Highland Vow [Mass Market Paperback]

Hannah Howell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2006

Ten years ago, young Elspeth Murray rescued a wounded young knight and lost her heart forever. Now, a stunning beauty and gifted healer, she is reunited with Cormac Armstrong when he saves her from an unwanted suitor. But, Cormac is promised to another, a woman who has blinded him to her ruthlessness. Now, Elspeth must battle against the odds to claim a man and a love she will not be denied. Cormac is stunned by the desire Elspeth's kiss awakens, tries to resist, and fails, the temptation she offers. A man of honour, he is torn by his pledge to another and his growing need for Elspeth. Blinded by duty and indecision, he is unaware that he is a pawn in a clever and deadly trap from which Elspeth is desperate to save him. But, by the time he understands her gift of selfless devotion will it be too late to claim this perfect love?

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Zebra (February 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821779834
• ISBN-13: 978-0821779835
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #653,332 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars First book in the Murray daughters trilogy, April 29, 2005

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Michelle888 (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Highland Vow (Zebra Historical Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

In this first installment in Hannah Howell's second Highland series, meet Elspeth Murray, the beloved daughter of Balfour and Maldie Murray from HIGHLAND DESTINY.

On her ninth birthday, she stumbles upon a wounded lad on the run from a powerful clan. Instead of being afraid, Elspeth Murray was mesmerized by the beauty of the seventeen-year-old Cormac Armstrong. Having inherited her mother's gift of healing, she tended to him and convinced her family to take him in until he was recovered. And as that day came and Cormac was giving his thanks to the Laird and Lady of Donncoill, the tiny, dirty hand of Elspeth was thrust forward to him offering to be kissed. Little did he know that the brief kiss that he had bestowed on little Elspeth's hand would forever leave a mark on her.

When a rejected suitor abducted nineteen-year-old Elspeth, she never expected that the man she has dreamt of for the last ten years would rescue her. Face to face with Cormac who has haunted her maidenly dreams, she knew that fate brought them together for a purpose: for her to rescue him from the clutches of Isabel, the woman he had vowed to love and had waited for since he was sixteen, the woman who had so blinded Cormac that he's the only one in Scotland who thinks her a victim of her family's greed.

When Cormac saw Elspeth for the first time since he left Donncoill, he was astonished to find that his tiny, begrimed savior is now a disarmingly beautiful woman. And for the first time in ten years, he could not bring a clear image of Isabel in his mind and found himself in a state of confusion over the vow he made to Isabel as a boy, a vow that he swore to keep to prove to the world that not all Armstrong's were like his lying, thieving parents, and a vow that his heart is telling him to break so he could be with Elspeth.

HIGHLAND VOW is the first in the trilogy featuring the daughters of the Murray brothers (HIGHLAND DESTINY, HIGHLAND HONOR and HIGHLAND PROMISE). It is quite an enjoyable read with likable characters. Elspeth, like her mother Maldie from Highland Destiny is sharp-tongued and spirited with a heart of gold. She will pick up any stray creatures she stumbles upon and tend to them until they are well. Cormac is a man of such honor that you cannot help but sympathize with his predicament and sometimes even want to smack him for being such a fool. Despite being good-looking, he lacks the arrogance that typifies the alpha-male regularly featured in historical romances.

I did find the book seemed to wander aimlessly at some parts and couldn't wait for the more interesting scenes. But I loved the way Elspeth declared her feelings for Cormac just before she went back to Donncoill. The way she hurled the words at him, calling him a fool for his blindness to Isabel's faults was perfectly worded.

If you have read and enjoyed the first Highland Series, you will still find the new Highland Trilogy enjoyable. The two books after these are HIGHLAND KNIGHT featuring Avery and HIGHLAND BRIDE with Gillyanne.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Humorous, Sensual, Couldn't Put it Down!, October 8, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Highland Vow (Zebra Historical Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

I've read hundreds of historical romances and this was one I could not put down. It's rare to have such a good combination of humor and excitement.

This was also my first Hannah Howell book and I am going back and buying every other one I can find. She's one of the best.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a must read!, October 14, 2005

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Lynette Frankenberg (Coram, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Highland Vow (Zebra Historical Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

Hannah Howell is a great writer if you are looking for a wondful scottish romance novel you have found it!!

This is the frist book in a trilogy that captures the lives of the children of the Murray brothers. That trilogy starts with Highland Honor.

9 years old Elspeth Murry rescued a wounded knight by the name of Cormac Armstrong who was 17 years old and on the run. Elspeth lost her heart forever to him.

Now ten years later she will risks everthing to win the heart of the man who captures hers. They are reunited when Cormac saves her from an unwanted suitor who will stop at nothing to get her. Along the road a passionate desire grows between them, However Cormac is pledge to another and is torn by it beacuse he is a man of honor, but he has a growing need for Elspeth.
His duty is blinding him and he dose not see that he is a pawn in deadly trap set by the woman the he pledge hinself to when he was very young, Elspeth is desperate to save him, However by the time he understands the trap that was set for him and that he really dose love Elspeth she has left him so now he needs to try to win her back!!!

Once you pick up this book you will not be able to put it down you will love it for sure!!