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Caitlyn Lynch
- Sep 25, 2019
- 2 min
Book Review: Highland Jewel by May McGoldrick
Though this book is about a different couple to that featured in the first in this series, Highland Crown, you’re going to miss a lot of the underlying context here if you haven’t read Highland Crown (check out my review here). At the end of that book we discovered Cinead’s royal lineage, and the fallout from that discovery. It’s obvious Cinead and Isabella’s marriage will have repercussions for everyone close to them, and in this book we see the effect it has on Maisie, Isab
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Caitlyn Lynch
- Sep 22, 2019
- 2 min
Book Review: The Laird's Vow by Heather Grothaus
In medieval Scotland, Edinburgh merchant Tavish Cameron is shocked to discover he’s the heir to Roscraig Castle. No longer beholden to the burgess who has tried to cripple his business with massive tolls, Tavish heads to Roscraig to claim his birthright, only to find Lady Glenna Douglas already in residence, and claiming her father is the rightful laird. There are an awful lot of plot threads in this book, beginning with a murder, continuing through poison, plague, kidnapping
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Caitlyn Lynch
- May 29, 2019
- 2 min
Book Review: Highland Crown by May McGoldrick
So many Highlander romances ignore the harsh realities of life in Scotland, the way those not in the top 1% in particular suffered under English rule, and the sheer callousness many had to adopt as their way of life just to try and survive. Highland Crown is the rare novel which does none of these things. Beginning with the way the heroine, Isabella, is on the run after her husband was murdered just for trying to give medical aid to men injured in an Edinburgh riot. Isabella’
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Caitlyn Lynch
- Apr 6, 2019
- 1 min
Book Review: How To Marry A Highlander by Michele Sinclair
While I quite liked Adanel, the heroine of this book, the hero Dugan was a complete and utter A double S hole. I just could not with his blaming Adanel for everything. She TOLD HIM that her father was a powerful, abusive, dangerous man who butchered the first man she wanted to marry before her eyes, Dugan literally had to rescue her from a tower where she’d been locked up for months, and then he insisted on believing she was in league with her father all along. Adanel got in
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Caitlyn Lynch
- Feb 3, 2019
- 2 min
Book Review: Escaping His Grace by Kristin Vayden
Sequel to Falling From His Grace, Escaping His Grace follows the Duke of Chatterworth’s second daughter, Samantha, in her desperate bid to avoid being married off at her father’s convenience. Hiding in Scotland as a governess to the Viscount Kilpatrick’s ward is about as safe as she can get, especially since the viscount is her new brother-in-law’s best friend. The only problem is, Heathcliff has no idea ‘Miss Miranda’ is the missing duke’s daughter who has half the country s
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Caitlyn Lynch
- Dec 20, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: The Bride Chooses A Highlander by Adrienne Basso
In 1335, Lady Katherine McKenna is a very rare woman indeed; beautiful, rich and the daughter of a powerful laird, she nonetheless has her father’s ear and his promise that she may choose her own husband. Even with this promise, at age 22 she’s feeling the pressure and finally chooses one of her many suitors. It’s not until after the betrothal contracts are signed that she realizes she’s made a dreadful mistake, at which point she makes a really stupid mistake and tries to go
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Caitlyn Lynch
- Nov 8, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: Between A Highlander And A Hard Place by Mary Wine
I felt really sorry for Athena, the heroine of this story. Fleeing London disguised as a boy because her other options were unpalatable at best (become a wealthy man’s mistress or go to jail for setting fire to his house when he attacked her) she keeps ending up in dreadful situations caused by most of the men around her behaving like complete asshats. It’s no wonder she’s had an absolute gutful of being pushed around and told what to do when she runs across Symon, Laird Gran
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Caitlyn Lynch
- May 16, 2018
- 1 min
Book Review: Forbidden Vow by Diana Cosby
Set in the turbulent years while Robert the Bruce fought to unify all of Scotland under his rule, this is a beautifully researched and well-written Scottish romance. Unlike many other authors, Diana Cosby doesn't go overboard with the Scottish accent, and the result is a smooth reading experience where I want constantly having to mentally translate the dialect as I read. Gwendolyn is a charmingly feisty heroine, an excellent match for the former Knight Templar Aiden, and thou
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Caitlyn Lynch
- Apr 3, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: The Highlander's Gift by Eliza Knight
A fairly standard rollicking Scottish historical romance in a lot of ways, there are some deeper aspects to The Highlander’s Gift than most. Yes, Niall Oliphant is a ‘supreme warrior’ type, but there’s a lot more to his story, because Niall lost his left arm in battle and has had to struggle to relearn everything one handed, from dressing himself to a new way of fighting. When a spoiled princess rejects him as a cripple, he’s convinced he’ll never marry. Bella, daughter of La
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Caitlyn Lynch
- Mar 13, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: The Laird of Blackloch
This is one of those books which should probably come with a trigger warning. There is an attempted rape on the heroine and revelations of past rapes and murders committed on members of the hero’s family. While they are relevant to the storyline and not gratuitously detailed, if you have triggers for rape and/or sexual assault, leave this one alone. Those things aside, this is a really good story. The author knows her history, and this Scottish Highlands romance set a few yea
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Caitlyn Lynch
- Mar 8, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: Highland Dragon Master by Isabel Cooper
Erik MacAlasdair has to leave Scotland’s war with the English before his dragon side begins to see all humans as nothing more than prey. Sent on a mission by his clan leader to find an ancient artifact which might help stop the war, he reunites with Toinette, the lovely female dragon shifter he grew up with long ago. Now mistress of her own ship, Toinette accepts his commission, but getting stranded on a cursed island was never part of the plan. Though it’s billed as a romanc
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Caitlyn Lynch
- Jan 31, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: A Devil In Scotland by Suzanne Enoch
Ten years ago Callum left Scotland broken-hearted, after the only girl he ever cared about chose to accept his older brother Ian’s marriage proposal. News of Ian’s death, and his own ascension to the title of Lord Geiry, brings him back, convinced Ian’s death was no accident. The only question in his mind is whether or not Rebecca was involved in the murder plot… and therefore whether or not she will die with his other enemies. Discovering that he is an uncle changes Callum’s
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Caitlyn Lynch
- Apr 27, 2017
- 2 min
Book Review: Hard-Hearted Highlander by Julia London
Set in the years following the terrible Scots defeat at Culloden and the subsequent ravaging of the Highlands by the English, there is a dark and moody undertone to this book, embodied in the hero, Rabbie MacKenzie. Rabbie's fiancee was lost in the ravaging and he is hurt and embittered, frankly suicidal at points during the book. Convinced by his family to accept a betrothal to a young Englishwoman in order to reverse the family's failing fortunes, he runs headlong into the
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Caitlyn Lynch
- Feb 5, 2017
- 1 min
Book Review: Dangerous In A Kilt by Anna Durand
Holy Hot Scot! What an excellent read this was! I have to confess that I went into this one with a little bit of trepidation, because I read one of the author's other books and didn't like it, but I was really enjoyably surprised by this one. I liked the heroine, Erica, from whose first-person perspective the story is told, right from the beginning. Her Awful Ex had left her in an appalling predicament and I must admit that if I was in her situation, I'd probably have been go
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