Can they both survive???

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The Protector's Promise,

By Cecelia Mecca.

☆☆☆☆

William (Court)  Thornhurst, the Lord if Camburg is supposed to be preparing for battle,  but for some reason he has been drawn up to the Isle of Skye.
Lady Marion Rosehaugh knows she is the new protector of the stone and is on her way to collect it. 
Both our protagonists have special abilities, but only one of them knows the power of the stone and what it means. 
Someone has evil intentions.  Will our heroine be able to stop war from breaking out.???
Interesting characters.

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The Highland Guard and His Lady,

By Lori Ann Bailey. 

☆☆☆☆

Captain Duncan Douglas is bodyguard to the young prince of Scotland. A young woman is attracting his attention and diverting him from his duties.  Is she a threat to the prince??
Leslee MacKinnon has gone to the Scottish court of Queen Mary to translate some books.  She has a special talent that she tries to hide from everyone.  When she discovers who the person is that she must protect the stone from,  she realises she should leave as soon as possible. 
This is an entertaining story,  different from the others in this box.  Our brave heroine needs to stay out if the political minefield she is suddenly in the middle of.
Will our hero be strong enough to save Scotland  ???

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Over all a very entertaining set. 

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Eliza Knight is a USA Today Bestselling and award-winning author of sizzling historical romance and time-travel erotic romance. Under the name E. Knight, she pens riveting historical fiction. She runs the award-winning blog, History Undressed. When not reading, writing and researching, she likes to cuddle up in front of a warm fire with her own knight in shining armor. 

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Madeline Martin is a USA TODAY Bestselling author of Scottish set historical romance. She lives in Jacksonville, Florida with her two daughters (AKA OldestMinion and YoungestMinion) and Mr. Awesome. All shenanigans are detailed regularly on Twitter.

Her hobbies include rock climbing, running, doing crazy races (like Mud Runs and Color Runs) and just about anything exciting she can do without getting nauseous. She's also a history fan (really more of a full on history dork) and loves to blog about random curiosities from her research.
After living in Europe for over a decade, Madeline enjoys traveling overseas whenever she can. Her favorite place to visit thus far: Scotland.
Writing has been a passion of hers since she was a child and now she finally gets to see her lifelong dream come true. 

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A former English teacher, Cecelia combines two of her passions, romance novels and the middle ages, in debut novel The Thief’s Countess. Combining alpha male types and strong female heroines, Cecelia transports readers to an admittedly romanticized time of knights and castles.

After reading Johanna Lindsey and Judith McNaught, she started a manuscript twenty years ago when medieval romance was at its height of mainstream popularity. Picking it back up in 2015 when vampires and highlanders reigned supreme, Cecelia stuck to the genre she loved and brought medieval England back to life.

She lives in Northeast, Pennsylvania with her husband and two young children where she can be found either planning a Disney trip, watching period dramas or convincing her children to watch Star Wars. She is firmly House Stark and Gryffindor. 

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Lori Ann Bailey has a romantic soul and believes the best in everyone. Sappy commercials and proud mommy moments make her cry. She sobs uncontrollably and feels emotionally drained when reading sad books, so she started reading romance for the Happily Ever Afters. She was hooked. Then, the characters and scenes that ran around in her head as she attempted to sleep at night begged to be let out. Looking back now, her favorite class in high school was the one where a professor pulled a desk to the center of the room and told her to write two paragraphs about it and the college English class taught by a red-headed Birkenstock wearing girl, not much older than she, who introduced her to Jack Kerouac. After working in business and years as a stay-at-home mom she has found something in addition to her family to be passionate about, her books. She lives in Northern Virginia with her real life hero, four kids that keep her on her toes, two dogs determined to destroy her house and two cats secretly plotting the demise of those dogs.

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