Marti Talbott

It is said that a father loves his daughter beyond measure, so when Glenessa, the much sought after daughter of Laird Swinton, died at the hands of a Kennedy, war was certain to come. Yet the war between the elder lairds was oddly postponed. It was instead handed down to Glenessa

When a child of the rich and famous went missing, and years of searching turned up nothing, a dying sister's last hope lay with the Jackie Harlan Detective Agency. However, what the detective team uncovered led them to Portland, Oregon, where the object of their search was involved in a murder trial. All they could do was wait, so they patiently watched a trial that became more and more fascinating. There was little doubt as to the defendant's guilt, but there were lots of unanswered questions, including, which of Mrs. Lockhart's four children hired him to kill their mother.

What the MacGreagors feared most was a war with England

She was the most beautiful woman Duke Hannish MacGreagor had ever seen. He loved her, he married her, and then he left Scotland and bought an American silver mine. Fortune smiled down on him when he sold the mine and became one of the richest men in Colorado. Certain she would be happy wherever he was, the duke built a mansion, and sent for his wife. Yet, nothing could have prepared him for the disaster that was headed his way.A clean 20th-century Scottish family saga.

It was to Essen MacKinnon that the old man told the secret of the golden sword, but knowing it truly existed was one thing -- finding it was something else again. Patches MacGreagor

Neasan MacGreagor came home an angry man determined to get revenge for being sent away. Yet the man he most wanted to kill, Laird Justin MacGreagor, died before he could. Now the clan had to choose a new laird and most expected it would be Justin

Against her will, Lady Deora Medwin was betrothed to a powerful but disgusting man. She did not doubt her father loved her dearly, but how could he do such a thing? Deora saw only one option -- RUN He was the Highlander, Laird Justin MacGreagor, and when he received

CLARE -- Clare lived most of her life in the Abbey and hoped to marry the Lord of Wickerly Castle, until word came that he was dead. So with no reason to stay, she went to Scotland with her sister, Greer, and did not speak of her grief. But her uncommon beauty tempted all the Highlander men, and soon jealous women were demanding she choose a husband. The man Clare loved was not dead, but could he find her in time to keep her from taking a Highlander husband? DOLEE - After three years of marriage, Dolee desperately wanted to give her husband a son. She tried every remedy anyone suggested including potions that made her deathly ill. At last there was no other option -- Dolee would have to try the one thing that might cost her everything -- including her life. CATLIN - Known as Bridget Cameron, Catlin

Sometime in the night a woman screamed. The next morning Pat Botham, Linda Miracle, and Linda's two toddler sons were simply gone. It was the perfect murder until the railroad lowered the water level in the Gunnison River and exposed the bodies.Mattie Rhoades had no desire to become involved in the aftermath of the crime and didn't - until someone told her something about one of the suspects that no one else knew.This book is not suitable for readers under the age of 18. Previously titled Colorado Cold Case.This is a work of fiction based on a true story - my story. That is not to say that everything in it is true, but that what I heard from other people served to influence the decisions I made. The conversation between Sam and Mattie is fiction and meant only as a storytelling tool.Some of the names have been changed.

At fourteen, Catrina MacGreagor was left to care for her nine siblings after her mother passed. She didn't truly mind, for she loved them all dearly, but the work was hard as well as boring, and it left her little time to consider a husband. It was just as well, for she had not yet seen a lad she truly favored. All that was about to change, however, in the form of seven brothers

TARAL - Laird Neil MacGreagor's bride was not happy in her marriage. She tried everything to compensate including turning her attention to making sure the fun loving Taral didn't marry the wrong man. But before Taral could have a proper wedding, affairs of the heart had to be set aside for a far more dangerous concern - a concern that threatened the survival of the entire clan. RALIN - He wanted nothing more than to die, but six months after he lost his beloved Kindel, Walrick found himself in a new land with people who wanted him to become their laird. After years of living next to a threatening neighbor, the extreme loss of life from the plague made the MacGreagors more vulnerable and falling in love much more difficult for Ralin. Would Neil find a way to save his people and would Walrick accept a challenge to lead the other clan? STEPPEN - Laird Neil MacGreagor did the best he could to save their lives, but now the MacGreagors were without a homeland. Then three different rumors began to circulate -- one started by the MacDonalds, one by the Fergusons and one by someone in the north. With Neil

Marti Talbott's Highlander Series is a collection of short stories about the Scottish MacGreagor Clan in the 12th century. It all began with -- ANNA -- In love with a woman he had only seen once and could not find, the Highlander, Kevin MacGreagor was growing older and needed a wife to give him sons. No other woman pleased him, even the daughters of other lairds, so he finally settled for Anna sight unseen. But when his men went to meet her guard, she was all alone and badly beaten. Who could have done such a thing and why? RACHEL -- had a dark secret and even she didn