The Last Highlander (Time Passages Romance Series , No 13) [Paperback]

Claire Cross (Author)

Book Description

Series: Time Passages Romance Series , No 13 | Publication Date: August 1, 1998

While celebrating the reclaiming of a Edinburgh Castle, a Scottish warrior heads down a flight of stairs--and into another century...

Scottland, 1998. When a beautiful American traveller stumbles upon this handsome Highlander, she is intensely drawn to the mystery surrounding this man, a mystery that has the power to alter history--and her heart--forever...

Editorial Reviews

Review

The Last Highlander by Claire Cross (Claire Delacroix) is an excellent time travel. The heroine, Morgan, is travelling through modern day Scotland with her sister Justine and her brother-in-law Blake. Morgan is an artist and is trying to create children's books using the tales and landscapes of Scotland as inspiration. Her brother-in-law on the other hand, has no time to absorb anything, as he tries to see the most of the island in the shortest amount of time. At Edinburgh Castle, Morgan comes across Alasdair MacAuley, a kilted Scot who seems very confused. Morgan assumes him to be a drunken living history interpreter employed by the castle, and is not very impressed, despite his good looks. But things start to change after she meets Alasdair. For one, the tour books have changed, as has history, and only Morgan seems to be aware of it. She becomes suspicious of Alasdair's origins, while at the same time finding herself more attracted to him. I had expected the time travel to be in the opposite direction and was therefore interested in how things would develop. Claire pulls this off beautifully. She depicts the nineties lifestyle so well with current events and trends that allow the reader to become completely drawn into the story. The humor is wonderful, ranging from the klutzy (and therefore appealing) heroine to the Star Wars references. Claire Cross has a way with words; her description of Alasdair had my toes curling. Her secondary characters were multi dimensional -- I even found myself liking Blake at the end. This is an excellent read that I would highly recommend. I'm off to read her other books and can't wait for her next ones. Claire Cross is a talent in the paranormal romance genre that will stand out.One of the best time travel I have ever read Claire Cross makes The Last Highlander believable and enchanting. Claire Cross is an excellent author with the skill and imagination to tell a great story. Michelle Sawyer -- Copyright © 080198 Literary Times, Inc. All rights reserved -- From Literary Times

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Jove (August 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0515123374
• ISBN-13: 978-0515123371
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,232,381 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book!, June 11, 2002

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Brenda Condit "satinskper" (Albuquerque, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Last Highlander (Time Passages Romance Series , No 13) (Paperback)

I loved this book! It was full of humor, passion, excitement, and love. I laughed and cried over this book so its a definate keeper!
This is a time travel book. The Hero , Alasdair, has just helped Robert the Bruce to take Edinburgh Castle from the English. He and his men are celebrating when a witch dares Alasdair to follow her. He does and suddenly finds himself still at the castle but almost 700 years in the future. In 1998 american Morgan Lafayette is on vacation with her sister and brother-in-law. She finds the Highlander and thinks that he is an actor playing the part for the amusement of the tourist. She soon discovers though that something has happened to make all the history that she has known change. She begins to suspect that Alasdair is truley from the past and tries to help him get back. Alasdair at first thinks that Morgan is the legendary witch Margaine Le Fee and fights his growing feelings for her. He desparetly wants to return to his home in his time but his feelings for Morgan are a problem.

Together they must find a way to get Alasdair back. Along the way they encounter some very interesting people and some funny situations. Morgan's sister and brother-in-law are having a romance of their own but add to the over all book.

I cried when this book was done. It had a great ending and I hope if you read it you don't read the ending first, it will spoil the story. I hope to read others by this author.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read, September 23, 2001

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This review is from: The Last Highlander (Time Passages Romance Series , No 13) (Paperback)

I read this book in search of something similar to 'The Outlander" series by Diana Gabaldon and I think I found it was well worth the search. The story started out a little slow with each of the characters in their own time and life, but by about 30-40 pages into the story I was hooked. I have to admit to staying up very late the Saturday evening I started it and spending almost my entire Sunday with my nose burried in the pages and my heart caught up in a love that could withstand the passage of time. This is a book I would highly recomend.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a Wonderful Book!, September 20, 2000

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Melissa Miller (Los Angeles, California USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Last Highlander (Time Passages Romance Series , No 13) (Paperback)

To give you an idea as to how much I enjoyed this book, this is the first time I have ever really wanted to take the time to review one of the books I read! The Last Highlander is a marvelous story combining romance, history, fun & obvious flights of fancy. There are lovely comical moments as well as those that are very touching and heartfelt. I also enjoyed the historical bits so that I went to look up more of the history of Scotland. But it also has a very big Heart! The love you feel grow between Morgan & Alastair is so tangible you can taste it. And his old fashioned chivalry is wonderful. I'm sorry I've finished it. I didn't want it to end. This book is definately a keeper! I hope my sharing this with you will compel you to read it. It is definately worth it!