The Chief: A Highland Guard Novel
(Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read)
Author:
Series:
Highland Guard novels volume 1.
Published:
Random House Publishing Group 2010
Status:
Available from OverDrive
Description
AN ELITE FIGHTING FORCE UNLIKE THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN . . .
Scouring the darkest corners of the Highlands and Western Isles, Robert the Bruce handpicks ten warriors to help him in his quest to free Scotland from English rule. They are the best of the best, chosen for their superior skills in each discipline of warfare. And to lead his secret Highland Guard, Bruce chooses the greatest warrior of all.
The ultimate Highland warlord and a swordsman without equal, Tor MacLeod has no intention of being drawn into Scotland’s war against the English. Dedicated to his clan, the fiercely independent chief answers to no one—especially not to his alluring new bride, bartered to him in a bid to secure his command of the deadliest fighting force the world has ever seen. The treacherous chit who made her way to Tor’s bed may have won his hand, but she will never claim his heart.
Although her husband’s reputation is as fierce as his manner, Christina Fraser believes that something softer hides beneath his brutal shell. But the only warmth she feels is in their bed, in glorious moments of white-hot desire that disappear with the dawn. When Christina’s reckless bid to win her husband’s love goes awry and thrusts them into danger on the eve of war, Tor will face his ultimate battle: to save his wife and to open his heart—before it’s too late.
Scouring the darkest corners of the Highlands and Western Isles, Robert the Bruce handpicks ten warriors to help him in his quest to free Scotland from English rule. They are the best of the best, chosen for their superior skills in each discipline of warfare. And to lead his secret Highland Guard, Bruce chooses the greatest warrior of all.
The ultimate Highland warlord and a swordsman without equal, Tor MacLeod has no intention of being drawn into Scotland’s war against the English. Dedicated to his clan, the fiercely independent chief answers to no one—especially not to his alluring new bride, bartered to him in a bid to secure his command of the deadliest fighting force the world has ever seen. The treacherous chit who made her way to Tor’s bed may have won his hand, but she will never claim his heart.
Although her husband’s reputation is as fierce as his manner, Christina Fraser believes that something softer hides beneath his brutal shell. But the only warmth she feels is in their bed, in glorious moments of white-hot desire that disappear with the dawn. When Christina’s reckless bid to win her husband’s love goes awry and thrusts them into danger on the eve of war, Tor will face his ultimate battle: to save his wife and to open his heart—before it’s too late.
Formats
Adobe EPUB eBook
Works on all eReaders (except Kindles), desktop computers and mobile devices with reading apps installed.
Need Help?
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
More Copies In LINK+
Loading LINK+ Copies...
More Details
Format:
Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
Street Date:
03/23/2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780345518231
ASIN:
B00338QEJC
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Monica McCarty. (2010). The Chief: A Highland Guard Novel. Random House Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Monica McCarty. 2010. The Chief: A Highland Guard Novel. Random House Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Monica McCarty, The Chief: A Highland Guard Novel. Random House Publishing Group, 2010.
MLA Citation (style guide)Monica McCarty. The Chief: A Highland Guard Novel. Random House Publishing Group, 2010.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Copy Details
| Library | Owned | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Shared Digital Collection | 2 | 1 |
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
42b4f2d3-c23e-9c97-ad61-54fa0cc9dacb
Needs Update?:
No
Date Added:
Jun 12, 2018 19:00:40
Date Updated:
Apr 08, 2023 11:22:19
Last Metadata Check:
Apr 21, 2024 10:46:52
Last Metadata Change:
Sep 23, 2023 11:27:31
Last Availability Check:
Apr 21, 2024 10:46:55
Last Availability Change:
Apr 06, 2024 11:46:49
Last Grouped Work Modification Time:
Apr 25, 2024 02:10:18
OverDrive Product Record
- readingOrder
- 1
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0111-1/{B9153926-D81B-411F-B009-7E9757A2212A}Img100.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0111-1/{B9153926-D81B-411F-B009-7E9757A2212A}Img200.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0111-1/B91/539/26/{B9153926-D81B-411F-B009-7E9757A2212A}Img150.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0111-1/B91/539/26/{B9153926-D81B-411F-B009-7E9757A2212A}Img400.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- formats
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780345518231
- type: PublisherCatalogNumber
- value: 196341
- name: Adobe EPUB eBook
- id: ebook-epub-adobe
- identifiers:
- identifiers:
- type: PublisherCatalogNumber
- value: 196341
- type: ASIN
- value: B00338QEJC
- name: Kindle Book
- id: ebook-kindle
- identifiers:
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780345518231
- type: PublisherCatalogNumber
- value: 196341
- name: OverDrive Read
- id: ebook-overdrive
- identifiers:
- otherFormatIdentifiers
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780345518224
- mediaType
- eBook
- primaryCreator
- role: Author
- name: Monica McCarty
- isOwnedByCollections
- True
- title
- The Chief
- seriesId
- 534094
- dateAdded
- 2013-01-31T22:20:00Z
- contentDetails
- href: https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=141&titleID=321654
- type: text/html
- account:
- name: Sacramento Public Library (CA)
- id: 1151
- sortTitle
- Chief Highland Guard Series Book 01
- crossRefId
- 321654
- series
- Highland Guard
- subtitle
- A Highland Guard Novel
- id
- B9153926-D81B-411F-B009-7E9757A2212A
- starRating
- 4.1
OverDrive MetaData
- isPublicDomain
- False
- formats
- fileName: TheChief_9780345518231_321654
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 810931
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780345518231
- type: PublisherCatalogNumber
- value: 196341
- rights:
- type: Copying
- value: 0
- type: Printing
- value: 0
- type: Lending
- value: 0
- type: ReadAloud
- value: 0
- type: ExpirationRights
- value: 0
- name: Adobe EPUB eBook
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-epub-adobe
- onSaleDate: 3/23/2010
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-epub-adobe
- url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/B91/539/26/ChiefHighlandGuardSeriesBook019780345518231.epub
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=B9153926-D81B-411F-B009-7E9757A2212A&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- fileName: TheChief_321654
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 0
- identifiers:
- type: PublisherCatalogNumber
- value: 196341
- type: ASIN
- value: B00338QEJC
- name: Kindle Book
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-kindle
- onSaleDate: 3/23/2010
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-epub-adobe
- url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/B91/539/26/ChiefHighlandGuardSeriesBook019780345518231.epub
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=B9153926-D81B-411F-B009-7E9757A2212A&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- fileName: TheChief_9780345518231_321654
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 0
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780345518231
- type: PublisherCatalogNumber
- value: 196341
- name: OverDrive Read
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-overdrive
- onSaleDate: 3/23/2010
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-epub-adobe
- url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/B91/539/26/ChiefHighlandGuardSeriesBook019780345518231.epub
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=B9153926-D81B-411F-B009-7E9757A2212A&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- keywords
- value: relationships
- value: Scotland
- value: relationship
- value: romance
- value: historical novel
- value: love
- value: castles
- value: Scottish
- value: love story
- value: Scottish Highlands
- value: women
- value: romantic
- value: Historical Fiction
- value: European
- value: romance fiction
- value: Historical Romance
- value: medieval romance
- value: medieval
- value: highlander
- value: Romance Novel
- value: Highlanders
- value: historical novels
- value: romance books
- value: romance novels
- value: highlander romance
- value: highland romance
- value: scottish historical romance
- value: books for women
- value: historicals
- value: historical fiction books
- value: new york times best sellers
- value: relationship books
- value: best sellers list new york times
- creators
- role: Author
- fileAs: McCarty, Monica
- bioText: Monica McCarty is the bestselling author of the Highlander trilogy (Highlander Untamed, Highlander Unmasked, and Highlander Unchained). Her interest in the Scottish clan system began in the most unlikely of places: a comparative legal history course at Stanford Law School. After a short but enjoyable stint practicing law, she realized that her legal vocation and her husband’s transitory career as a professional baseball player were not exactly a match made in heaven. So McCarty traded in her legal briefs for Scottish historical romances with sexy alpha heroes. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and their two young children.
- name: Monica McCarty
- imprint
- Ballantine Books
- publishDate
- 2010-03-23T00:00:00-04:00
- isOwnedByCollections
- True
- title
- The Chief
- fullDescription
- AN ELITE FIGHTING FORCE UNLIKE THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN . . .
Scouring the darkest corners of the Highlands and Western Isles, Robert the Bruce handpicks ten warriors to help him in his quest to free Scotland from English rule. They are the best of the best, chosen for their superior skills in each discipline of warfare. And to lead his secret Highland Guard, Bruce chooses the greatest warrior of all.
The ultimate Highland warlord and a swordsman without equal, Tor MacLeod has no intention of being drawn into Scotland’s war against the English. Dedicated to his clan, the fiercely independent chief answers to no one—especially not to his alluring new bride, bartered to him in a bid to secure his command of the deadliest fighting force the world has ever seen. The treacherous chit who made her way to Tor’s bed may have won his hand, but she will never claim his heart.
Although her husband’s reputation is as fierce as his manner, Christina Fraser believes that something softer hides beneath his brutal shell. But the only warmth she feels is in their bed, in glorious moments of white-hot desire that disappear with the dawn. When Christina’s reckless bid to win her husband’s love goes awry and thrusts them into danger on the eve of war, Tor will face his ultimate battle: to save his wife and to open his heart—before it’s too late. - seriesId
- 534094
- reviews
- premium: True
- source:
- content:
February 8, 2010
McCarty (Highland Scoundrel
) begins a new Highland romance trilogy, this one set in the early 14th century. While Robert the Bruce attempts to consolidate the clans against the king, clan chief Tormod MacLeod hopes to remain above suspicion as he begins a special ops force, but his allegiance looks questionable after he’s tricked into marrying Christina Fraser, the daughter of a nobleman once imprisoned for supporting William Wallace. Tor faces internal conflict as his growing feelings for his wife battle his warrior code. McCarty devotes too much time to the special ops story line, and romance fans will find little to engage with as Tor remains cold in the face of Christina’s efforts to breach his emotional walls, but readers who deplore “wallpaper historicals” will appreciate not only the romance but McCarty’s efforts to go beyond the superficialities of historical Scotland.
- premium: True
- source:
- content:
Starred review from April 15, 2010
With William Wallace dead and Scotland's fate now in his hands, Robert the Bruce quietly makes plans for a secret army: 12 of the best warriors in the landnotably West Highlanders and Islandersunited under a fierce Western Isle chief, the legendary Tormod MacLeod. Unfortunately for the Bruce, staunchly independent Tor wants no part of the planuntil treachery lands the tempting Christina Fraser in his bed, and he is forced to reconsider. Passion and politics abound in this exceptionally well-researched romance that skillfully interweaves fiction with history and sheds new light on a particularly fascinating and violent time. VERDICT Clear, accessible historical detail, strong, intricate plotting, and believable characters (both historical and invented) keep the pages turning in this adventure, the first in a new series, which hooks readers from the start. McCarty ("Highland Scoundrel") lives in Piedmont, CA.Copyright 2010 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
- popularity
- 1284
- links
- self:
- href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BWwAAAA2I/products/b9153926-d81b-411f-b009-7e9757a2212a/metadata
- type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
- self:
- id
- b9153926-d81b-411f-b009-7e9757a2212a
- starRating
- 4.1
- readingOrder
- 1
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0111-1/{B9153926-D81B-411F-B009-7E9757A2212A}Img100.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0111-1/{B9153926-D81B-411F-B009-7E9757A2212A}Img200.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0111-1/B91/539/26/{B9153926-D81B-411F-B009-7E9757A2212A}Img150.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0111-1/B91/539/26/{B9153926-D81B-411F-B009-7E9757A2212A}Img400.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- isPublicPerformanceAllowed
- False
- languages
- code: en
- name: English
- subjects
- value: Fiction
- value: Romance
- value: Historical Fiction
- publishDateText
- 03/23/2010
- otherFormatIdentifiers
- type: ISBN
- value: 9780345518224
- mediaType
- eBook
- shortDescription
- AN ELITE FIGHTING FORCE UNLIKE THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN . . .
Scouring the darkest corners of the Highlands and Western Isles, Robert the Bruce handpicks ten warriors to help him in his quest to free Scotland from English rule. They are the best of the best, chosen for their superior skills in each discipline of warfare. And to lead his secret Highland Guard, Bruce chooses the greatest warrior of all.
The ultimate Highland warlord and a swordsman without equal, Tor MacLeod has no intention of being drawn into Scotland’s war against the English. Dedicated to his clan, the fiercely independent chief answers to no one—especially not to his alluring new bride, bartered to him in a bid to secure his command of the deadliest fighting force the world has ever seen. The treacherous chit who made her way to Tor’s bed may have won his hand, but she will never claim his heart.
Although her husband’s reputation is as fierce as his manner, Christina... - sortTitle
- Chief A Highland Guard Novel
- crossRefId
- 321654
- series
- Highland Guard
- awards
- source: Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine
- value: Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award Nominee - Best Book
- subtitle
- A Highland Guard Novel
- publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- bisacCodes
- code: FIC027150
- description: Fiction / Romance / Historical / Medieval
- code: FIC027160
- description: Fiction / Romance / Historical / Scottish
- code: FIC027260
- description: Fiction / Romance / Action & Adventure
