| In My Highland Love, Beth visits her friend Liz in Scotland and finds herself thrown back in time to the year 1051, her favorite period and culture in history. Once there, she is drawn into violent adventures, dangerous machinations, and the arms of Travis McKenna, the local Laird of the Scottish Highlands. To save Travis’ life after a mortal injury, she brings him back to present day then must decide to stay in her time or go back with him. Travis needs to go home and inadvertently takes Beth with him. He believes she belongs in her own time not his. It doesn’t seem possible for past and present to meet.
This is a terrific story. Ms. McGill has created two dynamic characters whose stubborn passions cause them many problems. Throw in the fact that they come from two different time periods and you have a delightful read full of the violence of the time, intrigue, passion, and heartache. Beth is a quiet but feisty woman of the twenty-first century. Travis is the Laird of all he surveys and rules his people with a fair but firm hand, putting the protection of his people above all else, including himself. I really enjoyed this story. Beth and Travis are a team; forging a bond that even time cannot break. In a time of extreme violence and danger, they create their own oasis of peace in each other’s arms. My Highland Love gave me many peaceful moments of escape from my own days of work and life. If you need an escape, travel to Scotland in the year 1051 with Beth and put reality aside for a while.
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Reviewer: Patricia Oshier Bruening |