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Highland Rogues #1
The Fraser Bride
Desperate to escape an unwanted marriage to a cruel enemy, Anora Fraser seeks refuge on the estate of Ramsay MacGowan, hoping to persuade the powerful highland warrior to serve as her defender, a role that could lead to the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy. Original.
372 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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About the author
Lois Greiman
80 books292 followersBorn on a North Dakota cattle ranch, Lois Greiman graduated from a high school class of sixty students before moving to Minnesota where she professionally trained and showed Arabian Horses for several years. Since that time she's been a high fashion model, a fitness instructor, and a veterinary assistant. But an incurable case of writing fever put a stop to all those occupations.
Since selling her first book to Avon in 1992, she has sold twelve other historical romance novels, most of which are set in medieval Scotland and involve her very popular Forbes clan. In an attempt to pursue her love of humor, Ms. Greiman has also recently sold three romantic comedies to Harlequin Enterprises.
While caring for three children, fifteen horses, and a menagerie of pets on her small farm in Minnesota, Ms. Greiman writes full time, producing two or three novels a year and garnering much praise from readers and reviewers alike. Affaire de Coeur called HIGHLAND WOLF "magnificent." Romantic Times proclaimed LADY AND THE KNIGHT"...pure magic." Christina Dodd proclaims "Lois Greiman delivers....The Fraser Bride offers delightful characters, breathless adventure."
Her Highland novels have received Affaire de Couer's Critic's Choice Award, Romantic Times K.I.S.S. Award, and been nominated for Romance Writer's of America's prestigious Rita. Her titles have appeared on Barnes and Nobles Best Selling Romance list and won her the Midwest Fiction Writer's Rising Star Award.
Since selling her first book to Avon in 1992, she has sold twelve other historical romance novels, most of which are set in medieval Scotland and involve her very popular Forbes clan. In an attempt to pursue her love of humor, Ms. Greiman has also recently sold three romantic comedies to Harlequin Enterprises.
While caring for three children, fifteen horses, and a menagerie of pets on her small farm in Minnesota, Ms. Greiman writes full time, producing two or three novels a year and garnering much praise from readers and reviewers alike. Affaire de Coeur called HIGHLAND WOLF "magnificent." Romantic Times proclaimed LADY AND THE KNIGHT"...pure magic." Christina Dodd proclaims "Lois Greiman delivers....The Fraser Bride offers delightful characters, breathless adventure."
Her Highland novels have received Affaire de Couer's Critic's Choice Award, Romantic Times K.I.S.S. Award, and been nominated for Romance Writer's of America's prestigious Rita. Her titles have appeared on Barnes and Nobles Best Selling Romance list and won her the Midwest Fiction Writer's Rising Star Award.
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August 22, 2014
This book was a great book and it kept you want to read more because you couldn't quit reading it.
Very hot and romantic too. I busted love it and I have never readied this authors books before and I would read another of her books because this one was so good!!!
Very very great book and I will ask my friends to read this book too!!!
Very hot and romantic too. I busted love it and I have never readied this authors books before and I would read another of her books because this one was so good!!!
Very very great book and I will ask my friends to read this book too!!!
August 31, 2016
I read this because I was curious about Lois Greiman. I had not read her before and I saw her listed as a fave in the highlander group. It wasn't a terrible story but it wasn't all that good either. I didn't care for the heroine and her constant lies, but the hero was decent. There were unanswered questions at the end of the book and I may decide to continue the series just to find out what they are but then again, I don't know.
September 7, 2021
Wer sich für die schottischen Highlands, ruppige Krieger und widerspenstige Ladys interessiert, dem kann ich dieses Buch nur wärmstens empfehlen. Zu dieser explosiven Mischung kommen noch ein Fluch, Geister und Kämpfe bis auf den Tod hinzu.
Der besondere Schreibstil des Buches zieht einen direkt in längst vergangene Zeiten, die unglaublich greifbar und nah beschrieben sind. Man spürt praktisch den Wind der Highlands. Sowohl Anora als auch Ramsay werden als unglaublich komplexe Charaktere mit nicht gerade leichter Vergangenheit präsentiert. Trotz ernster Themen bringen einen die Kabbeleien der beiden immer wieder zum Schmunzeln. Eine Wendung jagt die nächste und nichts ist so, wie es anfänglich scheint. Durch die wechselnde Perspektiven von Anora und Ramsay lernt man beide gleich gut kennen und erkennt Tiefen der Geschichte, die man sonst eher nicht bemerkt hätte.
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Ein tolles, kurzweiliges Buch, das Lust macht, weitere Bücher der Autorin Lois Greiman zu lesen.
Der besondere Schreibstil des Buches zieht einen direkt in längst vergangene Zeiten, die unglaublich greifbar und nah beschrieben sind. Man spürt praktisch den Wind der Highlands. Sowohl Anora als auch Ramsay werden als unglaublich komplexe Charaktere mit nicht gerade leichter Vergangenheit präsentiert. Trotz ernster Themen bringen einen die Kabbeleien der beiden immer wieder zum Schmunzeln. Eine Wendung jagt die nächste und nichts ist so, wie es anfänglich scheint. Durch die wechselnde Perspektiven von Anora und Ramsay lernt man beide gleich gut kennen und erkennt Tiefen der Geschichte, die man sonst eher nicht bemerkt hätte.
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Ein tolles, kurzweiliges Buch, das Lust macht, weitere Bücher der Autorin Lois Greiman zu lesen.
January 15, 2021
I thought I would give reading an e-Book for the first time; a bit strange for me as I do enjoy being more tactile with my reading material. It feels more complicated to not just actually pick up a book when the mood takes you - however, once my eyes got used to screen form, the story took over my pleasure. It was amusing, endearing and sometimes annoying as it had me saying out loud 'get on with it girl...' Here was Anora (NotMary) Fraser damsel in destress looking for a saviour to save her and her kin. It's the highlands but is Ram the MacGowan the one capable, kind, trustworthy man? Oh boy, there was deceit, intrigue, romance and a bit of the paranormal in this story that seemed to go on and on; and although coming to the last chapter the main characters got their happy ending - I felt like - thank goodness!
September 29, 2023
2.5 stars
She drew her hand carefully from his chest and rose to her feet. "You are a liar." She said the words softly but with absolute conviction.
"Me!" Air rushed back into his lungs. " 'Tis you who is the liar!"
"Aye. But at least I am good at it," she said, and turning toward the door, left without another word.
I solely bumped this up from a 2 star read because of how often and much the FMC lied. Y'all. It was insane to the point of being all you can do is salute. You will basically be more confused than the MMC while reading this until around 90% and then you're going to have to put on your Medieval cap to not foam at the mouth when it's revealed why there was all the lying.
If lying is your kink, this right here is your Holy Grail.
She drew her hand carefully from his chest and rose to her feet. "You are a liar." She said the words softly but with absolute conviction.
"Me!" Air rushed back into his lungs. " 'Tis you who is the liar!"
"Aye. But at least I am good at it," she said, and turning toward the door, left without another word.
I solely bumped this up from a 2 star read because of how often and much the FMC lied. Y'all. It was insane to the point of being all you can do is salute. You will basically be more confused than the MMC while reading this until around 90% and then you're going to have to put on your Medieval cap to not foam at the mouth when it's revealed why there was all the lying.
If lying is your kink, this right here is your Holy Grail.
February 15, 2025
I sacrificed my hours of sleep for this book and it wasn't worth it. I didn't feel there was any chemistry between the main characters, besides Anora gave me a headache with so many lies, she inhaled and exhaled lies, if I had taken a shot for each lie I'm sure an ethyl coma would have been the least I would have gotten, about Ramsey, what can I say about him? I didn't connect either, he seemed the same to me as he seems to my palate like an unsalted potato chip, tasteless. I give it two stars for Gilmour and Lachlan because they made me laugh several times, I also really liked the dynamics of their conversations, it's because of them that I will read their stories later and what motivated me to finish this book.
September 5, 2018
The denouement was a bit confusing. Who played which part and especially why. Who was the warrior, and why didn't he want to kill her anymore.
There was no reaction from his brothers that he and Anora were in love now.
What caused the change of hart of Munro?
A lot of questions and no answers.
I didn't like Isobel. She seems dishonest.
It took almost to the end of the story before they slept together.
There was no reaction from his brothers that he and Anora were in love now.
What caused the change of hart of Munro?
A lot of questions and no answers.
I didn't like Isobel. She seems dishonest.
It took almost to the end of the story before they slept together.
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October 16, 2020
I struggled getting through 70 pages and gave up. I hate the writing. The brothers are so freaking annoying. I can't stand the way they talk too. So much fluff and useless words that it could be reduced to a novella rather easily. She isn't all that smart too. Not worth the money I paid and not worth my time.
January 11, 2023
Jan 2023
Although I felt compelled to read the entire book it was very confusing and I didn't understand all it. Also it was rather wordy and repetitive
Although I felt compelled to read the entire book it was very confusing and I didn't understand all it. Also it was rather wordy and repetitive
March 28, 2025
Wow! Romance, adventure, mystery and epic sword fights. This story was very mysterious, right from the beginning.
February 17, 2023
The eldest MacGowan brother is not known for his joyous charm or enchanting laughter. No, while his brothers a full of life, arguing and fighting and throwing themselves at women, the hero is the complete opposite. He is a stern imposing figure who keeps himself apart from his family and his thoughts and feelings to himself. When the three brothers find a wounded and fragile woman on their land, of course his brothers are enchanted. Carrying her back to their keep, they proceed to fawn over her, giving her a name and a personality without even knowing the women. But not the hero. No, his issues with women in general make him a cynic and distrustful of the fairer sex and there's nothing more suspicious than ta beautiful women.
When she awakes, she does so fighting. When questioned about herself and how she ended up alone in the woods, she tells them a pretty story and solidifies it with a vulnerable demeanor. But the hero isn't fooled. She's lying her little face off and there' nothing more he hates than a liar. The heroine cannot possibly reveal her true identity. Not to strangers and certainly not to men. The secrets she keeps walled up inside her make her extremely distrustful of men but the 2 warrior brothers who she finds herself with-them she can handle. She knows their type. It's the other brother, the tall dark and solemn brother who is the true danger. She can see than he dislikes her and he makes it plain. She knows she must get away from all of them as soon as she can. A dream vision alerts her to danger back home and she is needed desperately. She finds herself traveling with the 3 bickering brothers...and the dark brother as well, much to her disagreement. The hero doesn't entirely know why he's compelled to travel with them (well, at least not that'll he'll admit to) but he soon finds himself in the company of a women he both distrusts and is attracted to. When she is attacked and the hero wounded saving them both, she urges him to take her home. Against his better judgment he leaves with her on a solo mission. Their relationship is strained to say the least. Every word out of her mouth is a lie and that fills the hero with anger and disgust. But there are moments of vulnerability that manage to draw him in and cast doubt over his belief of the type of person she is. It becomes clear that her skittishness around men is due to the fact that she was raped as a young girl. The idea of her in such a position fills him with rage. No one deserves that, no one deserves to be told by their father that it was her fault- that she was a tease. But regardless, this attack has cast permanent damage towards the heroine interactions with men and sex. She has a very warped perspective about herself sexually. She is standoffish, skittish and cold towards any sexual advance. But at times she can play the seductress- initiating the intimacy before freaking out and accusing the hero of trying to rape her. It was like a sick test. When he would show interest in her sexually, she would think he means to rape her. If he didn't react to her advances then she would cry foul, that he thinks she's tainted goods- that he believes like her father did, that she deserved what happened to her. Hard enough to deny his growing feels to himself, the hero has serious trouble trying to understand his female companion. When it comes to light, however, that she is betrothed- he is furious. Yet that doesn't stop him from defending her honor, fighting her fiancé for the right for her hand (even if it's all fictitious) even claiming a bastard child as his own. He may play the cool cold customer but he has a heart of gold and is deep down a good man.
I struggled with this book and in the end, I concluded that I didn't like it. I strongly disliked the heroine. I found her extremely annoying and delusional and fucked up mentally. She lied about everything all the time. She lied when she didn't even have to lie. I may have liked the hero as an idea but even he couldn't save a boring and frustrating book. Zero chemistry, at least that I felt. Whatever moments the hero and heroine did have were few and far between and always ended up in a fight or having them pretend that it meant nothing. Both lied to themselves for the entire book, feels or emotions in general were always hinted but never fully acted out until the end. It was a game of will they won't they that I was never truly invested in and couldn't care less about the outcome.
When she awakes, she does so fighting. When questioned about herself and how she ended up alone in the woods, she tells them a pretty story and solidifies it with a vulnerable demeanor. But the hero isn't fooled. She's lying her little face off and there' nothing more he hates than a liar. The heroine cannot possibly reveal her true identity. Not to strangers and certainly not to men. The secrets she keeps walled up inside her make her extremely distrustful of men but the 2 warrior brothers who she finds herself with-them she can handle. She knows their type. It's the other brother, the tall dark and solemn brother who is the true danger. She can see than he dislikes her and he makes it plain. She knows she must get away from all of them as soon as she can. A dream vision alerts her to danger back home and she is needed desperately. She finds herself traveling with the 3 bickering brothers...and the dark brother as well, much to her disagreement. The hero doesn't entirely know why he's compelled to travel with them (well, at least not that'll he'll admit to) but he soon finds himself in the company of a women he both distrusts and is attracted to. When she is attacked and the hero wounded saving them both, she urges him to take her home. Against his better judgment he leaves with her on a solo mission. Their relationship is strained to say the least. Every word out of her mouth is a lie and that fills the hero with anger and disgust. But there are moments of vulnerability that manage to draw him in and cast doubt over his belief of the type of person she is. It becomes clear that her skittishness around men is due to the fact that she was raped as a young girl. The idea of her in such a position fills him with rage. No one deserves that, no one deserves to be told by their father that it was her fault- that she was a tease. But regardless, this attack has cast permanent damage towards the heroine interactions with men and sex. She has a very warped perspective about herself sexually. She is standoffish, skittish and cold towards any sexual advance. But at times she can play the seductress- initiating the intimacy before freaking out and accusing the hero of trying to rape her. It was like a sick test. When he would show interest in her sexually, she would think he means to rape her. If he didn't react to her advances then she would cry foul, that he thinks she's tainted goods- that he believes like her father did, that she deserved what happened to her. Hard enough to deny his growing feels to himself, the hero has serious trouble trying to understand his female companion. When it comes to light, however, that she is betrothed- he is furious. Yet that doesn't stop him from defending her honor, fighting her fiancé for the right for her hand (even if it's all fictitious) even claiming a bastard child as his own. He may play the cool cold customer but he has a heart of gold and is deep down a good man.
I struggled with this book and in the end, I concluded that I didn't like it. I strongly disliked the heroine. I found her extremely annoying and delusional and fucked up mentally. She lied about everything all the time. She lied when she didn't even have to lie. I may have liked the hero as an idea but even he couldn't save a boring and frustrating book. Zero chemistry, at least that I felt. Whatever moments the hero and heroine did have were few and far between and always ended up in a fight or having them pretend that it meant nothing. Both lied to themselves for the entire book, feels or emotions in general were always hinted but never fully acted out until the end. It was a game of will they won't they that I was never truly invested in and couldn't care less about the outcome.
December 30, 2007
The Fraser Bride - NR
Greiman, Lois - 1st in Highland Rogues series
From the moment he first encounters the ravishing sleeping beauty on his land, Ramsay MacGowan is bewitched - and the tale she spins upon waking convinces him to be her protector. But Anora Fraser's stories of bandits and terror are falsehoods meant to mask a dangerous truth. And though Ramsay has had his fill of beautiful, conniving lassies, he can't resist the exquisite deceiver his strong arms ache to enfold.
Anora is desperate when she tricks Ramsay into escorting her to her home and pretending to be her lover. With no clansman to defend her, she's forced to turn to this courageous scion of the mighty MacGowans to thwart her dreaded marriage to a cruel foe. For proud Anora will surrender to no man - not even to the bold, brazen highlander whose gentle yet passionate caresses weaken her resolve. But can either defy their own yearning hearts - or the ancient prophecy that signifies Ramsay as the perfect husband for a Fraser bride?
Really disliked the female protagonist.
Greiman, Lois - 1st in Highland Rogues series
From the moment he first encounters the ravishing sleeping beauty on his land, Ramsay MacGowan is bewitched - and the tale she spins upon waking convinces him to be her protector. But Anora Fraser's stories of bandits and terror are falsehoods meant to mask a dangerous truth. And though Ramsay has had his fill of beautiful, conniving lassies, he can't resist the exquisite deceiver his strong arms ache to enfold.
Anora is desperate when she tricks Ramsay into escorting her to her home and pretending to be her lover. With no clansman to defend her, she's forced to turn to this courageous scion of the mighty MacGowans to thwart her dreaded marriage to a cruel foe. For proud Anora will surrender to no man - not even to the bold, brazen highlander whose gentle yet passionate caresses weaken her resolve. But can either defy their own yearning hearts - or the ancient prophecy that signifies Ramsay as the perfect husband for a Fraser bride?
Really disliked the female protagonist.
March 27, 2013
Cute. A little too cute. I would have liked a little more grit with this book. A lot of the dialogue and descriptions were a little too flowery and didn't get right down to it. Anora's character annoyed the crikey out of me with all the dishonesty, but I get in the end why she was not forthright with what was going on...otherwise, the brothers would have sprinted away from her. I really loved the scene where they FINALLY had sex...and Ramsay was so gentle with her considering her history. Very sweet and made me smile. I also liked the scene at the inn. The characters were developed extremely well with all their history, the imagery on the settings was picturesque and pleasant to read about, and this was an entertaining story for sure. I really could have done without the dated terms such as "wick", "arousal", and "manhood", but it DID come out in 2001, so...okay. :) Very cute Highlander romance. I too guessed Isobel at the end. I liked Ramsay better than Anora. I wish that the Warrior had been explained, but I have book 2 in the series, so maybe I'll find out then.
April 20, 2013
Ok seriously I had to laugh about Ramsay continuously calling his dick a "wick." LOL hilarious. I've been wanting to read this book for quite some time so I'm glad my friend came across a copy. It was really cute, I didn't understand Anora's dishonesty though and why she lied about who she was for so long. I loved the interaction of the brothers, they argued just like siblings and they were funny together. All in all not a bad book but it was more romance and one sex scene.
November 25, 2014
A decent read.
It wasn't as exciting as I would have liked but it was still a really good read. I have to read book 2 now. I wish Ramsay would have been less of a pansy but I can still appreciate it for what it was.
It wasn't as exciting as I would have liked but it was still a really good read. I have to read book 2 now. I wish Ramsay would have been less of a pansy but I can still appreciate it for what it was.
February 18, 2013
I'm not sure why I didn't really dig this book. It's not terrible, but it just didn't hook me. I ended up not reading the other two in the trilogy even though I had them checked out.
November 4, 2015
I stopped reading after a short while, I couldn't go on as none of the characters piqued my interest.
November 7, 2015
I enjoyed reading.
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