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28/02/2020

Sinful Scot (Highlanders Through Time #1) by Julie Johnstone, Cecelia Mecca. Timeslip Romance Release & ARC Review.

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In a time he doesn’t belong, in an alliance she shouldn’t have made, they’ll fall dangerously, hopelessly in love.

New Orleans, 2020. Billionaire Rhys McCaim doesn’t believe for one second that his missing mother is a time traveler. Still, his father insists that she didn’t leave them willingly but was pulled through time to her true home in medieval Scotland. But when he and his three brothers test out an ancient time-traveling spell to appease their dying father and Rhys is catapulted to thirteenth-century Scotland, he can’t exactly deny it anymore. Suddenly he’s a Highlander in a land on the verge of war. He needs to get back to his time before all hell breaks loose, but first he must find his mother. Luckily, fate drops the perfect guide in his path. She’s brilliant, beautiful and bold, and he’s drawn to her in a way he’s never been drawn to anyone or anything before. But he can’t afford to be distracted from his mission or lower his carefully constructed guard.

Scotland, 1286. Maggie Irvine is betrothed to a vicious man who cares only of wealth and power. Marrying him will restore her family’s reputation, however, saving her siblings from lives of misery. She has resigned herself to her fate, but when a mysterious, handsome stranger magically appears before her out of thin air, her plan—and the stranger’s life—are in jeopardy. And the only way to save him is to risk everything. As she comes to learn the shocking truth of what he hides, Maggie discovers what happens when duty collides with desire and long-abandoned dreams rise to the surface.

Bound by secrets and lies, Maggie and Rhys are entangled in the brewing battle for the Scottish throne. With his knowledge of the future, Rhys possesses the powerful ability to alter history. Yet, to do so successfully, he must let Maggie past the defenses he’s spent a lifetime building. Now, an alliance that began in desperation becomes a need that will leave them both torn between what they should do and what love demands.

If you love sexy bad boy heroes with hearts of gold, heroines with the courage to fight for what they want, and love stories that encompass all time, then you’ll love this sweeping romance series.

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Rhys McCaim and his brothers are very worried over their father's health. So they search his study to find out what he has been doing.  The truth will astound them and could change history.  When our hero discovers that truth will he be able to do what he wants????
Maggie Irving has resigned herself to marriage to a man she doesn't want.  It's the only way to provide for her family.  The last thing she needs is to be caught alone with a stranger.  But she doesn't want him to die either.  
This is the first book in the series and I'm already well and truely hooked.  We get four sexy brothers to discover and enjoy their adventures.  
I loved every page.


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Cecelia Mecca is the author of steamy historical romance that transports readers to the middle ages. A former English teacher, Cecelia combines two of her passions, romance novels and the middle ages, transporting readers to an admittedly romanticized time of knights and castles. Her first series, set along the Anglo-Scottish border in 13th century Northumbria, turned Cecelia from educator to full-time author. Readers love the Border Series for its focus on well-developed characters and their steamy relationships leading to satisfying happily ever afters. Cecelia lives in Northeast, Pennsylvania with her husband and two young children where she can be found either planning a Disney trip, watching period dramas or convincing her children to watch Star Wars. She is firmly House Stark and Gryffindor.


Julie Johnstone is a USA Today best-selling author of Regency Romance, Victorian Romance, and Scottish Medieval romance. She is also the author of an urban fantasy/paranormal romance book. She’s been a voracious reader of books since she was a young girl. Her mother would tell you that as a child Julie had a rich fantasy life made up of many different make believe friends. As an adult, Julie is one of the lucky few who can say she is living the dream by working with her passion of creating worlds from her imagination. When Julie is not writing she is chasing her two precocious children around, cooking, reading or exercising. Julie loves to hear from her readers.

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09/12/2019

To Weave A Highland Tapestry (A Tale from the Order of the Dragon Knights) by Mary Morgan. TimeTravel Romance Release & ARC Review.

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Patrick MacFhearguis, hardened by battles won and lost, desires what he can never have—peace within his heart and soul. Yet, the ever-meddling Fae weave a new journey for him to conquer. A task this highlander is determined to resist.

When skilled weaver, Gwen Hywel, is commissioned to create a tapestry for the MacFhearguis clan, she embraces the assignment. While seeking out ideas, she finds herself clutching the one thread that can alter the tapestry of her life and heart.

A man conflicted by past deeds. A woman with no family of her own. Is it possible for love to unravel an ancient past, in order to claim two badly scarred hearts? Or will the light of hope be doused forever?
 

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Gwen Hywel is a Weaver who has always had a fascination with medieval times.  When she wins the contract to make a special tapestry for a castle that is being restored, it's like a dream come true.
Patrick MacFhearguis and his family have been living with a curse on them for generations.  The land is barren and none of them enjoy happy lives.  What starts as a short trip to collect something to help with the mid winter celebrations could change more than his life.  
There is lots of adventure and excitement for our heroine,  and lots of soul searching for our hero.  
A fascinating timeslip romance that takes us back to visit the "Dragon Knights" we have met in previous books in the series.  They are not really involved in the story,  except as secondary characters.  That makes it easy to read this book on it's own,  but be advised it will make you want to read all the others.  
I have read and loved all them.  They are absolutely magical.


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Scottish paranormal romance author, Mary Morgan resides in Northern California, with her own knight in shining armor. However, during her travels to Scotland, England, and Ireland, she left a part of her soul in one of these countries and vows to return.

Mary's passion for books started at an early age along with an overactive imagination. She spent far too much time daydreaming and was told quite often to remove her head from the clouds. It wasn't until the closure of Borders Books where Mary worked that she found her true calling--writing romance. Now, the worlds she created in her mind are coming to life within her stories.

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12/08/2018

Falling for the Knight (Enchanted falls trilogy #2) by Cecelia Mecca. Time Travel Romance Release & ARC Review.

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**Released August 9, 2018-- Get Book 1 in this trilogy from Emma Prince on July 26, 2018. Book 3, written by Kiera Montclair, will be available August 23rd**


When she’s sent back to the past she finds new hope for the future.

Hannah Sutton prides herself on being a strong, independent woman, perfectly in control of her career and personal life. But her orderly existence is upended when she and her sisters travel to Scotland and jump off an enchanted waterfall as a lark. After blacking out, she finds herself marooned near a castle in England, alone. Everyone she meets appears to be a devoted reenactor, dressed from head to toe in medieval gear, but soon the truth becomes undeniable. Hannah has traveled back in time.

Tristan wasn’t meant to be a lord, but his bravery and prowess in battle earned him the lordship of Saxford. Now, he faces a challenge that might very well unseat him—his ten-year truce with Saxford’s biggest enemy is about to come to an end. It’s the worst possible time for a mysterious woman to wash up on his beach, especially one who claims to be from the future. But the beguiling beauty quickly gets under his skin, and he realizes there might be something to her claim.

Hannah and Tristan have an immediate attraction that grows deeper, and the longer she stays at Saxford, the more she begins to question if she wants to return to the
future—or make a future with her medieval knight.
 

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Lord Tristan Saxford lives on the border between England and Scotland.  Not the most peaceful place to make a home.
The truce between his overlord and the Sutherland Laird is coming to an end.  That makes everyone suspicious of strangers. 
Hannah Sutton was on a special holiday with her sisters when,  stupidly she agreed to jump off the waterfall with them.  She did not expect to travel back hundreds of years to medieval Northumbria. 
A very amusing time travel romance with fabulous characters. This is the second of the series and I can't wait to read the next one. 
Lovely lighthearted read. 


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A former English teacher, Cecelia combines two of her passions, romance novels and the middle ages, in debut novel The Thief’s Countess. Combining alpha male types and strong female heroines, Cecelia transports readers to an admittedly romanticized time of knights and castles.

After reading Johanna Lindsey and Judith McNaught, she started a manuscript twenty years ago when medieval romance was at its height of mainstream popularity. Picking it back up in 2015 when vampires and highlanders reigned supreme, Cecelia stuck to the genre she loved and brought medieval England back to life.

She lives in Northeast, Pennsylvania with her husband and two young children where she can be found either planning a Disney trip, watching period dramas or convincing her children to watch Star Wars. She is firmly House Stark and Gryffindor.
 

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07/06/2018

My San Francisco Highlander ( Finding My Highlander Series) by Aleigha Siron. Excerpt, ARC review & Giveaway.




A love three hundred years in the making — After being knocked out in battle, Angus Cameron wakes in a terrifying new world with flying beasts, horseless carriages, crazy music, and strangely dressed people. Has he gone mad? When Angel Adair discovers a man in 1975's San Francisco Lands End park dressed in little more than a Scottish kilt, is he just a confused drifter or her dream-lover come to life?


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Highlander Angus Brian Cameron has just lost his father in battle. He is knocked unconscious and wakes up in hell. Well that's what he believes. 
Gillian Adair discovers the badly wounded and very confused Highlander when walking her dog. 
Our hero has a very difficult time ahead of him. Our heroine is almost as confused about what she feels. There is a lot of laughs and more than a few tears. All the characters are very believable and lovable. 
This is part of a series but easily read as a stand alone. It will definitely tempt you to read the others. 

I loved it.


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 Exhausted, she slumped against a tree and slid to the ground. “Where are you, Brian? Please answer me.” No one could possibly hear that whispered plea.
She rolled over on her belly and scanned underneath the thick brush. There! A weird clump of greenish-blue and brown cloth peeked out between a wide tree trunk and a cluster of wild rhododendron bushes. She crawled under the prickly branches and found Brian rolled into a fetal position, unconscious, with streaks of blood staining the dirt. She touched his shoulder gently, afraid he’d wake thrashing and ready to fight. He didn’t move.
“Brian,” she shook his shoulder. “Angus Brian Cameron, wake up.” When he didn’t move, she lay down behind him, wrapped her arms around his muscled body, and carefully moved his hand from his ear.
“Brian, you have to wake up now.” He moaned and tucked tighter into a fetal position.
She leaned up on one elbow and wiped sweat and dirt from his brow. She bent to his ear, “Brian, it’s Angel.”
She didn’t know what possessed her to kiss him, but she began to feather light kisses over his temple, down along his jaw and back up. When she reached his ear, she sucked his earlobe between her teeth and bit down. Lightly at first, and then she nipped his neck at the juncture of his shoulder, this time with more force.
He rolled over until she found herself partially pinned beneath his hard body, staring up into eyes as green as the overhead canopy. His burnt chestnut hair fell over his forehead in disarrayed clumps. Her breath stopped, but she didn’t flinch or turn away. She held his gaze, his beautiful, startled gaze. The hard body pressed against her chest and hips did strange things to her insides. He dipped his head and pressed a light brush of lips over her mouth, then glazed her lips with his tongue until she opened her mouth and welcomed his intrusion.
When he lifted his head, she attempted a bit of levity, always her awkward first response to passion. “You’re not supposed to make a girl run all over creation trying to catch you.”
She looked down at his leg pressed between her thighs where his erection hardened against her hip. “And I think you’re bleeding all over my jeans.”






My San Francisco Highlander is Aleigha’s second full-length romance novel in her Finding My Highland Series. Now, an Amazon best-selling author of Time-Travel romance, she is working on the third book in her Finding My Highlander Series as well as a collection of romance poems. She’s also working on early character sheets for a Regency Romance series.
After more than twenty-five years writing and delivering management and other training programs, Aleigha Siron turned her writing efforts to fiction and poetry. When not writing, you’ll often find Aleigha walking along the shore with her trusty four-legged companion, Strider. The whoosh of waves across glistening sand and the turbulent swell of the sea at sunset dissolves the noise of the day. If this fails to conjure the muses and stimulate her creative juices, she’ll sip a glass of wine and read.
Aleigha loves all forms of writing, but historical and romance fiction provide a favorite escape, especially those with time-travel themes. A firm believer that everyone secretly yearns for the romance novels’ essential HEA, she knew this was her genre.

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31/05/2018

On Highland Time, by Lexi Post. Historical Romance Blog Tour, ARC Review & $15 G.C.Giveaway.


 

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For fans of sexy Scottish Highlanders who know how to treat a woman like a lady.


When someone changes history, affecting the future, Diana Montgomery, the most experienced agent of Time Weavers, Inc., travels back to 1306 Scotland to change it back. Her mission, to find the culprit and ensure a minor clan chief dies in battle as he originally had.

Diana is well-prepared to infiltrate the small MacPherson clan. What she’s not prepared for is Torr MacPherson, the ruggedly handsome warrior with a kind heart and a steadfast loyalty—the Laird she’s supposed to ensure dies.



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Diana Montgomery is an agent for Time Weavers Inc. Her task this time is to go back to 
Scotland in the early 1300s and make sure that the time line is not "disrupted" . What she didn't bank on was the difficulty she would have in sticking to rule 5, (Don't make friends ). 
Torr MacPherson is chief of his call after the deaths of mist of his family.  He will make sure he doesn't lose anyone else he loves.  The protection of his King and his clan are as all important to him now.  
Our heroine has traveled in time before and never had a problem sticking to the rules and accomplishing her mission , but this one is much more difficult.  
Our hero knows there is a traitor in his keep and there are only a few suspects.  
A really good highland adventure with lots of humour,  romance and some sexy scenes.  I lived all the characters,  especially our little Go Lucky.  
Great fun,  I can't wait for the next book in the series 



Lexi Post is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of romance inspired by the classics. She spent years in higher education taking and teaching courses about the classical literature she loved. From Edgar Allan Poe's short story “The Masque of the Red Death” to Tolstoy’s War and Peace, she's read, studied, and taught wonderful classics. But Lexi's first love is romance novels. In an effort to marry her two first loves, she started writing romance inspired by the classics and found she loved it. From hot paranormals to sizzling cowboys to hunks from out of this world, Lexi provides a sensuous experience with a “whole lotta story.” Lexi is living her own happily ever after with her husband and her cat in Florida. She makes her own ice cream every weekend, loves bright colors, and you will never see her without a hat.

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26/03/2018

To Save a Savage Scot (Time-Traveler's Highland Love #2) by Tamara Gill. Historical /Time Travel Romance Release & ARC Review.


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Kenzie Jacobs is fascinated by a portrait of the roguish Highlander, Black Ben, which hangs in her ancestral home. There’s a mystery surrounding his death, and Kenzie longs to solve it by traveling through time to 17th century Scotland—and perhaps meet the gorgeous laird who haunts her dreams.

Black Ben, Laird of Ross, suited his dark name more than ever since his wife died in childbirth. He has vowed never to marry again. But Kenzie is an intoxicating elixir and even more potent than whisky. As confusing and crazy as she may seem, he can’t get her out of his system. But there’s no way they can ever work, as she does not fit into his plans.

Fate has brought them together, and Ben can’t stop Kenzie from returning to her time, though he would do anything–except marry her–to keep her with him. Kenzie has a life to get back to but leaving her favorite, though infuriating, Highlander behind, might be the toughest thing she’ll ever have to do.

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Kenzie Jacobs has at last managed to buy the ruined castle and grounds of Castle Ross. It's a place that has long fascinated her.  Ever since she saw the portrait of Black Ben the Laird of Ross and heard of his mysterious disappearance.  Now it's time to use the gift that has been passed through generations of her family to find out the truth.  She will travel back in time. 
Black Ben is not acting like a Laird.  Since the death of his wife he has been doing nothing but whoring and drinking.  He is certainly nothing like the man she thought he was. 
Can our heroine save him when there seems to be nothing to save him from? 
This story is lots of fun. Our heroine gets quite the adventure.  It's different from a lot of time travel stories because of the control she has over her gift. 
It is part of a series but you could quite easily read it as a stand alone. It's better when you understand the family gift which starts in the first book. 
I loved it. 


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Tamara is an Australian author who grew up in an old mining town in country South Australia, where her love of history was founded. So much so, she made her darling husband travel to the UK for their honeymoon, where she dragged him from one historical monument and castle to another.
A mother of three, her two little gentleman in the making, a future lady (she hopes) and a part-time job keep her busy in the real world, but whenever she gets a moment’s peace she loves to write romance novels in an array of genres, including regency, medieval and paranormal.
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