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Highland Dream #2
Highland Fling
LOVE'S COURAGE
Chelsea Brown had never had much luck with men until she bumped heads with Griffin Campbell--a Highlander who set her head spinning and her heart racing. Visiting the wilds of Scotland, the Texan scientist had expected a different breed of man, but Griffin proved to be in a category all his own. First he kissed her senseless, then he destroyed the television, gallantly vowing to protect her from the miniature barbarians in the box.
Breathless with confusion--or was it desire?--Chelsea found herself wrapped not only in his arms, but in the past. Transported to a place where the Scottish warrior's very life depended on her, the once shy Chelsea knew she would face any challenge to rescue the powerful clan leader. For it was his desire that transformed her timidity to bravery, his passion that convinced her their romance was no Highland fling, but a timeless love.
Chelsea Brown had never had much luck with men until she bumped heads with Griffin Campbell--a Highlander who set her head spinning and her heart racing. Visiting the wilds of Scotland, the Texan scientist had expected a different breed of man, but Griffin proved to be in a category all his own. First he kissed her senseless, then he destroyed the television, gallantly vowing to protect her from the miniature barbarians in the box.
Breathless with confusion--or was it desire?--Chelsea found herself wrapped not only in his arms, but in the past. Transported to a place where the Scottish warrior's very life depended on her, the once shy Chelsea knew she would face any challenge to rescue the powerful clan leader. For it was his desire that transformed her timidity to bravery, his passion that convinced her their romance was no Highland fling, but a timeless love.
320 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2003
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Tess Mallory
12 books46 followersTess Mallory still believes in fairies, so she strives to make her books as magical as possible, filled with romance, humor, history, fun, and fantasy. Her life has been pretty magical, too. Not perfect, but truly blessed. She's a breast cancer survivor married to a guy so understanding, his name should be in lights, their three children love her in spite of the dragon shirts she loves to wear, and she has a precious granddaughter. Tess and her family live in the Texas hill country. Make her day by dropping her a note at tessmallory@yahoo.com.
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June 13, 2019
Okay, my bad. I should know better than to try to read romance fiction, but in the past I've stumbled -- obviously by lucky error or happy chance -- over novels that were quite readable. This isn't one of them. In fact, it's one of a very small handful of books I've abandoned because they are, frankly, too ridiculous to continue with. I'll give this one star, because Tess Mallory finished it Right To The End, and Dorchester / Love Spell (the publisher's name should have tipped me off: I must be getting slow) put a very nice over on it, which caught my eye.
Why would I pick it up? Because I'm watching Highlander on dvd right now, and I've caught the Duncan MacLeod bug ... tall, dark and handsome, swords, tartan and heather are about my speed right now, and this idiotic novel looked promising. It proves out the old adage: don't judge a book by its cover. In the case of Highland Fling, the cover is the only good thing about the novel. [Rolls eyes]
On page one, I knew I wasn't going to get what I wanted: we begin with the hero hiding under a bed, before he leaps astride his horse and does a runner. I beg your pardon? Persevered while the 'plot' leapfrogs backwards and sideways through time in disjointed, loosely connected passages that try one's patience before page 20. Stuck around long enough to choke down a hero named Griffin (which is not a Christian name in Scotland, and never has been), who calls his horse Firestorm (and that's wery, wery tacky indeed), and after all the leapfrogging around, we run smack into a present-day flashback to yesterday, where Mallory calls the main female character's lunch date 'Lord Bothingwort' --
'Bothingwort' isn't even a name. If you Google it (and I did!!), you will discover that this daffy novel is the only place in the entire WWW where this preposterous name appears. Anywhere. At any time. Mallory made it up. It's an American's -- Texan's! -- attempt to think of a name that sounds toff English; and to English (or Aussie) ears it sounds Blackadder-daft (except that Blackadder was an outrageous comedy, in which all this would have been for laughs). In fact, 'Bothingwort' is insulting to English readers. Mallory isn't trying to be funny: if Highland Fling were done as a laugh riot, it might have worked, but the author is trying to be serious ... and what angers me is, Dorchester actually published this adolescent drivel and in 2003 shipped it to commonwealth countries where (gasp!) readers could be expected to know what they were reading. Makes me mad enough to spit. Can you tell?
The way Mallory writes, I seriously doubt she's ever even been to Scotland. I doubt she's ever met an actual, genuine Scotsman. I know for a fact she's never met a physicist of any age group or gender ... no PhD. physicist who ever lived is a dizzy feather-head! The way Mallory writes men, I want to say that I doubt she's ever even been out with one, much less 'stayed in' with one, if you know what I mean; but she's married, so ... go figure. Whatever.
Book Abandoned. The equivalent of turning off a baaaad movie.
Better luck next time, AG, and for gawdsake, choose more carefully.
Recommended for: anyone who has a budgie cage they need to line, or a combustion heater to light … though, save the cover. It's pretty enough that it caught me, too.
Why would I pick it up? Because I'm watching Highlander on dvd right now, and I've caught the Duncan MacLeod bug ... tall, dark and handsome, swords, tartan and heather are about my speed right now, and this idiotic novel looked promising. It proves out the old adage: don't judge a book by its cover. In the case of Highland Fling, the cover is the only good thing about the novel. [Rolls eyes]
On page one, I knew I wasn't going to get what I wanted: we begin with the hero hiding under a bed, before he leaps astride his horse and does a runner. I beg your pardon? Persevered while the 'plot' leapfrogs backwards and sideways through time in disjointed, loosely connected passages that try one's patience before page 20. Stuck around long enough to choke down a hero named Griffin (which is not a Christian name in Scotland, and never has been), who calls his horse Firestorm (and that's wery, wery tacky indeed), and after all the leapfrogging around, we run smack into a present-day flashback to yesterday, where Mallory calls the main female character's lunch date 'Lord Bothingwort' --
'Bothingwort' isn't even a name. If you Google it (and I did!!), you will discover that this daffy novel is the only place in the entire WWW where this preposterous name appears. Anywhere. At any time. Mallory made it up. It's an American's -- Texan's! -- attempt to think of a name that sounds toff English; and to English (or Aussie) ears it sounds Blackadder-daft (except that Blackadder was an outrageous comedy, in which all this would have been for laughs). In fact, 'Bothingwort' is insulting to English readers. Mallory isn't trying to be funny: if Highland Fling were done as a laugh riot, it might have worked, but the author is trying to be serious ... and what angers me is, Dorchester actually published this adolescent drivel and in 2003 shipped it to commonwealth countries where (gasp!) readers could be expected to know what they were reading. Makes me mad enough to spit. Can you tell?
The way Mallory writes, I seriously doubt she's ever even been to Scotland. I doubt she's ever met an actual, genuine Scotsman. I know for a fact she's never met a physicist of any age group or gender ... no PhD. physicist who ever lived is a dizzy feather-head! The way Mallory writes men, I want to say that I doubt she's ever even been out with one, much less 'stayed in' with one, if you know what I mean; but she's married, so ... go figure. Whatever.
Book Abandoned. The equivalent of turning off a baaaad movie.
Better luck next time, AG, and for gawdsake, choose more carefully.
Recommended for: anyone who has a budgie cage they need to line, or a combustion heater to light … though, save the cover. It's pretty enough that it caught me, too.
November 18, 2015
Great Book!!!
October 14, 2020
I’ve given this two stars rather than one out of nostalgia rather than true merit. This was the first romance novel I got my hands on (outside of my mother’s watchful gaze, it must be noted!) back in middle school. I’ve been going through a spell of re-reading books from childhood lately, so I thought I’d dip back in. Let me tell you, reading this from a 28-year-old perspective rather than as a very precocious yet naive 12-year-old (eek, I know!) makes a massive difference. I respect it for the flights of romantic daydreams it sparked in my youth, but it just doesn’t stand up at all as an adult reader who’s experienced relationships and life in general. Lots of mouthings of “Seriously?” and “Come on!” were done. I’m not too snooty for a “trashy” romance novel once in a while (or more!), but this one just didn’t stand up when compared to the much more enjoyable offerings of its genre.
Less petty quibbles include the main character’s friends not being friendly at all to her for most of the book, intensely two-dimensional characters, an instant-love scenario with no true build-up, and massive lack of research into history, leaning instead on loooots of tropes and stereotypes galore. It’s like the entirety of research consisted of watching Braveheart and some old cowboy Westerns.
Most petty quibble: The male protagonist is described ad nauseum as having white blonde hair in the narrative. What color is the hair of the fellow on the cover? Brown!
Less petty quibbles include the main character’s friends not being friendly at all to her for most of the book, intensely two-dimensional characters, an instant-love scenario with no true build-up, and massive lack of research into history, leaning instead on loooots of tropes and stereotypes galore. It’s like the entirety of research consisted of watching Braveheart and some old cowboy Westerns.
Most petty quibble: The male protagonist is described ad nauseum as having white blonde hair in the narrative. What color is the hair of the fellow on the cover? Brown!
September 5, 2019
This was an okay read but something was missing. I'm not sure what.
I found the hero's issue silly and the time travelling to the West contrived. But I liked our H and h.
It's probably best to read the Highland Dream #1 first. I didn't and I think the book might have been more enjoyable if I had.
I found the hero's issue silly and the time travelling to the West contrived. But I liked our H and h.
It's probably best to read the Highland Dream #1 first. I didn't and I think the book might have been more enjoyable if I had.
June 28, 2022
Beautifully written love story. Mallory could have expounded more on some of the finer details (there seems to be a lot of jumping around from one situation to the next) but there was no course language and the guy gets the girl so I'm happy with it!
October 4, 2012
Ok. It's been a while since I read Highland Dreams, so I had to refresh my memory a bit as to who was who. Fortunately, I figured it out pretty quickly since I'm not sure where Highland Dreams is right off hand.
And then I remembered our H's little issue.
The premise is funny, although Chelsea wasn't in the previous book to any extent. She's shy, introverted and... Ok, I can relate, although I'm no where near as easy to railroad into things. That was something that made me not like the h and her other friend from the previous book. It was almost as if it never occurred to them that the h might have feelings. So they railroaded her into a trip to Scotland for a blind date (what - you can't arrange blind dates in Texas?). Oh, but this was a business deal (yeah; attempt to sell your friend as an escort. Riiiiight).
So the H/h, both somewhat awkward around the opposite sex, have difficulties - she because she has no self esteem (those friends of hers don't help any with their makeovers), and he because well, he gets nauseated at any personal physical contact.
This...continued on entirely too long. The H's issues made the h feel worse, and his prideful non-communication didn't help either.
The trip back into the 19th century to rescue Duncan felt entirely too contrived - they were there a week, in which he found his cousin, survived a hanging attempt, and the three of them managed to get back to the 21st century, all in less than half the book. Methinks it would have been better to have left Duncan's rescue to his own book, or made the book longer. The "week" they were there was nonstop running for their lives. Further, it was said to be 7 days, but they don't add up.
At least they made it back home. That 7 months had passed in the 21st century and the h from the previous book was due any day now added some humor.
And then I remembered our H's little issue.
The premise is funny, although Chelsea wasn't in the previous book to any extent. She's shy, introverted and... Ok, I can relate, although I'm no where near as easy to railroad into things. That was something that made me not like the h and her other friend from the previous book. It was almost as if it never occurred to them that the h might have feelings. So they railroaded her into a trip to Scotland for a blind date (what - you can't arrange blind dates in Texas?). Oh, but this was a business deal (yeah; attempt to sell your friend as an escort. Riiiiight).
So the H/h, both somewhat awkward around the opposite sex, have difficulties - she because she has no self esteem (those friends of hers don't help any with their makeovers), and he because well, he gets nauseated at any personal physical contact.
This...continued on entirely too long. The H's issues made the h feel worse, and his prideful non-communication didn't help either.
The trip back into the 19th century to rescue Duncan felt entirely too contrived - they were there a week, in which he found his cousin, survived a hanging attempt, and the three of them managed to get back to the 21st century, all in less than half the book. Methinks it would have been better to have left Duncan's rescue to his own book, or made the book longer. The "week" they were there was nonstop running for their lives. Further, it was said to be 7 days, but they don't add up.
At least they made it back home. That 7 months had passed in the 21st century and the h from the previous book was due any day now added some humor.
September 7, 2010
Probably one of the hardest books I ever forced myself to read. Almost threw it down several times. Don't mind time travel but it left me yearning for more. The title led me to think at least a part of the book would take place back to the 1600's. Perhaps the fact that it never is what made this one of my least favorite books. But no doubt others would enjoy it!
August 5, 2016
Oy........ At first I couldn't even read past the first chapter. I mean, what female physicist working on her PhD is BORING??? I seriously can't stand it when romance authors put physicists in their books, when they have never even met a single physicist in real life. Do your fracking research! This girl should have been crazy intelligent, but instead turned out to be a ditz. Yuck yuck YUCK.
March 20, 2013
So I have to say I liked the first book better. I am not a huge fan of the old west and I mean come on a highlander turned cowboy? While, the book did have its funny moments this one did just not do it for me. I hope that the next book is better...
January 27, 2008
This was a wonderful time-travel. Chelsea meets Griffin in the modern world....Starts out in Scotland, 1605; then goes to Scotland, present day.
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July 1, 2008
An endearing read! A grand adventure and guaranteed to please hopeless romantics who love time travel.
July 11, 2014
The second book in Tess Mallory's time travel series Highland Dream. This was a cute and entertaining read but didn't quite make it's potential. Still it was fun.
October 14, 2013
A very endearing story. Enjoyed every page reading about the adventures, the love slowly blossoming, the effort taken to understand living in different eras. A thorough book on time travel and love.
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