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Scottish soldier Jamie Fraser and his wife, Claire Randall, a twentieth century doctor who has traveled two centuries back in time, find themselves in South Carolina on the eve of the American Revolution, where they must fight to save a young girl.

Jamie Fraser knows from his time-traveling wife Claire that, no matter how unlikely it seems, America will win the Revolutionary War. But fighting for the eventual winner is no guarantee of safety. And worse still, the possibility of pointing a weapon at his own son, a young officer in the British army, haunts Jamie's every thought. In the relative safety of the 20th century, their daughter, Brianna, and her husband experience the unfolding drama...

"Fans of Scottish lore or bookstore mysteries like Lorna Barrett's and Carolyn Hart's will enjoy this one."—Booklist

Thanks to the Western Maine Highland Games, Moosetookalook, Maine, has never seen so many bare legs walking its streets. But instead of wondering who'll win the hammer throw, everyone's asking who got kilt. Especially Liss MacCrimmon, purveyor of the town's Scottish Emporium, since it's also her wedding...

Business is booming at the Scottish Emporium in Moosetookalook, Maine, and Liss MacCrimmon Ruskin couldn't be happier--or busier. Liss is surprised when an old friend from high school asks her to spend a week at the Christmas tree farm she recently inherited from a great-uncle. Upon their arrival, Liss and Dan are greeted by a ramshackle farmhouse and unfriendly townsfolk. Who was the man whose body was found neatly netted in a shipment of Scotch...

Can there be such a thing as too many men in kilts? Normally Liss MacCrimmon, proprietor of Moosetookalook, Maine's one and only Scottish Emporium, would say no. But that's before one of them turns out to be murderous. The bagpipes are blaring at The Spruces Hotel, which reopened just in time to host the Burns Night Supper, an annual celebration of Scotland's beloved poet, Robert Burns. In the midst of the long Maine winter, the festivities are just...

Liss MacCrimmon, proprietor of the Scottish Emporium in the Maine town of Moosetookalook, helps to launch a holiday campaign featuring the highly prized Tiny Teddy toy; but when the greedy toy store owner is murdered, Liss and her friends start their own investigation.

Liss MacCrimmon Ruskin is prepping her wares for the annual Western Maine Highland Games, but after a fire at the local bookstore, the disappearance of the bookstore's owner and her two young children, and a murder, Liss is drawn into a homicide investigation.

The old Chadwick mansion on the edge of Moosetookalook, Maine, has been shrouded in mystery for generations. But when Scottish Emporium owner Liss MacCrimmon uncovers a treasure map at the mansion's estate sale, she never expected her curiosity would lead to a dead body. It's clear Liss isn't alone on this treasure hunt. With her life in real peril and the map at risk of being stolen, she launches into full-scale investigation mode. But as she deciphers...

Skipping back and forth in time from the 18th to the late 20th century, and drawing on her own family history, McCrumb tells two stories in her appealing new novel, one heading toward, the other returning to, the Appalachians. In the present-day sections, 83-year-old John Walker is slowly dying in the eastern Tennessee town where he has lived most of his life, while his estranged daughter, Linda Walker better known as the country singer Lark McCourry...

Leaving New York for the Bad Lands of Dakota Territory, Scottish emigre Lord Machray earns himself the respect of the frontier guides with his marksmanship and true grit, but his eastern accent and wealth brand him an outsider. When he stakes a homestead claim on land another man wants, he walks into a crossfire of greed and hate. The tale of a man forced to fight for his life in a country so dangerous and untamed its very name is legend.