Wild Highland Rose [Mass Market Paperback]

Dee Davis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2003

A ROSE

Marjory Macpherson felt rebirth at hand. She'd known fifteen years of winter since her parents' brutal murder at the hands of the rival Cameron clan. But now Ewen-the enemy son she'd been forced to marry-was dead, perished in a rockslide. Marjory rejoiced. She could shed her thorns...at least, until her husband's father returned.

IS A ROSE

Yet, was her husband dead? When Marjory went to retrieve Ewen's body, she found instead a living breathing man, covered in blood, talking strangely but very much alive.

BY ANY OTHER NAME

Though he wore her husband's face and kilt, Marjory recognized salvation. Whether he was a kinder Ewen or another who, as he claimed, had been transplanted from the future, the man she'd found was the key, a strange twist of fate that reseeded Marjory's future. It was finally time for Crannag Mhór to bloom again: a rebirth that brought with it the promise of true love.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 353 pages
• Publisher: Love Spell (December 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0505525704
• ISBN-13: 978-0505525703
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #443,519 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #60 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Romance > Time Travel

More About the Author

Dee Davis has a BA in Political Science and History, and a Masters Degree in Public Administration. During a ten-year career in public relations, she spent three years on the public speaking circuit, edited two newsletters, wrote three award winning public service announcements, did television and radio commercials, starred in the Seven Year Itch, taught college classes, lobbied both the Texas State Legislature and the US Congress, and served as the director of two associations.

Her highly acclaimed first novel, Everything In Its Time, was published in July 2000. Since then, among others, she's won the Booksellers Best, Golden Leaf, Texas Gold and Prism awards, and been nominated for the National Readers Choice Award, the Holt and two RT Reviewers Choice Awards. To date, she has sold eighteen books and three novellas, including Set-Up in Soho, A Match Made on Madison, and Dark Deceptions.

She's lived in Austria and traveled in Europe extensively. And although she now lives in Manhattan she still calls Texas home.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very highly recommended, March 16, 2004

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C. Penn "WordWeaving" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wild Highland Rose (Mass Market Paperback)

Cameron briefly rouses to the sound of the hospital machines that keep him alive before the light draws him to another place. When he awakens, he finds himself at the foot of a rockslide without his memory. Cameron knows he is not part of the fifteenth century in which he awakens, but he cannot recall the life he left behind. Yet a recurring nightmare of car accident and a screaming woman insure his discontent with his new life and his need for resolution.

In the meantime, Cameron finds himself caught in intricate plots of revenge between highland clans. The man whose body he occupies is married to Marjory, who detests him. She recognizes that her husband's survival of the rockslide is miraculous, but she certainly does not suspect the truth of his identity. Nevertheless, Marjory is terribly suspicious of his radical changes in behavior, especially toward her. She certainly does not expect to fall in love with Cameron.

Author Dee Davis has a gift for penning romances that are impossible to put down. Switching from her usual romantic suspense to time travel, Davis displays the range of her talent in WILD HIGHLAND ROSE. Interestingly, Davis bases the premises of the novel on a historical concept that contemporary readers will initially find shocking. Between Cameron's inability to pinpoint what has happened to him and other people's reactions, readers will discover plenty of amusing entertainment. Moreover, Davis deftly captures the painful difficulty a woman married to her enemy must face because Cameron is so good to her. Add this one to your keeper shelf! WILD HIGHLAND ROSE comes very highly recommended.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This one will leave you wanting more., December 1, 2003

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Huntress Reviews (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wild Highland Rose (Mass Market Paperback)

Cameron emerges from darkness to find himself in a strange world with no memory. He learns that he is in the distant past, in Scotland. Although he does not know who he is, he is sure that he is not Ewan Cameron, nor does he belong here. What's more confusing is he finds himself married to a beautiful woman who hates him, and with good reason. Apparently, he and Marjory were married to settle a family feud, after blood was shed between their clans. Tensions rise when his "family" and mistress arrive. The feud may be settled, but that has not made this a loving family.

Marjory is totally confused. Cameron seems like a new man since his awakening from a near fatal "accident". Gradually, she finds herself drawn to this man who should be her enemy. Before the two realize what is happening, they have fallen in love, but the shadow of the future past lies between them, and present animosities roil around them.

**** Put the soundtrack to Brigadoon on and enjoy the ride. Ms. Davis has delicately crafted a beautiful story that will leave you wanting more. Ties of love that defy time and space make this border on an inspirational story. If you loved Somewhere in Time but wanted it to be a happier story, then this will dry your tears. ****

Reviewed by Amanda.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A clear winner!, December 1, 2003

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Detra Fitch (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wild Highland Rose (Mass Market Paperback)

Cameron saw himself floating toward a light and then suddenly opened his eyes with no memory. Somehow he knows that he is in the wrong century. His dreams tell him of being in an automobile and of a screaming blond woman. Yet he is in Scotland and the year is 1468. His beautiful wife is Marjory. She is full of spirit and loathes him! He resides in Crannag Mhór with no one he can trust.

Marjory is grateful her husband survived the "accident". If he had not, the Cameron clan would have slaughtered her people. However, her husband has not been the same since he woke up and claimed to remember nothing. She is surprised to find herself liking the new Cameron and begins to fall in love.

**** I am so used to Dee Davis writing Romantic Suspense novels that this one stunned me for a few pages. This time Davis tries her hand at a Historical Time Travel and her talent for suspense makes it a clear winner! Wonderful story by an awesome author! ****