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1) Kidnapped
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
In 1751 in Scotland, cheated out of his inheritance by a greedy uncle who has him kidnapped and put on a ship to the Carolinas, seventeen-year-old David Balfour escapes to the Highlands with the help of the Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart and there encounters further danger and intrigue as he attempts to clear his name and regain his property.
2) Hester
Author
Language
English
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10 to Try - Classic
2023 Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List
Goodreads Choice Nominees 2022
Lariat List 2023
2023 Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List
Goodreads Choice Nominees 2022
Lariat List 2023
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
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Following the death of her husband, Lady Darby has taken refuge at her sister's estate, finding solace in her passion for painting. But when one of the house guests is murdered, her brother-in-law asks her to aid the insufferable Sebastian Gage-a fellow guest with some experience as an inquiry agent. While Gage is clearly more competent than she first assumed, Kiera isn't about to let her guard down, as accusations and rumors swirl. When Kiera and...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Threatened by powerful enemies, William Blackburn, Earl of Ketterham, lives in exile in the Scottish Highlands with his daughter Vanessa. When she comes of age William urges her to return to her mother in England to make her debut. Raised with all the advantages and freedom a boy would have, Vanessa doubts she can fit into the mold of a proper young lady. Still, she agrees to re-enter fashionable society, determined to end the vendetta against her...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
With over half a million copies sold, The Stonewycke Trilogy thrills readers with its rich characters and detailed settings. Building on the events from The Heather Hills of Stonewycke, Flight From Stonewycke continues this multi-generational tale of an aristocratic Scottish family. After marrying against her father's wishes, Maggie Duncan plans to flee to America with her husband, Ian. But Ian is accused of murder, and honor requires him to stay...
Author
Series
Cynsters: Next generation volume 2
Cynster novel volume 21
Thorndike Press large print romance
Cynsters Next generation volume 2
Cynster novel volume 21
Thorndike Press large print romance
Cynsters Next generation volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thomas Carrick, wealthy owner of Carrick Enterprises located in bustling Glasgow, is one of that city's most eligible bachelors. He fully intends to select an appropriate wife from the many young ladies paraded before him--yet no young lady captures his eye, much less his attention, in the way Lucilla Cynster does. For over two years, Thomas has avoided his clan's estate because it borders Lucilla's home, but disturbing reports from his clansmen force...
7) The falconer
Author
Series
Falconer trilogy (Elizabeth May) volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Formats
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
Language
English
Formats
Description
A brooding, Victorian murder mystery set in the Scottish Highlands and featuring Inspector Allerdyce and Sergeant McGillivray
Scotland's richest man has been shot dead and dumped down a well. Was the Duke of Dornoch murdered by one of the miners whose wages he cut because of "market forces"? Was he killed in return for his part in clearing the Highlands of their people? Did a discarded lover take their final revenge?
Inspector Allerdyce and Sergeant...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Over a hundred years ago, a faithful little dog called Bobbty kept a fourteen-year vigil by his master's graveside in Greyfairs churchyard in Edinburgh. Bobby captured the hearts of the townsfolk - and this timeless true story is retold and illustrated in sumptuous style by the renowned Ruth Brown"--Page 4 of cover.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
It's frosty December in Scotland and six Cynster families come together at snowbound Casphairn Manor to celebrate the season--and where Cynsters gather, love is never far behind. The festive occasion brings together Daniel Crosbie, tutor to Lucifer Cynster's sons, and Claire Meadows, widow and governess to Gabriel Cynster's daughter. Daniel and Claire have met before and the embers of an unexpected passion smolder between them. However, Claire, once...
11) Love me forever
Author
Series
Sherring Cross series volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 19th Century Britain, Kimberley, an heiress searching for a husband to get away from her father, finds him in the person of Lachlan, rich and tall like her, but he loves another. When Lachlan is framed for the theft of a horse, Kimberley sees an opportunity to show him he can't do without her.
Author
Publisher
Chicken House, Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Danny accidentally buys an elephant, he accepts a job from a zookeeper to ride the elephant from Edinburgh to Manchester that turns into a journey that captures the attention of everyone in the country.
Author
Series
Falconer trilogy (Elizabeth May) volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Trapped. Aileana Kameron, the Falconer, disappeared through the fae portal she was trying to close forever. Now she wakes in an alien world of mirrors, magic, and deception--a prisoner of the evil fae Lonnrach, who has a desperate and deadly plan for his new captive. Tortured. Time after agonizing time Lonnrach steals Aileana's memories, searching for knowledge to save his world. Just when she's about to lose all hope, Aileana is rescued by an unexpected...
Author
Series
Scotland series (Liz Curtis Higgs) volume 4
Publisher
Waterbrook Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
447 pages : maps ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Glen of Loch Trool. Spring 1808. Davina McKie is a bonny lass of seventeen, as clever as they come and a gifted musician. Unable to speak since childhood, she is doted on by her belligerent younger brothers, Will and Sandy, who vow to protect their silent sister. When the lads are forced to depart the glen, Jamie McKie intends to brighten his daughter's summer by escorting Davina to the Isle of Arran. Her cousins make her welcome at the manse, and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
520 pages (large print) : genealogical table, map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Maggie Duncan is torn between her obligations as a dutiful daughter and her hatred of her father's cruel pursuit of money and power. But on the boundary between childhood and womanhood, Maggie discovers it is not her father who stands in the way of her happiness-it is her own tightly held bitterness. Drawn to a man quietly struggling to overcome his past, Maggie must learn to let go of hatred and embrace divine love and forgiveness....
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
850L
Physical Desc
305 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In Scotland in 1842, Christopher Robertson is framed by his wicked brother for theft, and the young boy embarks on a peril-filled journey to clear his name.
17) The bridegroom
Author
Series
Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
377 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
18) Mortal arts
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 374 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Scotland, 1830. Lady Kiera Darby is no stranger to intrigue--in fact, it seems to follow wherever she goes. After her foray into murder investigation, Kiera must journey to Edinburgh with her family so that her pregnant sister can be close to proper medical care. But the city is full of many things Kiera isn't quite ready to face: the society ladies keen on judging her, her fellow investigator--and romantic entanglement--Sebastian Gage, and ultimately,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
407 pages : map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Young women are being discovered dead across the Old Town, all having suffered similarly gruesome ends. In the New Town, medical student Will Raven is about to start his apprenticeship with the brilliant and renowned Dr Simpson. Simpson's patients range from the richest to the poorest of this divided city. His house is like no other, full of visiting luminaries and daring experiments in the new medical frontier of anaesthesia. It is here that Raven...
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