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A review by angie_stl
My Highland Bride by Maeve Greyson
5.0
I received a copy of this book from netgalley for an honest review.
This is the second book in the Highland Hearts series that I've had the pleasure of reading and reviewing. Ms Greyson has a way of taking you back to the thirteenth century Highlands that I've only previously seen in the big name historical romance authors. This book was a delight to read.
We start out with Kenna, sister to Trulie (who has already moved back to thirteenth century Scotland) and twins Mairi and Lilia (who live in twentyfirst century Kentucky), learning from her grandmother that it is her turn to come back to thirteenth century Scotland, and she has one week to get her affairs in order. Those affairs include watching after the twins and running their herbal beauty shop, where they sell mostly bath and body products, and some essential oils. Kenna is by no means ready to make the move, but when Granny speaks, you do as she says. Granny even sends a chaperone for the twins, Eliza who is a thirteenth century witch that was displaced by Granny's evil twin.
When Kenna makes it to Scotland, Trulie is in the process of giving birth to her daughter, so Kenna has Colum, who was sent to meet her, rush her back to the keep to assist her sister. Along the ride back, she starts falling in love with him. But don't worry, they don't have an easy go of it, especially when Kenna decides to push him to set a date for their wedding by making him jealous, only to be kidnapped by a man looking for his third wife in ten or so years. Ronan, Chieftain Sutherland, is a nice enough man, he just isn't Colum, whom Kenna already loves. The pace really starts to pick up on the trip to Ronan's holding, not that it was terribly slow before that, and many things happen with this love triangle that will influence their decisions down the line, especially Kenna's. Of course I can't tell you any of those things without spoiling the second half of the book, but let's just say I went from 60% to 90% on my kindle with feeling like I'd only read a chapter or two. It goes extremely fast at that point! In fact, I read the whole book in about one day, which I haven't done with a full length novel in a while. My reading has slowed down considerably, but this book brought that speed reading ability back to me.
I would recommend this book to any fan of historical romances, especially if you like just a hint of other in your story. If you are a fan of time travel, this book definitely will have what you need. And while it can be read as a stand alone book, you will get a much more in depth experience if you read My Highland Lover first, which is Trulie's story and the first in the Highland Hearts series.
This is the second book in the Highland Hearts series that I've had the pleasure of reading and reviewing. Ms Greyson has a way of taking you back to the thirteenth century Highlands that I've only previously seen in the big name historical romance authors. This book was a delight to read.
We start out with Kenna, sister to Trulie (who has already moved back to thirteenth century Scotland) and twins Mairi and Lilia (who live in twentyfirst century Kentucky), learning from her grandmother that it is her turn to come back to thirteenth century Scotland, and she has one week to get her affairs in order. Those affairs include watching after the twins and running their herbal beauty shop, where they sell mostly bath and body products, and some essential oils. Kenna is by no means ready to make the move, but when Granny speaks, you do as she says. Granny even sends a chaperone for the twins, Eliza who is a thirteenth century witch that was displaced by Granny's evil twin.
When Kenna makes it to Scotland, Trulie is in the process of giving birth to her daughter, so Kenna has Colum, who was sent to meet her, rush her back to the keep to assist her sister. Along the ride back, she starts falling in love with him. But don't worry, they don't have an easy go of it, especially when Kenna decides to push him to set a date for their wedding by making him jealous, only to be kidnapped by a man looking for his third wife in ten or so years. Ronan, Chieftain Sutherland, is a nice enough man, he just isn't Colum, whom Kenna already loves. The pace really starts to pick up on the trip to Ronan's holding, not that it was terribly slow before that, and many things happen with this love triangle that will influence their decisions down the line, especially Kenna's. Of course I can't tell you any of those things without spoiling the second half of the book, but let's just say I went from 60% to 90% on my kindle with feeling like I'd only read a chapter or two. It goes extremely fast at that point! In fact, I read the whole book in about one day, which I haven't done with a full length novel in a while. My reading has slowed down considerably, but this book brought that speed reading ability back to me.
I would recommend this book to any fan of historical romances, especially if you like just a hint of other in your story. If you are a fan of time travel, this book definitely will have what you need. And while it can be read as a stand alone book, you will get a much more in depth experience if you read My Highland Lover first, which is Trulie's story and the first in the Highland Hearts series.