Monica McCarty Books in Order
Browse Monica McCarty books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and easy where-to-start tips for her Highland, Regency, and suspense novels.
Last updated: June 10, 2026
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Publication Order
26 books
Highlander Unchained
by Monica McCarty
2007
Flora MacLeod refuses to be traded like a prize bride, even as powerful chiefs close in. When Lachlan MacLean kidnaps her to win her hand, sparks fly between two stubborn hearts.
Highlander Unmasked
by Monica McCarty
2007
Meg Mackinnon heads to court to find a husband strong enough to protect her clan, but a mysterious outlaw changes everything. Alex MacLeod's hidden mission and a royal plot pull them into danger together.
Highlander Untamed
by Monica McCarty
2007
To end a bitter clan feud, Isabel MacDonald enters a handfast marriage with enemy chief Rory MacLeod while hiding a dangerous secret. On Skye, desire and deception turn a political bargain into a risky love story.
Highland Outlaw
by Monica McCarty
2009
Outlawed MacGregor warrior Patrick stages a rescue to win Elizabeth Campbell's trust and save his hunted clan. The closer they grow, the harder it is to keep his true identity hidden.
Highland Scoundrel
by Monica McCarty
2009
Disgraced mercenary Duncan Campbell returns to the Highlands to clear his name and needs Jeannie Grant's help. Old wounds, buried secrets, and a dangerous reunion make this second chance anything but easy.
Highland Warrior
by Monica McCarty
2009
Jamie Campbell arrives on Lamont lands under cover of courtship, hoping to uncover dangerous secrets. Falling for Caitrina Lamont turns a clan mission into a wrenching test of loyalty.
The Chief
by Monica McCarty
2010
Tor MacLeod is chosen to lead Robert the Bruce's secret elite force, but he wants no part of politics or the bride used to sway him. Christina Fraser may be the one battle-hardened chief cannot ignore.
The Hawk
by Monica McCarty
2010
Legendary seafarer Erik MacSorley rescues a supposed nursemaid from the sea and finds an English ally's daughter in disguise. Their attraction collides with loyalty, secrecy, and Scotland's war for freedom.
The Ranger
by Monica McCarty
2010
Undercover spy Arthur Campbell infiltrates the clan of the man he blames for his father's death. Anna MacDougall is clever, persistent, and far too close to the revenge he has lived for.
The Viper
by Monica McCarty
2011
Stealthy Lachlan MacRuairi is assigned to protect Bella MacDuff, a noblewoman risking everything for Robert the Bruce. Their desperate mission turns into a dangerous gamble for a child, a cause, and two guarded hearts.
The Recruit
by Monica McCarty
2012
Kenneth Sutherland is determined to earn a place in the Highland Guard by winning the Highland Games. One stolen encounter with fiercely independent Mary of Mar makes victory much more complicated.
The Saint
by Monica McCarty
2012
Magnus MacKay has buried old heartbreak under duty and silence, earning the name Saint. When he faces Helen Sutherland again amid fresh danger to Bruce's cause, old love becomes impossible to ignore.
The Hunter
by Monica McCarty
2013
Tracker Ewen Lamont is sent to find a missing courier and discovers she is the unforgettable woman he once knew as Sister Genna. Rescue, pursuit, and forbidden desire drive this tense Highland adventure.
The Knight
by Monica McCarty
2013
In this novella, James Douglas will do whatever it takes to restore his family and help put Bruce on the throne. But Joanna Dicson forces him to face the cost of ambition.
The Arrow
by Monica McCarty
2014
Master archer Gregor MacGregor returns home after a mission goes wrong and finds his former ward grown into a bold young woman. Cate is ready to fight for him, but danger and hidden truths close in fast.
The Raider
by Monica McCarty
2014
Fierce Guard warrior Robert Boyd captures the sister of an English enemy and finds himself torn between vengeance and desire. Rosalin Clifford once saved him, now she may change him.
Taming the Rake
by Monica McCarty
2015
Lady Georgina Beauclerk sets out to reform the scandalous Earl of Coventry and instead upends her own orderly world. Their battle of wills mixes wit, desire, and Regency mischief.
The Rock
by Monica McCarty
2015
Blacksmith's son Thom MacGowan became a warrior to outrun the humiliation of loving far above his rank. When Elizabeth Douglas needs his help, old devotion and hard-earned anger collide.
The Striker
by Monica McCarty
2015
Years after betrayal shattered their marriage and hurt Bruce's cause, Eoin MacLean and Margaret MacDowell are thrown together again. Revenge, secrets, and unfinished love make every choice dangerous.
The Unthinkable
by Monica McCarty
2015
Five years after a nobleman's betrayal ruined her life, Genie Prescott returns to London determined to control her future. Then Fitzwilliam Hastings, now a duke, reappears looking for forgiveness.
The Ghost
by Monica McCarty
2016
Master spy Joan Comyn moves through enemy circles as Bruce's most secret weapon. When former ally Alex Seton begins to suspect her, the mission and the romance both turn perilous.
The Rogue
by Monica McCarty
2016
In this Highland Guard novella, celebrated knight Thomas Randolph seems like the perfect suitor on paper. Isabel Stewart is not convinced, and her sharp eye may be exactly what cracks his polished image.
Going Dark
by Monica McCarty
2017
After a covert SEAL mission in Russia ends in disaster, Dean Baylor disappears under a new identity in Scotland. Marine ecologist Annie Henderson stumbles into danger and becomes the last person he should let close.
Off the Grid
by Monica McCarty
2018
Reporter Brittany Blake hunts for the truth about her missing brother and uncovers a trail leading to a vanished SEAL team. John Donovan needs answers too, but getting close to Brittany may put her in even greater danger.
Out of Time
by Monica McCarty
2018
SEAL commander Scott Taylor is hunting the traitor who destroyed his team when the woman he thought dead reappears. Natalie Andersson is caught between love, espionage, and the past she never fully escaped.
Highland Crossfire
by Monica McCarty
2019
Annie MacGregor is trying to rebuild after a brutal attack leaves old dreams in ruins. Niall Lamont, the man who once let her down, will risk everything to protect her and earn back her trust.
Where should I start?
If you want the big Highland saga: The Chief → The Hawk → The Ranger → The Viper
If you want her first Scottish family trilogy: Highlander Untamed → Highlander Unmasked → Highlander Unchained
If you want darker clan feuds: Highland Warrior → Highland Outlaw → Highland Scoundrel → Highland Crossfire
If you want modern romantic suspense: Going Dark → Off the Grid → Out of Time
If you want a Regency detour: Taming the Rake → The Unthinkable
Author bio
Monica McCarty grew up in California, where she was the kind of kid who could spend the day outside and still end up curled up with a pile of books by evening. Reading came early, and it stayed.
Books were the constant.
She started with childhood favorites like Judy Blume, then moved on to borrowing novels from her mother's shelves and racing through romance paperbacks. In high school, with encouragement from her father, she also read more than eighty of the Franklin Library's One Hundred Greatest Books. That mix of romance, history, and big classic storytelling helps explain a lot about the books she writes now.
College took her to the University of Southern California, where she majored in political science and minored in English. After that came Stanford Law School. Law gave her a JD, lifelong friends, and, by her own telling, an unexpectedly close acquaintance with baseball. It also gave her something else: a deep interest in Scotland, sharpened by a comparative legal history class and a paper on the Scottish clan system and feudalism.
That part never left.
McCarty finished law school, passed the California bar, later waived into the Minnesota bar, and worked as a litigator for several years. But after marriage, moves, and children, the balance between legal work and family life stopped making sense. She has said that when her husband's job kept him away much of the year, writing became the career that finally fit the life she was actually living.
Her fiction started in the Highlands. Highlander Untamed, Highlander Unmasked, and Highlander Unchained introduced readers to the blend that became her calling card: clan politics, strong-willed couples, and a lot of real historical texture under the romance. The later Campbell books, including Highland Warrior and Highland Outlaw, pushed further into feuds, outlaw clans, and the rough edges of early seventeenth-century Scotland.
Then came the series many readers know her for best: The Chief and the long-running Highland Guard novels. Built around Robert the Bruce and an elite band of warriors fighting for Scotland's freedom, the books combine battlefield tension, espionage, and love stories that hit hard. Readers who like McCarty tend to like that the romance never floats free of the setting. The politics matter. The danger matters. The people still feel stubborn, messy, and human.
She did not stay in one lane.
With Taming the Rake and The Unthinkable, she took a turn into Regency romance, trading Highland raids for London drawing rooms without losing the push and pull that drives her couples. Later, with Going Dark, Off the Grid, and Out of Time, she moved into contemporary romantic suspense and wrote about a vanished SEAL team, covert missions, and women who are every bit as determined as the men. Different century, same interest in pressure, loyalty, and what love looks like when the stakes are high.
McCarty now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and their two children. She still talks about loving research and writing, and it shows. Her books feel built by someone who likes figuring out how a world works, then dropping two complicated people right into the middle of it.
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