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5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb Storytelling!, October 13, 2004
This review is from: Tempting the Highlander (Highlander Trilogy) (Mass Market Paperback)
Robbie MacBain is a man on several missions - keeping four foster boys in line and safe from food-poisoning, desperately searching for a housekeeper who can handle his lot, running a successful business, watching out for his two families. If that's not enough, he also has to keep the crazy old "priest" Pendaar from causing all kinds of havoc, who by the way has just casually informed him of a book of spells he needs to keep Robbie's father and uncles from storming back to the thirteenth century. Trouble is that Robbie has to travel back to the said century to fetch him his book. Whew! Did I mention he must also deal with a mysterious woman stealing eggs from his henhouse?
Catherine Daniels is a woman on the run from her ex-husband, who has two small children and not many places left to hide. She cannot bare a man's touch, but tries to survive in a household of five males for the sake of her children. The very tall, handsome and extremely male Mr. MacBain is a contradiction, in many ways, to the opinions Catherine upholds about men. However, she certainly recognizes a Guardian angel when she has found one, and "naturally" she wows to watch this angel's back.
Great adventures and a burning passion unfold as temptation tries to outweigh all logic and reasoning. Ms. Chapman is quite a story teller, and she gets better at it with each new book. Her scenes simply pushed me from one chapter into the next, and before I knew it I had read the book from cover-to-cover. Overall the journey is unmistakably captivating; however the romantic destination might have arrived somewhat too hastily. I think the fans of Janet Chapman's Highlander series will undoubtedly enjoy Robbie's story, and the next stage in the MacKeage/MacBain saga. I just cannot wait to read Winter MacKeage's story...
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Scottish Pirates, Beware!, June 30, 2008
This review is from: Tempting the Highlander (Highlander Trilogy) (Mass Market Paperback)
I view time travel romances that involve Scottish men and have the word "Highlander" in the title through a pair of very expensive rose-colored glasses. I am inexplicably and unabashedly in love with the genre.
That being said, my criticisms of the fourth book in Chapman's Highlander Series would likely be harsher was it not for the aforementioned factors. Even so, minus one star because it's not even close to being the best in the series. And minus another star because it was while reading one of Father Daar's comments to Robbie MacBain in this installment that I finally realized what it was about this author's written interpretation of a Scottish burr that bothered me the most. Way to go, Father Daar, you've messed up again!
"Do ya think I asked to be a druidh? It's not exactly something ya wish for. Providence decides our destinies. Yar own mother understood this, and it didn't stop her from having you. It's not a curse, boy," Daar snapped, leaning forward. "It's a gift. Yar mama not only gave ya life but the gift of yar calling. Embrace it. Use it! Explore the full extent of yar abilities, and thank God that ya have the means to protect those ya love."
So is it just me or does this sound more like pirate slang than a Scottish brogue?!? Yar! YAR!!!! Shiver me timbers, YAR!!!!
Once that thought occurred to me, my desire to write off the entire book became even stronger, especially since I couldn't quite get into the pairing of Robbie MacBain (the hero) with Catherine, aka Cat, Daniels (the heroine). Cat was too much of a cliche and as a result, their wimpy romance was just sort of okay. Because Robbie had played a role in previous books in the series, I'd hoped his story would have had more oomph.
One final recommendation if you're considering a foray into Janet Chapman's world of hot bod Highlanders: read the series in order. You'll be confused if you don't.
1) Charming the Highlander
2) Loving the Highlander
3) Wedding the Highlander
4) Tempting the Highlander
5) Only with a Highlander
6) Secrets of the Highlander
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
delightful entry, September 1, 2004
This review is from: Tempting the Highlander (Highlander Trilogy) (Mass Market Paperback)
In Pine Creek, Maine, Robbie MacBain tries to catch the person raiding his henhouse but fails when the young woman outruns him though he is a warrior in great shape. His four teenage "delinquent" wards tease him.
Father Daar tells Robbie the guardian that the spell that brought the ten Scottish warriors with him from eight hundred years ago forward in time thirty five years ago is expiring. The survivors will return to their biological time. Robbie needs to steal the spell book of a rival wizard so that Daar can perform an extension spell.
Robbie learns that his thief is Catherine Daniels a woman with two young children who is divorced from Ronald who spent three years in prison for spousal abuse.
Robbie goes back in time seeking the spell book. However, he fails and is wounded severely so he returns home. Catherine and her frightened children find him injured. Robbie offers Catherine the job of housekeeper; she reluctantly accepts. Cat follows Robbie up the mountain. When the storm arrives, Cat and Robbie are back in the thirteenth century, but she thinks it is a dream. Cat tells Robbie she loves him. Robbie marries a stunned Cat before telling her he loves her too.
The latest Highlander tale is an exciting story enhanced by a wonderful support cast including those returning from previous novels and the six youngsters. Fans will appreciate the heroine who vows to watch Robbie's back and feel for her frightened children. Though two major confrontations (present time and eight hundred years ago), turn out to be anticlimactic, fans will enjoy this delightful entry.
Harriet Klausner
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