Although the book's concept initially intrigued me, the book tended to drag and rely too much on sexual scenes. The scenes didn't feel realistic as there was very little emotionally connecting the two characters. I doubt they both would've fallen in love with each other that quickly without the e...
This book takes place in the time just after the death of James I, king of Scotland, and during the clan revolutions that followed. Torin McLeren, the Laid McLeren, had his lanbds burned by a neighboring clan, the McBoyds. He stole the daughter of the clan, Shannon, on her way to an arranged mar...
This has been on my TBR list for some time now and when I needed a book based in Scotland for a challenge read, I picked it up. In some ways, it reminds me of Karen Marie Moning's Highlander series. Lots of sex, snarling, sex, sniping, and more sex. Geez. The plot was thin, the characters were on...
At the moment I'm only about two thirds of the way through the book. I've read enough to know that it deserves five stars in my opinion. Connor Lindsey needs to forge an alliance with the Chattans and was suppose to do this by marrying the eldest daughter of the clan laird. However an act of d...
I definitely give this novel a high rating. It was funny and romantic, steamy when it needed to be and left you on the edge at moments as well.The couple does bicker back and forth quite a bit but that is what helps to understand their relationship. Brina really doesn't want to waver but she is f...
i generally do not like reading historical romances set in scotland because of authors trying to replicate the brogue, but this story was interesting enough that i could almost overlook it. the plot, whereby the heroine's father's wife makes the h substitute herself for the spoiled 1/2 sister (w...
When Brodick McJames decides he needs an English wife in order to help save his Clan, he decides that Mary, daughter of the Earl of Warwickshire will do. After all he only wants to have an heir and they he will not bother her any more.But Mary has no intention of wedding a heathen Scot, and she a...
This was my first book by Mary Wine. I thought this was a sweet romance but it was just okay for me. There wasn't much going on in the story. Anne and Broderick's relationship was too easy, there were no challenges to overcome. I would have liked a bit more description of Broderick's castle, clo...
Highland Heat is the third book in Mary Wine’s Highland Trilogy and features the love story of Deirdre Chattan whom we meet in the first book of this series, To Conquer a Highlander.Our heroine, Deirdre, is a naturally passionate and feisty woman…a strong woman, proud of her Highland heritage, wh...
In the Scottish highlands of 1439 Deirdre Chattan is a head strong young lady with spunt in trouble with her father and sent to spend her days in the church. Joan Beaufort is the widowed Queen of Scotland who has her own problems with bossy, together the two women hatch a plot to get what they bo...
I'm not quite done with the book but am unimpressed so far. I am tired of hearing how handsome the hero appears to the heroine. I am tired of him being a jerk to her(of course he is much nicer than her father) and her just giving in. Now I find myself skimming the sex scenes because there is not ...
Clarissa is a bastard of the former king of England and is sent to be the king of Scotland's whore by her greedy relations because he likes the idea of having a son with York blood. Before the lecherous and cruel king can bed her, Broen, the Macnichols laird, has volunteered to kidnap the York ba...
My Fair Highlander by Mary WineThis is an adult historical fiction book. The main characters are English woman Jemma Ramsden and Scots warrior Gordon Dwyre (Laird Barras). Jemma has been caring for her ailing father for a long time. Now that he is no longer around, Jemma has decided to live her l...
You can put a nice little bow on this series for it was ended perfectly in this book. From the first one, there had always been a tension between Justina and Synclair. And you always knew things were bad for her back in court, but you don't get to find out how bad till you see things from her POV...
The king was embarking on a morning expedition, just as the note had said. His servants were focused on making sure they had everything necessary for his comfort. There were carriages and wagons loaded with chairs and tents and every other manner of comfort. Janette simply...
Of course, it was because she’d slept long past sunrise. Isabel yawned and fought the urge to close her eyes again. She was weary, embarrassingly so, considering how long she had been in bed. Still, waking up wasn’t simple. Her belly rumbled and she fought her way past the clouds of fatigue press...
“Maybe I want it just that way, marriage is boring…” Daphne MacLeod kicked at her bedding, but the dream held her tight. Part of her was content, maybe even eager to sink down into the memory of being in Norris Sutherland’s arms. “I want ye demandin...
Brenda was waiting for her the next morning in the passageway, out of sight of the retainers breaking their fast in the great hall. Ailis touched her foot down from the last step and considered the woman. She was beyond striking, a true beauty. Bren...
Cassandra jerked awake. She rolled right off the edge of the round bed and was standing at attention while she tried to engage her brain. The sight that met her eyes was slightly confusing for a moment. Instead of an irate drill sergeant she was facing two older Alcandian women. They instantly sw...
The yard was already muddy, making her glad she had good boots to protect her feet. A man like Monroe would have a stone courtyard, with thousands upon thousands of small rocks hauled up to his castle to keep the rain from turning the courtyard outside his home into a bog. It was a task for which...
She nuzzled the warm pillow beneath her cheek before her nose told her it didn’t smell like her bed. Her eyes lifted to show her the bare chest of the man who had shared the night with her. A lazy smile covered her face. Granger’s face was relaxed in sleep. She studied him before pushing out of t...
But the sight of flames on the horizon could also be the most horrifying thing any laird ever set his eyes on. Torin McLeren wanted to close his eyes in the hopes that the orange flames illuminating the night might not be there when he opened them again. He could smell the...
Grace stood facing the east a full hour before the horizon began turning pink. Why stay in bed when sleep was miles away? Maybe fatigue would soon exact its toll, but for now she would take the chance to be free of the motel room. “A man could get used to seeing you in the morning.” S...
Raelin McKorey gestured with her hand. The courtyard was a mass of noblemen and servants. Intermixed with them were the royal guards, along with retainers. The king was happily showing off his downed buck while stableboys hurried to take up the reins of the noblemen who dismounted without any car...
She felt too many eyes upon her to relax. The bed in the solar was encased in heavy curtains to ensure privacy, but she awoke several times when she heard the guard near the arches changing. She heard only the brushing of leather against wooden floor, but her eyes opened and every muscle tightene...
Kalin didn’t think she’d slept more than an hour at a time the entire night. She rubbed her burning eyes and sat. It was brisk, even if it was May. Her house guest was stretched out on her sofa. His boots were still on his feet and the pistol still tucked into the waistband of her grandfather’s j...
Lorena stared out of the windows at it. Her belly tightened with nervousness, but at the same time her skin tingled with anticipation. Five long days had tormented her as miles of ocean were crossed. She did long to go ashore. But her last experience had been so poor she chewed on her lower lip w...
The words crossed her lips before she thought about them. Gaining a husband through pity felt worse than being broken by hunger to warm Joseph’s bed. A low sound of amusement came from Sloan. But there was nothing pleasant about it. He moved across the floor without a soun...