The Dark Wolf's Deliverance (The Highland Wolf Series Book 3)

Tessa Murran

Tessa Murran

Kenna Moncur longs to escape her life at remote Sgathach Dun Castle where few folk venture close, wary of rumours that an evil spirit lurks within its walls and fearful of her fath... show more ▼er’s reputation as a cruel and villainous laird. But when Kenna meets darkly handsome Conall Campbell, son of a powerful man, a whole new world opens up before her. Locked in Sgathach Dun’s grim dungeon, Conall faces a terrible fate and Kenna takes pity on him, trying to keep him alive, and risking all to do so, while dark forces move against his clan. Does he return the feelings she starts to have about him or is he just using her to escape Sgathach Dun’s horrors? If she frees him will it be the beginning of a new life or will an old curse stalking the Moncur family bring her new world and her new love crashing down?Wild and handsome Conall Campbell has been sent to live at Dunslair Castle with his father’s best friend, Rory Mor Campbell, in an effort to curb his wild ways. He is expected to relinquish his dissolute lifestyle and become a man of stature like his father, Laird Duncan Campbell. But there is a darkness within Conall and he is at war with himself and the future laid out before him. With his clan still rebuilding from a fearsome battle with a rival clan some years earlier, these are dangerous times for the Campbells.When Conall disappears Rory begins a desperate search whilst trying to deal with his growing attraction to a mysterious woman he has sworn to protect from a charge of witchcraft.Taken prisoner by the Moncur clan, Conall must surrender his pride in favour of mere survival and his captor’s daughter, pretty, trusting Kenna Moncur might just be his means of escape. Will her budding love for him break against the darkness within him or can she lead him to the light? And in tying her fate to his Conall could be leading her into danger… because someone, somewhere, is out to destroy him.

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• Published: 2019

The Lone Wolf's Bride (The Highland Wolf Series Book 2)

Tessa Murran

Tessa Murran

Ilene Campbell is poised on the brink of getting her heart’s desire. As the daughter of powerful Laird Duncan Campbell she has the world at her feet. But when her hopes for the fut... show more ▼ure are cruelly dashed and her heart broken she has no choice but to seek the protection of her wild and rugged adopted brother Murray, returned from war and scarred by the life he has led, inside and out. He wants her, that is obvious, but can she ever find happiness with him, especially as an awful betrayal opens up a gulf between them. Ilene must gain his trust and his forgiveness if she is ever to bind this hard, uncompromising highlander to her forever.Murray Campbell has led loveless, brutal life and has spent years enriching himself on the battlefields of war-ravaged Europe. Returning to his home of Cailleach after years of self- imposed exile he finds Scotland on the brink of a civil war. Much has changed in his absence not least his adopted sister Ilene, now a captivating young woman, pretty and free-spirited. She appears too good for the likes of him until an abrupt change of fortune places her within his grasp. But the beautiful stranger he takes to his bed has hopes and dreams of her own…and a terrible secret. Murray must find some warmth and forgiveness in his shrivelled heart if he is to claim the prize forever just beyond his reach.Is he to be her road to hell or her path to redemption...?

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• Published: 2018

The Laird's Bastard Daughter (The Highland Warlord Series Book 1)

Tessa Murran

Tessa Murran

Forced to choose between love and vengeance.1314, and Scotland is facing a mortal struggle for independence against English tyranny. Stirling Castle is under siege by the Scots, an... show more ▼d the English are coming to take it back.Cormac Buchanan is over six foot of muscle and ferocity, a supreme warrior who has spent years fighting for Robert the Bruce, self-proclaimed King of Scotland. Cormac is battling not only the English invaders but also his clan’s sworn enemy, the Gowans. Having long since built a wall of ice around his heart, he is horrified at his king’s command to bury old enmities and unite with Clan Gowan, through marriage.Cormac expects his bride to hate him, and he intends to put her aside and forget about her. What he does not expect, is Ravenna Gowan, a bastard, half low-born and fiercely defiant. He just wants her to obey, in bed and out of it, but with looks that would stir any man’s blood, this strange, hard girl wakes a savage need in him. Shame he can’t trust her, nor can he ever look favourably on any Gowan, after what they took from him.Banished to a convent for the sin of forbidden love, Ravenna Gowan’s life seems over, until an English army heads north and her father has to sacrifice a daughter to the cause of King Robert the Bruce. Ravenna is about to become the glue that binds two clans together by wedding fearsome warrior Cormac Buchanan, but she refuses to be a helpless pawn in men’s power games. For Ravenna, this forced marriage holds no hope of love, nor is it about loyalty or duty - it is all about vengeance. Can Ravenna survive her rough, angry husband who resents and mistrusts her? Or will her loyalties be tested and her life threatened, as she tries to deny their growing attraction.

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• Published: 2019

Rawden's Duty (Regency Blades Series Book 1)

Tessa Murran

Tessa Murran

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• 536

• Published: 2023

The Pirate Laird's Hostage (The Highland Warlord Series Book 3)

Tessa Murran

Tessa Murran

He saved her life - now she belongs to him.William Bain has clawed his way out of the wreckage of his past, leaving his outlawed family name behind. He now rules a ruthless clan on... show more ▼ the Isle of Skye. Quick-tempered, impetuous and with a certain rugged charm, Will loves warring and women in equal measure. He has no need for love and loyalty until Morna Buchanan falls under his power and turns his world upside down.She once saved him from execution as a traitor and, now that he has rescued her from dire peril, he would repay that debt. Will pledges to keep Morna safe from those who would destroy her, but is she safe from him, and from the desire that stirs in him when he looks upon her? Will is not a man to ignore his worst impulses, especially not those driving him towards a girl as bonnie as she is wild, and he will not be denied for long.Morna Buchanan is on the brink of marriage when she is betrayed and sent to her doom. When Will Bain rescues her, she thinks he is her saviour. His wounded soul calls to hers, and she goes weak at the knees with every look from his piercing, blue eyes, never having forgotten their meeting years before. Will was just out of boyhood then, but now he is a man and a dangerous one at that. The longer Morna stays at his grim castle on the cliffs of Skye, the more she suspects she is not a guest but a prisoner.As Scotland braces for another English invasion, Morna must form an alliance to keep her family safe. If that means a union with William Bain, who is everything she should not want, traitor, outlaw, pirate, then so be it. She has to have him in the name of peace and family loyalty, doesn’t she? The only problem is that Will is not giving her a choice in the matter.

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• Published: 2020

The Highlander's War Prize (The Highland Warlord Series Book 2)

Tessa Murran

Tessa Murran

Castles and hearts are under siege.Giselle de Villers is sent to Northumberland to wed, but when a Scots hoard besieges her betrothed’s castle, she falls prey to vicious predator, ... show more ▼Banan MacGregor. Salvation, of sorts, comes in the shape of handsome Lyall Buchanan, who wins her as his war prize and takes her for ransom.Carried off into the Highlands, Giselle has to suffer the protection of a savage Scot who is as wild and unpredictable as his moorland home. But he is also a sight to behold and more of a man than anyone she has ever met. Soon, Giselle is in danger of losing not only her freedom, but also her virtue and her heart. As she tries to resist Lyall’s practised seduction, Banan’s urge to possess her grows to murderous proportions.Lyall Buchanan has become two men. Haunted by the rigours of war, he is torn between the ruthless fighter he has to be to survive, and the honourable man he once was. When innocent Giselle de Villers needs protection, he steps in. Telling himself he wants the ransom her rich father will pay, Lyall drags her into Scotland. But feelings that lay buried, start to resurface, and soon, the soft, English lass becomes more than just an enemy and a burden. Giselle is at his mercy, so, if she yields to him, is it through passion, or fear? When evil threatens to tear them apart, how far will he go, how low will he sink, for love?As storm clouds gather around the throne of Scotland, a reckoning approaches, and a fight to the death, in one final, bloody siege-for freedom and for love.*NOTE* This is a high stakes, adult romance, and there may be triggers for some people.

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• Published: 2019

The Black Wolf's Captive (The Highland Wolf Series Book 1)

Tessa Murran

Tessa Murran

War has brought them together...Free spirited Ailsa MacLeod rebels against the prospect of an arranged marriage. In the constantly shifting world of clan conflicts she knows it wil... show more ▼l bring an important alliance for her clan but she strives to be mistress of her own destiny. A brutal clan war brings upheaval and uncertainty into her world and Ailsa finds herself humiliated and at the mercy of wild and handsome rival clansman Duncan Campbell, who would bend her to his will and claim her for his own. Ailsa must pretend to submit to him as she fights to win her freedom. But can her growing attraction to him be conquered and does danger still lurk where she least expects it.Duncan Campbell is a fierce, forbidding man with a dark and troubled past. A consummate survivor he moves in a world of intrigue and violence and when the Highlands explode into armed conflict he suddenly finds himself in possession of the spoils of war, defiant beauty Ailsa MacLeod, who utterly hates him. Duncan must do battle once more against the hunger that starts to grow in him. Does he want to protect her or possess her? Either way she is his to do with as he pleases though a bitter upbringing and the brutality of the life he is forced to lead have long since closed his heart to the fairer sex. But as he forces her into submission he begins to realise that love is something earned not taken and if he is to hold this prize he must fight one last battle against enemies who would tear down everything he holds dear.

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• Published: 2018