Highland Avenger (Renegade Scots #3) by Julie Johnstone. Historical Romance Release & ARC Review.

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Duty drove him to possess her, but love will drive him to his knees. 

Eight years ago, savage Scots invaded Eve Decres’s home, murdering her family and plunging her into a nightmare. As sole heir to a strategically located castle on the border between Scotland and England, Eve became a prize to be wedded and bedded, and she fled into hiding. She survived by clinging to two dreams: one day reclaiming her inheritance, and finding love to build a new family from the ashes of her loss. But on the verge of beginning her journey to make her dreams reality, she makes a fatal error that alerts her enemies to her whereabouts. 

Now, Eve is catapulted into a world of feuding clans and warring kingdoms where she’s forced to make a choice that threatens to destroy her chance at freedom and shatter her heart. Amid treachery and violence, she soon discovers her only hope dwells in tying herself to Grant Fraser, a noble, fierce Highland warrior. Though passion smolders between them, Grant is bent on vengeance and sworn to a duty that would thwart her own plans. 

Bound by desperation but separated by conflicting desires, the spitfire lass and the determined laird must relinquish what they’ve long held sacred in order to overcome their foes and claim a glorious, unconquerable love. 

From the bestselling author of the Highlander Vows: Entangled Hearts series comes a new, richly drawn Scottish historical romance saga! The Renegade Scots series sweeps you into medieval Scotland and England and transports you into dangerous deceptions and daring feats with swoon-worthy heroes and fiery romances! 

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Eve Decres is an heiress to an English castle that stands in a very important place on the border with Scotland.  She has been in hiding since the murder of her parents,  but now she has come of age and can rule in her own right. Unfortunately once she is discovered many others want to force her into marriage to take control of her castle.
Grant Foster has had to become the new Laird of his clan after traitors of Scotland caused his brother's death.  Now he has to find his younger brother and his friend who defied orders to stay behind. 
An action packed story full of danger and excitement. Fabulous characters that will draw you in from the first page to the last.  I think I've guessed who will be the hero of the next in the series.  I really look forward to reading many more. 
I loved it. 

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Julie Johnstone is a USA Today best-selling author of Regency Romance, Victorian Romance, and Scottish Medieval romance. She is also the author of an urban fantasy/paranormal romance book. She’s been a voracious reader of books since she was a young girl. Her mother would tell you that as a child Julie had a rich fantasy life made up of many different make believe friends. As an adult, Julie is one of the lucky few who can say she is living the dream by working with her passion of creating worlds from her imagination. When Julie is not writing she is chasing her two precocious children around, cooking, reading or exercising. Julie loves to hear from her readers.

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Highland Defender (Renegade Scots #2) by Julie Johnstone. Historical Romance Release & ARC Review.

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To protect herself, she’ll deny her powers. To save her, he’ll break every rule he’s vowed to live by. 

Lillianna de Burgh knows all about the legend surrounding the women in her family—that true love awakens the gift of sight within them. But given the horrific betrayals the power has brought her ancestors, she wants no part in true love or the supposed gift. Avoiding her fate seems simple enough since men have proven time and again that they wish to use her, not cherish her, even her own kin. Thankfully, when she flees England to escape her evil uncle, she finds herself in the company of a seemingly hard-hearted Highlander who thinks the legend nothing more than a myth. As they travel together, she comes to discover that behind his cold facade lies a fierce and honorable protector, whose mere touch ignites the passion within her. Yet, the more she tries to resist it, the more she seems to fall.

Renowned Highland warrior Angus MacLorh lives by three principles: put country above self, protect family at all cost, and never become entangled with a lass—not again. So when his future king needs him to accompany the far-too-lovely Lillianna to safety, Angus agrees, confident he can keep her at a distance, as he does all women. Yet the gentle, fiercely determined lady intrigues and tempts him at every turn, and when his greatest enemy captures her, he finds himself breaking all his rules to save her.

As the fight for the Scottish throne embroils Lillianna and Angus deep in danger, enemies near and far hunt them threatening their very lives. When the truth of the legend finally comes to light, can a lady determined to escape her destiny and a Highlander bent on facing his future alone overcome the barriers they’ve created and trust in their hearts to lay claim to the most glorious of love? 

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Laird Angus MacLorh has been tasked by Robert the Bruce with taking a woman to safety.  She is related to a Scottish clan that is believed to have special abilities. Her English family have attempted to use her for years without success,  that makes her worthless.  Our hero is a no nonsense man who has been badly betrayed by a woman,  so will never trust another one,  and dies not believe in fantasy.
Lillianna watched her mother suffer for years because she had been betrayed by a man.  All men only want her because of her potential abilities.  Lillianna never wants to have them awakened in her.  The way to ensure that is to never allow a man into her heart. 
This is an exciting,  action packed story,  with great characters.  It does link to a previous book,  but  can easily be read on its own.  Lots of tension between families torn apart by war and guilt. 
I loved it. 

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Julie Johnstone is a USA Today best-selling author of Regency Romance, Victorian Romance, and Scottish Medieval romance. She is also the author of an urban fantasy/paranormal romance book. She’s been a voracious reader of books since she was a young girl. Her mother would tell you that as a child Julie had a rich fantasy life made up of many different make believe friends. As an adult, Julie is one of the lucky few who can say she is living the dream by working with her passion of creating worlds from her imagination. When Julie is not writing she is chasing her two precocious children around, cooking, reading or exercising. Julie loves to hear from her readers.

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Outlaw King (Renegade Scots #1) by Julie Johnstone. Historical Romance Release & ARC Review.

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She’s the weapon intended to destroy him. He’s the key to her freedom.

Dark days have come to medieval Scotland, and fierce warrior Robert the Bruce would do anything to release his country from English rule—and not just because he’s the rightful heir to the Scottish throne. As the bloody war rages on, enemies on both sides of the fight surround him, and Robert must dance a dangerous line between truth and deception. One misstep could topple his nation and cost him his life, yet one woman tempts him—and threatens his mission—as no other ever has. 

Elizabeth de Burgh longs for freedom in a time when women have none. So when she finds herself ordered by her ruthless father and her godfather, the King of England, to seduce the leader of the Scottish rebellion and reveal his secrets, she yearns to fight back against their cruel plot. But they threaten to kill her beloved cousin, leaving her no choice but to comply. As she grows close to Robert and the mask that hides the man who would be king is peeled away, she cannot imagine aiding in the destruction of the noble Scot bent on liberating his people. 

Bound by duty and honor but ensnared by passion, Robert and Elizabeth must determine if they are each other’s biggest threat or greatest source of strength. And moreover, they must decide how much they are willing to risk for the one thing neither ever imagined they’d find with the other—extraordinary, boundless love. 

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Robert the Bruce is a man torn between his love for Scotland and the lives that he must protect.  He can't afford to let himself feel, or he will weaken.  The burden he carries is terrifying.  The last thing he needs is to be attracted to the woman deliberately set in front of him by his enemies.  
Elizabeth du Burgh has discovered just how ruthless her father is.  He will use anything and anyone to get the power he wants.  King Edward is her Godfather and a cunning and devious man who controls the lives of all around him.  
Elizabeth has been ordered to use all her feminine wiles to bring information to her father.  
Some parts of her assignment will be very pleasing,  but soul destroying as well.  
This is a huge fat book with lots of time to get fully involved in the lives of two of the most important characters in Scotland's history.  Naturally there is a lot of political intrigue and emotional upheaval.  There is also a fabulous love story that is so easy to believe.  
I loved every page. 

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Julie Johnstone is a USA Today best-selling author of Regency Romance, Victorian Romance, and Scottish Medieval romance. She is also the author of an urban fantasy/paranormal romance book. She’s been a voracious reader of books since she was a young girl. Her mother would tell you that as a child Julie had a rich fantasy life made up of many different make believe friends. As an adult, Julie is one of the lucky few who can say she is living the dream by working with her passion of creating worlds from her imagination. When Julie is not writing she is chasing her two precocious children around, cooking, reading or exercising. Julie loves to hear from her readers.

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