Kisses and Carriages Books in Order

Kisses and Carriages is one of L.L. Muir's earlier branches, and it already shows several things she would keep returning to: Scottish heroes, time-bent romance, and the sense that travel, especially strange travel, has a way of dropping people into the exact emotional mess they were not prepared for.

The series begins with Christmas Kiss.

That book pairs Brianna Colby, a modern American woman on holiday in Scotland, with Heathcliff McKinnon, a nineteenth-century laird trying desperately to help his voiceless daughter. Snow, isolation, mistrust, and a coachman who seems to know more than he should give the whole thing a soft Gothic holiday feel. It is intimate rather than sprawling, and that smaller scale works in its favor.

Then comes Kiss This, tagged as a wedding tale. Even from that label alone, you can see the series interest clearly. Ceremonies, bouquets, timing, mistaken expectations, and romance arriving where no one planned it. Muir likes events that force people together, and weddings are one of her favorite pressure cookers because everybody is already emotional before the real trouble starts.

That is really the heart of this series.

These books do not read like giant clan sagas. They are lighter, more contained, and more focused on the immediate chemistry between two people who are pulled out of their routines by something unusual, inconvenient, and often slightly magical. The title Kisses and Carriages suggests motion with a fairy-tale edge, and that is about right. There is a whimsical current here, but it is anchored by real emotional stakes.

The Scottish setting matters too. Muir is not using it as wallpaper. Castles, weather, distance, and older ways of thinking all feed the romance. The men in these stories tend to be protective and a bit bewildered by the women dropped into their orbit. The women tend to be trying to stay practical in situations that have already left practical behind.

If you are curious about where to start with Muir but do not want to dive straight into dozens of ghost books, this is an easy entry point. Kisses and Carriages gives you her love of Scotland, her fondness for time-slips and emotional collisions, and her habit of pairing warmth with a little chaos, all in a shorter, friendlier package.