Highlander Vows: Entangled Hearts Books in Order
Part ofJulie Johnstone Books in OrderThis page lists the Highlander Vows: Entangled Hearts books in order by Julie Johnstone, with summaries, reading order, and start-here guidance.
Last updated: July 1, 2026
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Highlander Vows: Entangled Hearts books in publication order
11 books
Christmas in the Scot's Arms
by Julie Johnstone
2016
In London for the holidays, Highland laird Liam MacLeod hopes to escape fortune hunters and marriage games. Instead he meets scandal-shadowed Cecelia Cartwright, and Christmas becomes a choice between duty and real feeling.
When a Laird Loves a Lady
by Julie Johnstone
2016
Marion de Lacy fakes her death to escape a brutal English betrothal and ends up forced into marriage with widowed Highland laird Iain MacLeod. Their journey north becomes a battle between grief, loyalty, and the hope of belonging.
Wicked Highland Wishes
by Julie Johnstone
2016
Lachlan MacLeod and Bridgette MacLean want each other, but honor and family loyalties stand in the way. As a fight for Scotland's throne grows, desire becomes the most dangerous thing either has faced.
How a Scot Surrenders to a Lady
by Julie Johnstone
2017
Cameron MacLeod rescues an injured beauty only to learn she is the woman a seer once warned would destroy him. Sorcha's lost memory, hidden past, and growing love make that prophecy feel frighteningly real.
When a Highlander Loses His Heart
by Julie Johnstone
2017
Graham MacLeod kidnaps Isobel Campbell as leverage against his enemies and the king. What should have been a ruthless bargain turns into a dangerous bond as Isobel learns the people she trusted may be the true threat.
When a Warrior Woos a Lass
by Julie Johnstone
2017
Scarred widow Lena MacLeod is forced to wed warrior Alex MacLean, a man haunted by nightmares and secrets. Their careful new marriage grows tender just as treachery and Alex's buried past threaten everything.
When a Scot Gives His Heart
by Julie Johnstone
2018
Marsaili Campbell and Callum Grant shared one life-changing night before betrayal and duty tore them apart. Reunited on a dangerous journey, they must face the secrets and obligations still standing between them.
How to Heal a Highland Heart
by Julie Johnstone
2019
Patience pretends madness to scare off yet another husband, only to find Brodee Blackswell is not the brute she expected. Their marriage begins as a trap and becomes a fragile chance at healing.
The Heart of a Highlander
by Julie Johnstone
2019
Ada MacQuerrie is prized for a magical gift that makes men want her power, not her heart. William MacLean marries her to clear his family name, only to discover the bride he meant to use is the woman he cannot lose.
When a Highlander Weds a Hellion
by Julie Johnstone
2019
Broch MacLeod wants a place in the family he has only just found, and marrying the Highlands' Hellion seems the price. Katreine wants revenge and escape, but danger keeps pushing them toward an alliance neither can control.
Christmas Wishes of Love
by Julie Johnstone
2025
Sharp-tongued Lillith MacLeod has no intention of becoming the obedient bride Rory Matheson wants. A king's edict, clan tension, and a battle of wills turn their enforced courtship into something fiercer and sweeter.
Highlander Vows: Entangled Hearts books in chronological order

When a Laird Loves a Lady
by Julie Johnstone
2016Highlander Vows: Entangled Hearts, Book 1
Wicked Highland Wishes
by Julie Johnstone
2016Highlander Vows: Entangled Hearts, Book 2
Christmas in the Scot's Arms
by Julie Johnstone
2016Highlander Vows: Entangled Hearts, Book 3
When a Highlander Loses His Heart
by Julie Johnstone
2017Highlander Vows: Entangled Hearts, Book 4
How a Scot Surrenders to a Lady
by Julie Johnstone
2017Highlander Vows: Entangled Hearts, Book 5
When a Warrior Woos a Lass
by Julie Johnstone
2017Highlander Vows: Entangled Hearts, Book 6
When a Scot Gives His Heart
by Julie Johnstone
2018Highlander Vows: Entangled Hearts, Book 7
When a Highlander Weds a Hellion
by Julie Johnstone
2019Highlander Vows: Entangled Hearts, Book 8
How to Heal a Highland Heart
by Julie Johnstone
2019Highlander Vows: Entangled Hearts, Book 9
The Heart of a Highlander
by Julie Johnstone
2019Highlander Vows: Entangled Hearts, Book 10
Christmas Wishes of Love
by Julie Johnstone
2025Highlander Vows: Entangled Hearts, Book 11
Series background & context
Highlander Vows: Entangled Hearts is one of Julie Johnstone's foundational Highland series, and it shows many of the things she returns to again and again. Medieval Scotland, fierce clan loyalties, marriages made under pressure, proud warriors who are not nearly as emotionally invincible as they think, and women who refuse to fold themselves into whatever role men or kings have assigned them.
The series opens with When a Laird Loves a Lady, where Marion de Lacy flees an English marriage only to be swept into an unwanted union with widowed MacLeod laird Iain. From there the books widen into a long clan-centered saga. Brothers, allies, daughters, rivals, and connected families all get their turn, and the MacLeod name keeps anchoring the larger world even as the romances shift from one couple to another.
This is a series with momentum.
Books like Wicked Highland Wishes, When a Highlander Loses His Heart, How a Scot Surrenders to a Lady, and When a Warrior Woos a Lass lean into the clash between private desire and public duty. Abductions, king's edicts, old prophecies, political bargains, and clan feuds repeatedly put the couples under strain. Later entries such as When a Scot Gives His Heart, When a Highlander Weds a Hellion, How to Heal a Highland Heart, and The Heart of a Highlander keep building that world while adding more emotional damage, more magic-threaded legend, and more characters trying to outrun fate.
There is also a folklore element that gives the series its own flavor. Johnstone weaves in seers, gifts, prophecies, and bits of fairy lore without turning the books into full fantasy. The result is still recognizably historical romance, just with a little extra strangeness humming under the surface. That works especially well because the magical pieces usually intensify the characters' fears rather than replace them.
Most of all, this is a family-and-kingdom series. People marry for strategy, fight for clan survival, and carry grudges for years, but the emotional center stays close. Who do you trust. Where do you belong. What do you do when love asks you to give up the story you had built about yourself. If you want a long Highland run with recurring faces, political stakes, and real continuity between books, this is one of Johnstone's best places to settle in.
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