Book #108: Ravished by a Highlander

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Ravished by a Highlander by Paula Quinn

• Paperback
• Pages:  368
• Original Published Date:  2010
• Awards:  
• Series:  Children of the Mist
• PaulaQuinn.com
• My Rating:  B+

Product Description:  The first installment in Quinn's Children of the Mist series deftly combines historical fact and powerful romance. In 1685 Scotland, Lady Davina Montgomery is hiding at St. Christopher's Abbey, hoping no one will discover her true identity. When soldiers attack, highlander Rob MacGregor, heir to a clan chief, risks his life to save Davina from the burning building. She remains both stoic and secretive, but the shared dangers of their journey across Scotland and their burgeoning attraction slowly encourage her to open up. There's much more than just sizzling sensuality: history buffs will love the attention to period detail and cameos by real-life figures, and the protagonists embody compassion, responsibility, and unrelenting, almost self-sacrificial honor. Quinn's seamless prose and passionate storytelling will leave readers hungry for future installments.

My Review:  Okay, sometimes we all need some trashy beach reading.  That's what this is.  I picked up the second in this series a while ago and like it a lot, so I looked for the first.  I don't remember the language in the second being this....trite?  "Oh, let us run through the sand."  Blech.  Make me gag.  Other than that, I do enjoy those books that blend fiction with actual events.  And I also like those Scots.  And English.  So, yeah.  This wasn't bad, but I think the second one was better.

Next Up:  The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold


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