It is 1817 and Braeden McKinnon is travelling back to his home in the Highlands on a matter of some importance. For even though Braeden is only twenty-eight years old, he is already an esteemed Professor at Edinburgh University, and he wishes to cement his career with an expedition to Rome. And he hopes his acceptance letter awaits him at home in the Highlands. But during his return journey, Braeden comes across a lady in distress and like a true gentleman, he offers assistance. But Lady Sarah is unlike any woman he has ever met - compelling, beautiful, intelligent and spirited - and feels an undeniable attraction to her. But his career is his focus, until Sarah inadvertently binds them together forever.

Lady Sarah cannot believe the bad luck she is encountering on her journey to visit her twin sister. But being an independent and determined woman, she doesn't let things get her down for too long. Confused by her deep attraction to her accidental escort, Braeden McKinnon, Sarah longs to explore the passion that is simmering between them. But Sarah has a plan and it does not involve marriage and children. So she is left in total shock when she discovers that her insignificant little lie has resulted in marriage! But Sarah is determined to forge on alone with her plan for independence. Now if only her heart would listen to her head. With dangerous highwaymen, carriage accidents, illness, passion, friendship and stubborn hearts, who knows what will happen in the wild Highlands?

THE HIGHLANDER'S ACCIDENTAL MARRIAGE by Callie Hutton is a beautifully endearing, entertaining Highland romance that ticked all of the boxes for me. As part of the Marriage Mart Mayhem series, the author provides us with in- depth characters that we care about, and inevitably fall in love with. Lady Sarah is strong, independent, funny and feisty but believes that a husband would try to stop her creativity and stifle her. Braeden has his future planned out, but longs for Sarah in a way that he didn't believe possible. Both characters are stubborn and passionate and the development of their relationship was a joy to read. THE HIGHLANDER'S ACCIDENTAL MARRIAGE by Callie Hutton is everything I hoped it would be, and I highly recommend it to all romance fans.

Book Summary

She never intended to take a husband...

Scotland, 1817

The Duke of Manchester's sister, Lady Sarah Lacey, always abides by the rules of etiquette. Fate, however, has no such confines. On a journey to the Scottish Highlands, Lady Sarah is set upon by misfortune-leaving her without carriage or chaperone, and left to the mercy of a kind and handsome gentleman. Whom (in order to secure a room at an inn) she announces is her husband.

When she proclaims they're married in public, Professor Braeden McKinnon can't bring himself to correct the lovely Lady Sarah. After all, her reputation would be ruined. Nor can he tell her that her proclamation is not only legally binding in Scotland, but sharing a room is considered to be an act of consummation...

Now they are bound together until death do they part-even if Sarah has no intention of becoming any man's wife.