Fans of Outlander and Bridgerton will love Amanda Scott, a giant in both the regency and Scottish romance subgenres. The Rita Award–winning author “frequently credited with creating the subgenre” of Scottish romance (Library Journal) has published over 60 books, with at least one new release a year for every year from 1981 to 2018.
Scott is know for her ability to bring both history and romance to life, animating vivid historical landscapes that history buffs have admired for their accuracy and creating memorable characters whose centuries-ago love is timeless. From sensual love stories to steamy romances, Amanda Scott has something for every historical romance lover.
Sixty books is a lot, so if you're overwhelmed by where to start with this prolific and praise-worthy romance author, here are all of her series, duologies, and standalones in one convenient place to help you get started.
The Secret Clan Series
This historical romance series is just one of many of Scott’s stories set in Scotland. The four books in the series follow different heroines whose stories intertwine as the series progresses. The first book sees wealthy heiress Molly Gordon kidnapped from her family and forced to languish on a misty island. If only someone were brave enough to save her…
In the second, heiress Elspeth has been locked away in Farnsworth Tower for as long as she can remember—then a mysterious but handsome stranger helps her realize her memories may be a lie.
When the wealthy Barbara McRae is kidnapped after her wedding in the third book, a masked swordsman known as the Black Fox rescues her—and steals her heart in the process. And when reivers abduct Lady Anne Ellyson one night, she is shocked to find their handsome leader is someone from her own clan—someone presumed dead.
The Highland Series
Set in the aftermath of the 1750s Jacobite rebellion in the Scottish highlands, this series serves up love stories that are every bit as loyal to their historical sides as they are their romantic. Another series with four fiery young heroines whose worlds gradually intertwine, The Highland Series takes us on all manner of sultry adventures of romantic and political intrigue.
From Jacobite rebels who refuse to back down—from the Scottish liberation or from love—to a phantom lover whose passion is very real, this riveting series will teach you more than a thing or two about love—and a bit of Scottish history in the process.
The Highland Nights Series
Couldn’t get enough of the Scottish highlands? The Highland Nights Series sees a new saga unfold in the same enthralling setting readers came to love in The Highland Series.
The series unfolds in two parts. In the first, Lady Fiona Ormiston is ordered by the king to do the unthinkable: marry a barbaric Scottish highlander. But as she gets to know her husband-to-be, she discovers she may have misjudged the ruggedly handsome stranger—and may even be falling in love with him.
The second is a Romeo-and-Juliet style tale of two lovers destined to be together, yet kept apart by the vicious feud between their clans. Katy and Williams were brought up in a world where bravery was everything. If they want to fight for each other, they’re certainly going to need it.
The Border Trilogy I
This series from Amanda Scott takes us south of the Scottish highlands of her previous books and back a century, to the tumultuous borderlands between Scotland and England in the 1500s. The rumblings of the Jacobite revolution are making themselves felt across the land, and if Scott’s rich romantic conflicts are any indication, even young lovers are feeling it.
In Border Bride, highland beauty Kate McPherson rebels against the borderer to which her father has promised her, certain border men view wives as mere property. In Border Fire, English forces finally arrest boisterous highwayman Rabbie Redcloak—but not before English noblewoman Janet Graham can get a look at him. Now, she’s determined to save him from hanging, and her motives are far from pure.
Finally, in Border Storm, an attempt from Lady Laurie Halliot to save her family’s reputation from ruin lands her in a loveless marriage. At least, that’s what she thought her union with Sir Hugh Graham was supposed to be. Now, she’s not so sure…
The Border Trilogy II
Amanda Scott once again delivers for fans who weren’t ready to part with the Scottish borderlands. She brings the setting back to life in the second Border Trilogy, filled once again rugged rogues, rebellious ladies, salacious spies, political intrigue. Like the hills of the Scottish borderlands, the romances in these stories are lush yet tumultuous, the perfect blend of passion and conflict.
The Bath Trilogy
The Bath Trilogy takes us away from the rugged territory of the Scottish countryside into the glamor and elegance of the Georgian court. Don’t worry, though: the rebel brides and handsome men who were the hallmark of her previous series are here to stay in these regency romances perfect for Bridgerton fans.
The three books in the trilogy are once again interconnected standalones, unfolding as though they were pieces of court gossip between you and Scott herself—though to call it gossip does a great injustice to the vivid romances Scott has brought to life in these books.
Scottish Knights
We return to the Scottish highlands in this trilogy, where the stakes are as high as ever. In the first book, the young daughter of the Mackintosh clan chieftain meets a mysterious stranger in the woods. They fall in love, only to discover the handsome stranger is destined to kill her father.
Meanwhile, in book two, a noblewoman escapes an arranged marriage in the Scottish court with the help of a handsome hired guide, himself a noble of the Mackintosh clan. He’d promised the noblewoman he’d grant her save passage, but what he didn’t expect was to fall in love.
Finally, book three sees a young sea captain fall in love with a shipwrecked noblewoman. But when that ship is found to have been carrying the kidnapped heir to Scottish thrown, and the woman is a suspect, their newfound passion becomes something forbidden—and even dangerous.
Lairds of the Loch
This trilogy set in the Scottish Highlands follows the beautiful MacFarlan sisters, with one book dedicated to each. The alluring MacFarlan sisters have always stood out among their clan, not least because their father is the chieftain. But in a world where this trio are the objects of everyone’s desire, following their own desires has never been easy.
Fortunately for these fiery sisters, a little trouble won’t stop them from following their hearts. In this passionate series of arranged marriages, forbidden desires, and irresistible temptations, Amanda Scott turns up the temperature of her previous Highlands series, with delicious results.
Isles/Templars
Amanda Scott’s longest series yet comprises five books in all, and the stakes—and passions—are higher than ever. These sensual stories of love and desire in the rugged Highlands are as sexy as they are sincere.
Galloway Trilogy
If Lairds of the Loch turns up the temperature, the sexy Scottish lords and warriors of the Galloway Trilogy outright break the thermometer.
In the first, noblewoman Fiona is tempted out of her loveless and abusive marriage by her husband’s ruggedly handsome and bold cousin, Richard, putting both of their lives in danger. In the second, the young and beautiful Lady Mauro is primed to be the perfect heir to her father’s estate—that is, before the spontaneous, sapphire-eyed Rob Maxwell comes along.
Finally, Jenny Easdale is determined to have one last adventure before submitting to a transactional marriage to advance her clan’s status. When Sir High Douglas comes to retrieve her, he doesn’t expect to fall in love with his brother’s bride-to-be instead.
Dangerous
The Dangerous series whisks readers away from the 17th century Scottish highlands to the greater British Empire in the era of Napoleon’s conquest. Tales of handsome soldiers (some scandalous, some honorable), romantic regency bets, royal kidnappings in Cornwall, and forbidden enemies-to-lovers in the English court fill the passionate pages of this four-book series.
Duologies
In addition to her many series and trilogies, Amanda Scott has also written several duologies. Unlike her longer series, which tend to relate to each other through more disparate interwoven threads, Scott’s duologies are considerably more interconnected.
In the regency duology The Sisters Traherne, Lady Meriel finds love in a dangerously unexpected place while protecting her rebellious younger sister, Lady Gwyneth. Six years later, Lady Gwyneth comes to a crossroads within her own heart.
The Infamous Rakes, meanwhile, is a bit more salacious, as our young heroines shun the advances of two of London’s most infamous rakes—only to find their hearts have other plans.
Whatever flavor of regency romance you prefer, you’re sure to find it reflected in one of the these duologies.
The Duke's Daughters
The Infamous Rakes
The Sisters Traherne
The Standalones
Amanda Scott may have mastered the art of the Scottish and British regency romance series, but she has written plenty of standalones, too. We’ve included fifteen of them here. From The Bawdy Bride, which reads like a juicier Pride and Prejudice, to forbidden love between a husband-to-be and a forever lady-in-waiting in An Affair of Honor, these salacious and sensational standalones certainly hold their own.
