Ailsa is the first book in the Clan MacConnelly series. However, all of the books in this series are stand-alone, which means you can read them in any order you like, but for maximum enjoyment, you may wish to read them in order. "Highlander Brodgar" is next. Ailsa MacConnelly, only daughter of the MacConnelly, chief of the clan, has grown up half-wild. Since her mother passed away, she has spent her time in the forest with her four brothers, or overseeing the household at Duncamden, her father's keep, with brisk efficiency. The last thing she has thought of is marriage. But fate brings Malcolm Donahue into her life. Brash, rude and intransigent, Malcolm is the last sort of man Ailsa expects herself to find attractive. But he is the son of the Laird Donahue, and her father expects her to make the alliance. Amidst growing tension between the clans, Ailsa and Malcolm find themselves drawn inexplicably closer and their convenient alliance deepens into something so much more as chaos blossoms around them. And when violence breaks out between her husband's forces and their ancient enemy, Ailsa does not know where to turn. All she knows is that she cannot lose the man she loves. A story of wildness, beauty and dawning love set against the mystical backdrop of Medieval Scotland.