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Title: Soul of a Highlander (The Daughters of the Glen, Book 3)
ISBN: 1416572589
Author:
Melissa Mayhue
Publicate Date: 2008-05-20
Publish: 2008-05-20
List Price: $6.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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1: Another awesome book by Melissa Mayhue...
I enjoyed this one almost as much as the first. I did enjoy it more than the second book. I thought Mairi & Ramos had great chemistry together! I made myself only read about 50 pages a day-just to make it last longer, but thought about it all day long. That's the making of a great book isn't it?-thinking about it all day long when you're not reading it! I enjoy how she brings in the characters from the first two books, all the while adding more characters, possibly to fit into her next book. (which I'm anxiously awaiting!)
The one complaint I have is that the only time in her three books that she's introduced a Christian into her stories, is that she had to be portrayed as a fearful, obsessive, fanatical, over-the-top downright mean and nasty one!! And a traitor at that! Hey Melissa Mayhue, if you're reading this, Christians like reading romance novels too, and they aren't like that. :)
Can't wait for the next one as her writing is so real and tantalizing!
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2: Another fantastic read by Melissa Mayhue
This is yet another fantastic read... the third of the series, the hero, Ramos Servans was introduced in the previous novel, as a yummy bad boy turned good.
He was definitely just as yummy in this novel, with a macho streak that makes you want one of your own!
The heroine is a pretty little time-traveler who is somehow feisty and demure at the same time.
The chemistry between the two takes a little while to build up, but when it does, it boils through the rest of the book.
I couldn't put it down, and I will definitely recommend this to my friends, and I am looking forward to reading any work she has in the future.
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3: Time-travelling Romance
Mairie MacAlister is a young woman who was rescued from death in the 13th Century and taken to the present day where she has lived for nine years. Unfortunately Mairie doesn't quite fit in the modern world - she doesn't have the Fae powers of some of her relatives because she is the daughter of a son of Prince Pol and his powers only travel down the line of daughters of daughters. She knows that she would have died had she remained in the 13th Century but she's troubled by the thought that her cousin Marsali did die as her name disappears from the records. Mairie decides to do something about this and speaks to the Fae Prince Pol to get him to right the ancient wrong of only daughter's receiving his powers and then travels back in time to try to save Marsali.
When Mairie doesn't return her friends realise that something has gone wrong with her time travelling and they send Guardian Ramos Navarro/Servans to help her. Ramos is trying to make up for the evil that his father has done over the ages and he is happy to help Mairie. However when he arrives he discovers Mairie isn't exactly what he imagined, having far more fire and self-reliancy than he expected. He also discovers that there are some Fae goings-on in the 13th Century and that Ramos may have the opportunity to deal, once and for all, with his evil father. But what will that do to himself? And is his destiny somehow linked with Mairie's?
This was an enjoyable story set in an interesting and difficult time where medical treatments were basic, food was unappetising and lives were often violent and short. Mairie and Ramos are both appealing characters as they try to help others whilst not always understanding the Fae powers that are working with them. The romance was fairly low-key in that it was something they just slid into but the overall story was well written, even if some of the 13th Century Scottish characters spoke American English at times. This was clearly not the first book in a series but it was easy enough to pick up the story and to follow the events after the first couple of chapters which rather threw information at the reader. This was a pleasant enough paranormal story set in an interesting time and location.
Originally published for Curled Up With A Good Book ?? Helen Hancox 2008
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4: Another beautifully written time travel by Melissa Mayhue
For anyone who adored Mairi Mackearnen from Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband and for anyone who was intrigued by Ramos Servans form Highland Guardian, OR for anyone who enjoys a well-written time travel, you are going to love Soul of a Highlander.
In an effort to save her cousin's life, Mairi travels back in time (with the help of Faerie Magic) to the year 1295. When she doesn't return to the present, her family worries and sends the new Guardian, Ramos Servans, to save Mairi and bring her back home safely.
There's an instant attraction between the stunning blonde tomboy and the bad-boy-turned-good as Mairi investigates her cousin's inevitable death, leaving Ramos with the challenging job of keeping Mairi safe from harm. And from falling head over heals in love with her.
But all hope may be lost when Ramos realizes just who is behind the upcoming murder.
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5: Okay Read
I was disappointed that this novel was not as good as the previous two; Highland Guardian and Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband. Mairi and Ramos didn't really have that much chemistry and some of the writing during the romantic scenes was kind of cheesy. All in all it was still a decent read. I will read the next novel in the series in the hopes that it is more like the first two.
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