Shona Thompson

Her Highlander husband became her muse, and all of her love stories are dedicated to him. He was the one that inspired her and awoke her passion for writing in the first place. “Highlanders Buried Identity” is the first novel in the “Highlanders of Clan Craig” series and was released in 2020. An adventurous woman, a man that lives in the shadows, a revelation from the past that’ll change both of their lives.

The best place to start is the Highlanders of Clan Craig series, the earliest of Shona Thompson's multi-book series: it opens with Highlander’s Buried Identity (2020) and runs to 3 books across 2020, ending with Highlander’s False Identity (2020). Shona Thompson's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Shona Thompson has 93 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2020 and 2026. 78 of them belong to 18 named series — the largest being the Temptation in Tartan series with 11 books — and 15 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Shona Thompson's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Highlanders of Clan Craig (2020, 3 books), Black Highland Hearts (2020–2021, 2 books) and Fates of the Buchan Lassies (2020–2021, 2 books), plus 15 more.

This guide splits Shona Thompson's 93 books into 18 named series and 15 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Temptation in Tartan (11 books, 2023–2025); The Mackintosh Clan (10 books, 2024–2025); Love & Lies: The Chattan's Clan Secret Tales (8 books, 2023–2025); Leòideach Tales of Love and Loyalty (6 books, 2023–2024); The MacDonalds Legacy (6 books, 2025), plus 13 further series.