{"product_id":"the-woman-at-the-door-moira-macbride-9798183643626","title":"The Woman at the Door: A Sweet Highland Historical Romance Book 1 of The First Arrivals","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Woman at the Door\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe arrived in the middle of the night wearing a stolen wedding dress, six months pregnant, and running for her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatriona Maxwell is nineteen, English, and desperate when she falls through the gates of Dunloch Keep. She expects nothing more than temporary shelter. What she finds instead is a household where no man is allowed to drag a woman back against her will - and a quiet, steady guard named Hugh who leaves small kindnesses in the stillroom without ever asking for thanks or anything in return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Catriona slowly begins to breathe again inside the safety of the keep, she discovers that healing is not a straight line. Hugh never pushes. He simply stays. When he finally asks her to be his wife, Catriona gives him the one thing she thought she would never offer anyone again: the chance to choose. She asks for three months - time to be certain that this time, love will not cost her everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Woman at the Door\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book in the Sanctuary at Dunloch series, a sweeping 20-book Highland romance saga about women rebuilding their lives inside a place of refuge. For readers who love emotionally rich, trauma-informed Scottish historical romance with patient heroes, resilient heroines, and stories that feel both tender and deeply earned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTropes: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarriage of convenience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSlow burn romance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrauma recovery \/ healing romance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePregnant heroine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRunaway bride\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFound family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGentle hero \/ patient hero\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmotional slow burn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecond chance at love (for the heroine)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClean Highland romance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Moira MacBride\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798183643626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.07d","brand":"Moira MacBride","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874760208639,"sku":"9798183643626","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-woman-at-the-door-moira-macbride-9798183643626","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}