Eridani Press

The only case they haven't cracked is how to be together.Not on Officer Maggie Kyle’s Christmas bingo card:A homemade bomb in a bus station locker.A child, the prime suspect in the bombing.Her partner of ten years abandoning her to solve the case on her own.Max St. James might be the worst cop in the world—or at least in Toronto:He fell in love with his partner.He’s the reason she never became a detective.He doesn’t much care who planted the bomb.The IED’s blast ignites years of tension, sending Maggie and Max careening in opposite directions—but opposites still attract. Can they find a way to come together to solve the case before another bomb goes off? And will it mean another ten years sacrificing the future they want for the partnership they already have?

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?

In 1725, a secret convent has been established on the Aberdeenshire coast.Jory Mackintosh is more excited by healing herbs than husbands or holy prayers. She craves freedom—and a chance to sneak into medical school. Instead, on the eve of her escape, she becomes an unwilling pawn in her family’s schemes with a rival clan.Finlay Shaw, the disgraced younger brother of the laird, has spent ten long years atoning for his past failures, but nothing can wash away the stain of fratricide. When the clans order him to escort Jory to her new life as a nun, thus securing an alliance with the freshly formed Black Watch, it’s his last chance for redemption. Too bad for Finn, Jory has no intention of following orders.Trapped on the road together, often with only one bed between them, the two butt heads and match wits, forced to acknowledge the dark shadows that have haunted them both for years. Can they learn to trust each other, and themselves, to fly in the face of their families’ wishes, or will they choose the solitary futures they always believed they deserve in this unorthodox runaway bride story?

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?

Once upon a time, Maggie Mackintosh Budge yearned for handsome rogues and breathtaking adventure. Now widowed after a disastrous marriage and desperate to escape her still-matchmaking father, she stows away on the nearest vessel because sometimes the only solution is running away to sea.Bastian MacLeod never chose a life of piracy, but after coming of age under the brutal regime of Auldfarrand’s Revenge, his world has been limited to placating the volatile captain and staying one step ahead of the navy, that is until he discovers Maggie in the cargo hold. The first rule of piracy is: wenches are unlucky and will be cast overboard.With Bastian’s help, Maggie disguises herself and joins the crew, but sparks between them ignite like St. Elmo’s Fire. Can they keep her secret—and keep their hands off each other—long enough to outwit the navy and hunt down the captain’s lost treasure? Or will bad luck send them both to the hangman’s noose?