It was a marriage of convenience for everyone except the bride and groom. He never wanted to be a laird. She never wanted to marry one.Wee Ellen Mackintosh, sickly and quieter than a church mouse, holds a secret that even time hasn’t healed. Unable to use her voice since childhood, she’s not up to being lady of the castle, but her father wants a MacKenzie son-in-law. So when the giant Silas MacKenzie returns to the Highlands, both their fathers’ schemes take off like runaway stallions.Too tall and broad for anyone’s good, but especially his own, Silas breaks everything he touches. To appease his dying father and an increasingly rebellious clan, Si reluctantly agrees to the marriage, vowing to keep it in his kilt—no less so when he sees the tiny, perfect creature they expect him to wed.Unwanted but undeniable, the spark between them burns hotter by the day, even as they try to push each other away. But can Silas fight the monsters within his clan—or at war within himself—without her? Or will Ellen finally find her voice, only to disappear forever?
Grace needs a bit of peace and quiet. Bryan just needs a little grace. Grace Rios has four short weeks to turn in a delinquent manuscript before her editor revokes the advance Grace already spent. She also has a bad case of imposter syndrome and exactly zero words written when she wins an all-expenses paid trip to the Isle of Barra in Scotland's Outer Hebrides. What could be better than a peaceful island paradise for clearing her head and finally writing the book? There's just one hitch... Bryan MacNeil is a man with a plan. After inheriting his grandfather's island cottage, he returns home to renovate the old house into an off-grid eco home, hoping to convince a like-minded investor to fund his dream of opening a carbon neutral whisky distillery. He has a short deadline for the job, but with long hours and a lot of elbow grease he's determined to make it work. The only problem? It's the annual summer music festival, and Bryan's sister already rented out his cottage to Grace as a B&B for her writing retreat. With every other hotel on the island booked for the festival, can the two find common ground to finish their projects? Or will they both lose out on their big dreams?
