BEWITCHING THE HIGHLANDER

Author: Lois Greiman ISBN: 0061191345 8/2007 HISTORICAL Publisher: AVON
Time Period: 1819 Scotland

A treasure far greater than gold ... Keelan has awakened from a deep slumber, in another time, in another place, and still haunted by demons of his past. Determined to recover the Treasure that caused his family's downfall, he arrives at the sweeping Scottish countryside ... and discovers the magic of a gentle, healing touch from a lass who stokes passion's fire in this Highlander's breast. The mysterious appearance of the Scottish warrior nearly causes Charity to abandon her plans, but she'd been playing the part of a dutiful maid for too long to let someone else walk away with the prize—even if Keelan is as great a temptation as the Treasure. Yet when they are forced on the run, Charity discovers that the Highlander may be too irresistible, and to deny him would be impossible ... for love's glorious promise awaits her in his powerful embrace and sensuous kiss.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

As interesting as BEWITCHING THE HIGHLANDER is, I have to tell you that until about half way through I was mightily confused. I had NO IDEA what was going on with the hero! Was he dreaming, hallucinating? Was he imagining conversations or did they actually happen? I confess, some of the scenes I never did figure out, but at least I understood what the heck happened to him by the end!

So, despite my confusion, I still found this story to be a good one. The heroine is quite clever and I found myself truly enjoying some of her antics. The villain(s) are some of the nastiest I have come across in romance reading and it is interesting that there is more than one of them for the romantic couple to contend with. Some of the plot is a bit fuzzy for me—no doubt, that is due to the dream-like sequences—but it all balances out very nicely in the end.

Shannon Johnson