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The Border Trilogy
Three romances in one from the USA Today –bestselling author of The Reluctant Highlander , filled with the rebellious passion of Scotland’s restless border.
Set on the turbulent border between Scotland and England in the sixteenth century, these meticulously researched novels offer enthralling love stories set against a backdrop of historical conflict.
In Border Bride , Mary Kate MacPherson, a proud Highland beauty wages a battle against arrogant borderer Sir Adam Douglas. Borderer men may consider their wives possessions, but Mary Kate intends to show the seductive knave her father promised her to that a Highland lass is no man’s furniture.
In Border Fire , highwayman Rabbie Redcloak has caused nothing but trouble for the English with his raiding and fighting. But when he’s captured, Janet Graham is determined to prevent the hanging of the silver-tongued Rabbie before Truce Day. And her decision has nothing to do with the way her body heats just at the thought of him . . .
And in Border Storm , Lady Laurie Halliot, the rebellious daughter of a Scottish march warden, knows what marriage is money, power, and little else. When her runaway sister is accused of murdering an English soldier, however, Laurie offers herself as a hostage until the accused is found. And to preserve Laurie’s reputation while in captivity, she agrees to a handfast wedding to the devastatingly handsome, yet equally reluctant, groom, Sir Hugh Graham.
Set on the turbulent border between Scotland and England in the sixteenth century, these meticulously researched novels offer enthralling love stories set against a backdrop of historical conflict.
In Border Bride , Mary Kate MacPherson, a proud Highland beauty wages a battle against arrogant borderer Sir Adam Douglas. Borderer men may consider their wives possessions, but Mary Kate intends to show the seductive knave her father promised her to that a Highland lass is no man’s furniture.
In Border Fire , highwayman Rabbie Redcloak has caused nothing but trouble for the English with his raiding and fighting. But when he’s captured, Janet Graham is determined to prevent the hanging of the silver-tongued Rabbie before Truce Day. And her decision has nothing to do with the way her body heats just at the thought of him . . .
And in Border Storm , Lady Laurie Halliot, the rebellious daughter of a Scottish march warden, knows what marriage is money, power, and little else. When her runaway sister is accused of murdering an English soldier, however, Laurie offers herself as a hostage until the accused is found. And to preserve Laurie’s reputation while in captivity, she agrees to a handfast wedding to the devastatingly handsome, yet equally reluctant, groom, Sir Hugh Graham.
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First published January 1, 2013
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About the author
Amanda Scott
172 books381 followersAmanda Scott, USA Today Bestselling Author and winner of Romance Writers of America’s RITA/Golden Medallion (LORD ABBERLEY'S NEMESIS) and Romantic Times’ Awards for Best Regency Author and Best Sensual Regency (RAVENWOOD'S LADY), Lifetime Achievement (2007) and Best Scottish Historical (BORDER MOONLIGHT, 2008), began writing on a dare from her husband. She has sold every manuscript she has written.
Amanda is a fourth-generation Californian, who was born and raised in Salinas and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in history from Mills College in Oakland. She did graduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in British History, before obtaining her Master’s in History from California State University at San Jose. She now lives with her husband and son in northern California.
As a child, Amanda Scott was a model for O’Connor Moffatt in San Francisco (now Macy’s). She was also a Sputnik child, one of those selected after the satellite went up for one of California’s first programs for gifted children. She remained in that program through high school. After graduate school, she taught for the Salinas City School District for three years before marrying her husband, who was then a captain in the Air Force. They lived in Honolulu for a year, then in Papillion, Nebraska, for seven. Their son was born in Nebraska. They have lived in northern California since 1980.
Scott grew up in a family of lawyers, and is descended from a long line of them. Her father was a three-term District Attorney of Monterey County before his death in 1955 at age 36. Her grandfather was City Attorney of Salinas for 36 years after serving two terms as District Attorney, and two of her ancestors were State Supreme Court Justices (one in Missouri, the other the first Supreme Court Justice for the State of Arkansas). One brother, having carried on the Scott tradition in the Monterey County DA’s office, is now a judge. The other is an electrician in Knoxville, TN, and her sister is a teacher in the Sacramento area.
The women of Amanda Scott’s family have been no less successful than the men. Her mother was a child actress known as Baby Lowell, who performed all over the west coast and in Hollywood movies, and then was a dancer with the San Francisco Opera Ballet until her marriage. Her mother’s sister, Loretta Lowell, was also a child actress. She performed in the Our Gang comedies and in several Loretta Young movies before becoming one of the first women in the US Air Force. Scott's paternal grandmother was active in local and State politics and served as president of the California State PTA, and her maternal grandmother was a teacher (and stage mother) before working for Monterey County. The place of women in Scott’s family has always been a strong one. Though they married strong men, the women have, for generations, been well educated and encouraged to succeed at whatever they chose to do.
Amanda Scott’s first book was OMAHA CITY ARCHITECTURE, a coffee-table photo essay on the historical architecture of Omaha, written for Landmarks, Inc. under her married name as a Junior League project. Others took the photos; she did the research and wrote the text on an old Smith-Corona portable electric. She sold her first novel, THE FUGITIVE HEIRESS - likewise written on the battered Smith-Corona in 1980. Since then, she has sold many more books, but since the second one she has used a word processor and computer. Twenty-five of her novels are set in the English Regency period (1810-1820). Others are set in 15th-century England and 14th- through 18th-century Scotland, and three are contemporary romances. Many of her titles are currently available at bookstores and online.
Amanda is a fourth-generation Californian, who was born and raised in Salinas and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in history from Mills College in Oakland. She did graduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in British History, before obtaining her Master’s in History from California State University at San Jose. She now lives with her husband and son in northern California.
As a child, Amanda Scott was a model for O’Connor Moffatt in San Francisco (now Macy’s). She was also a Sputnik child, one of those selected after the satellite went up for one of California’s first programs for gifted children. She remained in that program through high school. After graduate school, she taught for the Salinas City School District for three years before marrying her husband, who was then a captain in the Air Force. They lived in Honolulu for a year, then in Papillion, Nebraska, for seven. Their son was born in Nebraska. They have lived in northern California since 1980.
Scott grew up in a family of lawyers, and is descended from a long line of them. Her father was a three-term District Attorney of Monterey County before his death in 1955 at age 36. Her grandfather was City Attorney of Salinas for 36 years after serving two terms as District Attorney, and two of her ancestors were State Supreme Court Justices (one in Missouri, the other the first Supreme Court Justice for the State of Arkansas). One brother, having carried on the Scott tradition in the Monterey County DA’s office, is now a judge. The other is an electrician in Knoxville, TN, and her sister is a teacher in the Sacramento area.
The women of Amanda Scott’s family have been no less successful than the men. Her mother was a child actress known as Baby Lowell, who performed all over the west coast and in Hollywood movies, and then was a dancer with the San Francisco Opera Ballet until her marriage. Her mother’s sister, Loretta Lowell, was also a child actress. She performed in the Our Gang comedies and in several Loretta Young movies before becoming one of the first women in the US Air Force. Scott's paternal grandmother was active in local and State politics and served as president of the California State PTA, and her maternal grandmother was a teacher (and stage mother) before working for Monterey County. The place of women in Scott’s family has always been a strong one. Though they married strong men, the women have, for generations, been well educated and encouraged to succeed at whatever they chose to do.
Amanda Scott’s first book was OMAHA CITY ARCHITECTURE, a coffee-table photo essay on the historical architecture of Omaha, written for Landmarks, Inc. under her married name as a Junior League project. Others took the photos; she did the research and wrote the text on an old Smith-Corona portable electric. She sold her first novel, THE FUGITIVE HEIRESS - likewise written on the battered Smith-Corona in 1980. Since then, she has sold many more books, but since the second one she has used a word processor and computer. Twenty-five of her novels are set in the English Regency period (1810-1820). Others are set in 15th-century England and 14th- through 18th-century Scotland, and three are contemporary romances. Many of her titles are currently available at bookstores and online.
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August 25, 2019
The first thing to know is that this is not a trilogy. The first book, Border Bride, written in 1990, was republished in 2001 with the other two. Though it takes place in the same region, it is set ~10 years before the others and the characters are not related. I spent way too much time trying to figure out whether the Margaret in the 2nd book was the same person as the Margaret in the first before finally realizing that these are two different timelines.
The first book I would rate as 2.5 stars. I enjoy Scott's writing (I've read most of her books), but this is a classic bodice ripper where we are supposed to adore a domineering hero who is abusive and treats his wife more as his slave than as his partner. She makes a couple of TSTL moves, which doesn't help the situation. You can easily skip the first book and not miss a thing, IMHO.
I did enjoy the 2nd and 3rd. She weaves a lot of Scottish history and real figures in with her fictional characters. The politics are complex and I had to pay attention to figure out who was whom. (You may want to take notes of which men are wardens or deputy wardens of which marches!) As with the first, the men are dominating and the women rebel in sometimes TSTL ways, but there is no outright abuse. The women are strong and the men admirable.
The first book I would rate as 2.5 stars. I enjoy Scott's writing (I've read most of her books), but this is a classic bodice ripper where we are supposed to adore a domineering hero who is abusive and treats his wife more as his slave than as his partner. She makes a couple of TSTL moves, which doesn't help the situation. You can easily skip the first book and not miss a thing, IMHO.
I did enjoy the 2nd and 3rd. She weaves a lot of Scottish history and real figures in with her fictional characters. The politics are complex and I had to pay attention to figure out who was whom. (You may want to take notes of which men are wardens or deputy wardens of which marches!) As with the first, the men are dominating and the women rebel in sometimes TSTL ways, but there is no outright abuse. The women are strong and the men admirable.
July 20, 2018
Beautifully written, delightfully sculptured.
This trilogy carried me on an exciting journey from beginning to end, meeting completely believable characters who inhabited an historical period which I find fascinating. Amanda Scott's mastery of weaving exciting events on looms of risk and danger with threads of perfect grammar produced three truly satisfying stories that I couldn't put down but didn't want to end.
This trilogy carried me on an exciting journey from beginning to end, meeting completely believable characters who inhabited an historical period which I find fascinating. Amanda Scott's mastery of weaving exciting events on looms of risk and danger with threads of perfect grammar produced three truly satisfying stories that I couldn't put down but didn't want to end.
June 6, 2018
Wonderful broad Scot’s dialogues
The first novel is the strongest of the three, in my opinion. Although some of the second is reiterated in the third, it is, nevertheless a strong series and I look forward to reading more of this author.
The first novel is the strongest of the three, in my opinion. Although some of the second is reiterated in the third, it is, nevertheless a strong series and I look forward to reading more of this author.
February 5, 2018
Good
Scott's stories areas always good. This borders trilogy raises the bar as they were excellent. Her characters and plots are based on historical ballads and legends
Scott's stories areas always good. This borders trilogy raises the bar as they were excellent. Her characters and plots are based on historical ballads and legends
May 9, 2018
Fun read
These stories had twists and turns, and I looked forward to reading the next chapter. Dad to see I've read all of them.
These stories had twists and turns, and I looked forward to reading the next chapter. Dad to see I've read all of them.
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May 22, 2023Why on earth is this ebook $1.99 in the US but £13.99 in the UK?
August 6, 2016
I listened to this - the reader was just wonderful, which is what kept me listening. I actually only "read" the first in the trilogy, and that one I fast forwarded through the second half. Not much happened, other than the wife being too afraid of her husband to tell him that his life's in danger. But yet she loves him soooo much. But I did strangely enjoy the first half. I think because of the wonderful descriptions of Scottish life at the time.
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