Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Wicked Highland Ways by Mary Wine. Highland Weddings series, book #6. Five Kilts! Celt Barb says this amazing novel had her gasping with delight!❤️













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Book: Wicked Highland Ways
by Mary Wine

Series: Highland Weddings Book #6

Release Date: Today 5/28/2019

Reviewed by: Barb Massabrook (of)
1)Tartan Book Reviews
2)Purple Tulip Book Reviews
3)Celtic World of Historical Book Reviews
4)Celtic Barb’s Tartan Book Review Blog

Heat Rating: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Book Rating: 5/5 Stars/Kilts


1579

Brenda Grant had a horrible abusive first marriage. Now her husband is dead and she is determined to make no man want her. Except there is one man: a highland lairds who wants her badly, as he is both her savior and hero. If only she would open her eyes and realize there are some good men in this world! Now her husband’s family is forcing her to English court to accept another abusive husband. She hasn’t a choice or her Grant family will lose their home, titles, lands etc. and live in poverty and possibly even be
exiled!

Laird Brothan have been in love with Brenda Grant for a very long time. He does not want a boring biddable wife no matter how bonnie she might be. Yet that is what is being paraded in front of him.  He has wanted Brenda Grant from the moment he set his eyes on her. She challenges him at every turn which only whets his appetite to conquer her, though he doubts she will ever be tamed nor does he want her tamed! This wild cat is just the type of woman he wants as a partner and life mate forever.

Now he hears the young boy Scottish King just wants to please his best friend and favorite. This is the ambitious Esmé Stewart!  He wants Brenda’s dowry returned to his cruel English cousin her new fiancé.

Brenda is miserable, being forced to wed the cruel man, her cousins new bride ran away from. Since the King settled land on Brenda, her cousin Symon could keep his new bride. Brenda was grateful for that, as they were both so much in love. She is also depressed, she has to deal with another evil,soulless, man! After all this is how royalty works, they all stick together, yet Brenda is caught in the middle. Being sold to the highest bidder like a piece of gm horse flesh, only being wed for her family’s wealth. In this case for her dowry land! She just felt men did nothing but use and abuse her! She being a lairds niece is after all she was a tough as nails highland lass who supported her family. What Brenda doesn’t realize is a certain Scottish Laird who hates everything English has followed Brenda to England to bring her back home and make her his!

Yet now alliances change as well as grooms with royal permission from Queen Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen. Will Brenda accept this challenge, accept the defeat, and will she ever allow her closed heart to ever open again? Can Brothan Gunn prove their life together will never be dull but magical full of surprises, love and joy. He will be the husband that adores her, yet let her keep her independence and be an equal partner as she used to fantasize and wish for.

Sadly this is the sixth last novel of Mary Wine’s phenomenal Highland Weddings series. I have read, devoured and loved every single one. Although you can read any of them as stand alone books. I personally just love connecting the dots with these multi-dimensional fascinating characters.  Another fast paced, action packed, romantic, riveting adventure that I could not put down. It has all the elements highland historical romance readers love. Filled with danger, mistrust, deceit, betrayal, suspense, mystery, hatred, treachery Royal commands, arranged marriage business arrangements, heartwarming passion, joy, trust, partnerships, wedded bliss and love.

This extraordinary novel also includes beautiful settings that will leave you breathless, awe-inspiring dialogue, and unforgettable characters. The brilliant nail biting plots are full of surprises, making readers heart race holding their breath with anticipation not knowing what will occur next!

If this were a painting or piece of artwork I would call it a masterpiece as that is exactly what this book is! I absolutely and unequivocally highly recommend this brilliant novel as it is a total masterpiece!

I sincerely hope and desire for more of my favorite genre, Scottish historical novels by Mary Wine in the near future.

Highland Weddings Series
By Mary Wine
Highland Spitfire (Book 1)
Highland Vixen (Book 2)
Highland Hellion (Book 3)
Highland Flame (Book 4)
Between a Highlander and a Hard Place (Book 5)
Wicked Highland Ways(Book 6)

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Monday, May 27, 2019

THE WICKED VISCOUNT BY Heather McCollum. Campbell series, Book #3. Five Stars. Celtic Barb was captivated!




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Book:The Wicked Viscount
By Heather McCollum

Series: The Campbell’s, Book #3

Release Day: Today
May 27, of 2019

Reviewed by: Barb Massabrook (of)
1)Tartan Book Reviews
2)Purple Tulip Book Reviews
3) Celtic World of Historical Book Reviews 4)Celtic Barb’s Tartan Book Review Blog

Heat Rating: 🔥

Book Rating: 5/5 Stars/Kilts

The Scottish Highlands and England 1685


Cat Campbell being such an amazing warrior and healer, is asked by Catherine de Braganza of House Braganza, Queen of  England, Scotland and Ireland, to come help her ailing husband King Charles II. The English Queen fears he may of been poisoned. In addition she knows Cat is strong, trustworthy plus and a talented healer.

Nathaniel Worthington, 5th Viscount of Lincolnshire, has not been able to get Cat off his mind since they shared a passionate kiss last year. As she never left his side when she cared for him when he had been badly injured from a gunshot. Though neither mention it neither forgets it. Now after the time Nathaniel has spent in Scotland, he realizes being a Viscount, part of Parliament and House of Lords is not what he wants anymore. As the English, wealthy, women, only want him for his wealth, title and lands. His father is still pulling his strings from the grave. His father’s solicitor is harassing him to pick a wife. This means an English heiress or one that will help his political career. If not he will lose everything, but his title Nathaniel doesn’t care about politics, titles and home, but no money or position anymore would make his sisters penniless too.

As a Scottish redheaded spit fire who screams like a banshee, wears trousers under her skirts, this includes knives, hair picks and sharps weapons under her skirts. She cares and loves her little fourteen year old, mute sister, who she will do anything for. Cat had a horrible childhood and has always hated everything English. Both are laming them for both her parents deaths!

Nathaniel volunteers to escort Cat, for a number of reasons, but mostly because he wants to protect her from the viscous English court. The English  women use their evil tongues not daggers to ruin others. Many men behave like animals treating women like prostitutes or slaves will not accept no as a woman’s answer to a woman’s body. Some even make deals with slave traders,  today we would call it human trafficking. Both will put lower class citizens in deadly situations, just to get ahead or wealthier for what they desire with no remorse. It doesn’t matter if they are a poor, starving, orphan/child or an adult . Nathaniel is ashamed that he was once apart of this world not with slave traders but he wouldn’t recognize their greed or meanness .  A year ago he would of married any of these heartless women, but now he needed to find a way out. Especially after seeing his sisters both finding respectable men who love them completely. He wanted a love match too. Yet it didn’t seem like there was any way out plus not without hurting his sisters. They would lose the school if he ignored their dead father’s wishes.

Plus he had a big secret that Cat might despise him for if he reveals the truth. He knows he has to tell her before she hears it from someone else. Plus Cat did not want to ever be married nor does she believe in love with a man. Seeing how horribly her father treated her mother and her mother lived in deep depression and misery before her horrible death! Both she and her sister we very much ignored. Now Nathaniel was making her feel things for the first time. Could this be love? As both of them have never experienced this emotion on a passion level before. As only love for their siblings is they only love they ever recognized.

There here are spies, murderers, espionage and traitors at every turn. Who is your friend and who is your foe? Plus no one wants this low class Scottish beauty with this English Viscount. Do they even have a fighting chance of having relationship that could last forever?

An emotionally fast paced, action packed, page turning riveting adventure, from start to finish. This includes all the elements historical romance readers love with suspense, treachery, mystery, murder, hatred, assault, secrets, betrayal defense, healing, trust, joy and love.

The setting was magnificent, dialogue was amazing, the plots within plots was awe-inspiring. The multi-demensional characters were just both phenomenal and exhilarating! Even the secondary characters like the child Mouse touched my soul.

I have read every book in this brilliant Campbell Serie. You can read as a stand alone book too. I personally like the family and character connections but that is a personal choice. Readers can read The Wicked Viscount either way.

I definitely recommend this masterpiece. A book readers don’t want to miss!

The Campbell series

1)The Scottish Rogue
2)The Savage Highlander
3)The Wicked Viscount

Disclaimer: I received an advance reader’s copy from Entangled Publishing. I voluntarily agreed to do an honest, fair  review and blog through netgalley. All thoughts, ideas and words are my own.


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