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93rd Highlanders #1
Hamish
Book One, The 93rd Highlanders
1855, Scutari Hospital, Crimean War
Injured at Balaclava as part of the infamous Thin Red Line of the 93rd Highlanders, Hamish Fletcher is sent to the hospital at Scutari, away from the front lines. His childhood friend Phineas Harper is a doctor there. Finn volunteered because so many of his friends and family were fighting in the Crimea. As soon as Hamish sees him all the confusing things he felt for Finn as a boy resurface. Having experienced war and the death of friends and family, both men are ready to face their feelings. But Finn has fallen in love with a widowed nurse and when he meets her, Hamish shares those feelings for the courageous and kind Edith. As Christmas approaches, they find the miracle of love amidst the chaos of war.
The 93rd Highlanders
HAMISH
CONALL
BRODIE (2016)
DOUGLAS (2016)
1855, Scutari Hospital, Crimean War
Injured at Balaclava as part of the infamous Thin Red Line of the 93rd Highlanders, Hamish Fletcher is sent to the hospital at Scutari, away from the front lines. His childhood friend Phineas Harper is a doctor there. Finn volunteered because so many of his friends and family were fighting in the Crimea. As soon as Hamish sees him all the confusing things he felt for Finn as a boy resurface. Having experienced war and the death of friends and family, both men are ready to face their feelings. But Finn has fallen in love with a widowed nurse and when he meets her, Hamish shares those feelings for the courageous and kind Edith. As Christmas approaches, they find the miracle of love amidst the chaos of war.
The 93rd Highlanders
HAMISH
CONALL
BRODIE (2016)
DOUGLAS (2016)
61 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 27, 2015
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About the author
Samantha Kane
54 books769 followersSamantha Kane lives in North Carolina with her husband and three children, two boys and one girl. With a master’s degree in American history, she spent seven years as a high school history teacher before becoming a full-time writer and mom.
Series:
THE BIRMINGHAM REBELS
BROTHERS IN ARMS
THE SAINT'S DEVILS
THE 93RD HIGHLANDERS
MERCURY RISING
Series:
THE BIRMINGHAM REBELS
BROTHERS IN ARMS
THE SAINT'S DEVILS
THE 93RD HIGHLANDERS
MERCURY RISING
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June 22, 2015
Hamish by the eloquent, Samantha Kane, is a compelling read that once I started, I could not put down. It is a love story pure and simple. A story of people in need of a connection that goes deeper than what one sees on the surface.
Samantha Kane has earned a spot on my auto read list. I love her writing and her stories call to me!
Samantha Kane has earned a spot on my auto read list. I love her writing and her stories call to me!
March 2, 2015
I read this book as part of anthology that is no longer available for purchase, Wanton Christmas Wishes, in December of 2014.
EVERYTHING I have read by Samantha Kane has blown me away! The depth of feeling she manages to convey with mere word on a paper is like no other! You WILL fell for her characters. She WILL draw you in. You WILL love her books! I promise!
Now for my review :)
I can't say this loud enough ... I LOVE EDITH! But oh I also love me some Ham and Finn! GAWD, I ached for Ham! But Edith just fixes everything ;) The story ended way too soon for me, but not because it was lacking, but because I NEEDED to continue to read about their lives and paths. I just didn't want it to end :( I really wanted to read their story through 'Christmas' but :( it wasn't written that way and I was sad BUT it did have me running to put the CONALL (book 2) on my TBR!
EVERYTHING I have read by Samantha Kane has blown me away! The depth of feeling she manages to convey with mere word on a paper is like no other! You WILL fell for her characters. She WILL draw you in. You WILL love her books! I promise!
Now for my review :)
I can't say this loud enough ... I LOVE EDITH! But oh I also love me some Ham and Finn! GAWD, I ached for Ham! But Edith just fixes everything ;) The story ended way too soon for me, but not because it was lacking, but because I NEEDED to continue to read about their lives and paths. I just didn't want it to end :( I really wanted to read their story through 'Christmas' but :( it wasn't written that way and I was sad BUT it did have me running to put the CONALL (book 2) on my TBR!
April 29, 2024
I re-read this in 2024 as book 3 in this series is coming out in June - wow! After 10 years I'd lost hope but hey, I'll take a surprise like that any day!
Samantha Kane is an incredibly gifted writer especially when it comes to MMF. Where other "poly" stories often leave me frustrated by one of the three players (usually the woman lol... ) I've never had that happen with any of Kane's stories and that remains true here.
Sadly, this is one of those books that leaves you saying NOOOOOOOO when you realize it's rather abortively short. I still think it's worth the read... but I love this trio, and I dearly wish they had been given more than a short story. They deserve to have their romance developed fully and to not be rushed through the really tender and balanced intimacy Kane is so good at crafting.
So if you're new to Samatha Kane I'd recommend starting elsewhere, even if it's book 2 in this series, and then doubling back with this one as a sort of "bonus" that will fill you in on this particular trio.
Samantha Kane is an incredibly gifted writer especially when it comes to MMF. Where other "poly" stories often leave me frustrated by one of the three players (usually the woman lol... ) I've never had that happen with any of Kane's stories and that remains true here.
Sadly, this is one of those books that leaves you saying NOOOOOOOO when you realize it's rather abortively short. I still think it's worth the read... but I love this trio, and I dearly wish they had been given more than a short story. They deserve to have their romance developed fully and to not be rushed through the really tender and balanced intimacy Kane is so good at crafting.
So if you're new to Samatha Kane I'd recommend starting elsewhere, even if it's book 2 in this series, and then doubling back with this one as a sort of "bonus" that will fill you in on this particular trio.
March 5, 2015
Hamish Fletcher, Captain des 93rd Highlander Regiments, wird kurz vor Weihnachten im Krimkrieg verwundet und in ein Lazarett in Scutari überstellt. Dort trifft er überraschend auf Dr. Phineus Harper, der einst ein enger Kindheitsfreund und für eine Nacht mehr, war. Inzwischen sind mehr als 10 Jahre vergangen, in denen sie sich nicht mehr gesehen haben. Doch aus den Gedanken und wohl auch aus ihren Gefühlen konnten sie den jeweils anderen nicht verbannen.
Nichtausgelebte und nicht ausgesprochene Gefühle flammen zwischen den beiden Männern wieder auf. Jedoch hat Finn inzwischen eine Frau kennengelernt, von der er sich sehr angezogen fühlt. Es ist die Witwe Edith Lambeth, die eben falls im Lazarett von Scutari arbeitet. Edith hingegen fühlt sich zu beiden Männern hingezogen und merkt sehr rasch, dass zwischen Finn und Hamish etwas vor sich geht. Doch als sie ihrem Geheimnis und ihren Gefühlen auf die Spur kommt, ist sie nicht abgestossen von dieser unerhörten und unerlaubten Verbindung.
Stattdessen wird sie aktiv und versucht zusammenzubringen, das sich nach einander sehnt. Und ehe sie sichs versieht, ist sie ein Teil dieser komplexen Beziehung, die in diesen unsicheren und gefährlichen Zeiten auf wackeligen Beinen steht.
Mit ihrer neuen Serie greift die Autorin Samantha Kane wieder das Menage-Thema mit Gay-Anteil auf. Die Geschichte um Hamish, Finn und Edith ist leider etwas kurz geraten und kann eher als Häppchen bzw. Einführung in die neue Serie angesehen werden. Diese wird sich um die vier Fletcher-Brüder drehen, die alle im 93iger Highlander-Regiment dienen und im Krimkrieg ihr Leben riskieren.
Obwohl die Geschichte kurz und knackig ist, hat sie doch alles was sie braucht. Die Protagonisten sind gut gezeichnet und beschrieben. Hier gibt es jedoch keine geknickten und traumatisierten Helden, auch wenn jeder Protagonist seine Lebenserfahrungen und Enttäuschungen mit im Gepäck hat. Hamish, Finn und Edith sind sympathisch, liebenswert und es ist bedauerlich, dass ihre Geschichte nicht noch ein paar Seiten mehr bekommen hat.
Und doch reicht es aus die Intensität der Gefühle zu beschreiben. Genauso wird auch hier dem Leser wieder das Grauen des Krieges, die Sinnlosigkeit dieser Gewalt und die ständige Gefahr den nächsten Tag nicht zu überleben, vor Augen geführt. Die Geschichte hat zwar ihr Happy End, geht jedoch auch irgendwie offen aus. Und vielleicht hat die Autorin es sich auch offen gelassen, diese Geschichte ein anderes Mal weiterzuspinnen.
Nichtausgelebte und nicht ausgesprochene Gefühle flammen zwischen den beiden Männern wieder auf. Jedoch hat Finn inzwischen eine Frau kennengelernt, von der er sich sehr angezogen fühlt. Es ist die Witwe Edith Lambeth, die eben falls im Lazarett von Scutari arbeitet. Edith hingegen fühlt sich zu beiden Männern hingezogen und merkt sehr rasch, dass zwischen Finn und Hamish etwas vor sich geht. Doch als sie ihrem Geheimnis und ihren Gefühlen auf die Spur kommt, ist sie nicht abgestossen von dieser unerhörten und unerlaubten Verbindung.
Stattdessen wird sie aktiv und versucht zusammenzubringen, das sich nach einander sehnt. Und ehe sie sichs versieht, ist sie ein Teil dieser komplexen Beziehung, die in diesen unsicheren und gefährlichen Zeiten auf wackeligen Beinen steht.
Mit ihrer neuen Serie greift die Autorin Samantha Kane wieder das Menage-Thema mit Gay-Anteil auf. Die Geschichte um Hamish, Finn und Edith ist leider etwas kurz geraten und kann eher als Häppchen bzw. Einführung in die neue Serie angesehen werden. Diese wird sich um die vier Fletcher-Brüder drehen, die alle im 93iger Highlander-Regiment dienen und im Krimkrieg ihr Leben riskieren.
Obwohl die Geschichte kurz und knackig ist, hat sie doch alles was sie braucht. Die Protagonisten sind gut gezeichnet und beschrieben. Hier gibt es jedoch keine geknickten und traumatisierten Helden, auch wenn jeder Protagonist seine Lebenserfahrungen und Enttäuschungen mit im Gepäck hat. Hamish, Finn und Edith sind sympathisch, liebenswert und es ist bedauerlich, dass ihre Geschichte nicht noch ein paar Seiten mehr bekommen hat.
Und doch reicht es aus die Intensität der Gefühle zu beschreiben. Genauso wird auch hier dem Leser wieder das Grauen des Krieges, die Sinnlosigkeit dieser Gewalt und die ständige Gefahr den nächsten Tag nicht zu überleben, vor Augen geführt. Die Geschichte hat zwar ihr Happy End, geht jedoch auch irgendwie offen aus. Und vielleicht hat die Autorin es sich auch offen gelassen, diese Geschichte ein anderes Mal weiterzuspinnen.
October 6, 2017
3.2 Stars
And yet another example of why I should never re-read book I've previously loved...
This one definitely suffered for it's length (or lack thereof) because we don't get to see the romance blossom between any of the characters. We're just told about the events in such ways that I find them all seriously lacking in emotional content; there's no depth to the feeling these three are supposed to share, no true context. In fact, I hate to say it, but I feel like this is just some MMF PWP with a really interesting, yet completely untold, backstory.
I'm kind of heart-broken over it because I know that SK can do it - she's blown me away with all of the detail, the history, in most of the Brothers in Arms series, where there are almost a dozen tales in which we get to see flashbacks and/or experience the current relationship(s) as it blossoms.
*Sigh*
I think I need to reconsider my choice to refresh my memory by re-reading and NOT simply rating books I've previously read.
And yet another example of why I should never re-read book I've previously loved...
This one definitely suffered for it's length (or lack thereof) because we don't get to see the romance blossom between any of the characters. We're just told about the events in such ways that I find them all seriously lacking in emotional content; there's no depth to the feeling these three are supposed to share, no true context. In fact, I hate to say it, but I feel like this is just some MMF PWP with a really interesting, yet completely untold, backstory.
I'm kind of heart-broken over it because I know that SK can do it - she's blown me away with all of the detail, the history, in most of the Brothers in Arms series, where there are almost a dozen tales in which we get to see flashbacks and/or experience the current relationship(s) as it blossoms.
*Sigh*
I think I need to reconsider my choice to refresh my memory by re-reading and NOT simply rating books I've previously read.
March 24, 2021
This is really short but kept me engaged the whole time. They didn't really get to a HEA but a HFN and the erotic was just starting but since it is only 49 pages, you cannot expect that. I did feel that they would try to keep it going and get more as the time before he leaves comes. Since I already have read Connal, which is longer, I know we get to see Hamish and learn more about he future there.
4 1/2 for a short romantic erotica with feeling.
August 1, 2019
Short but oh so hot
Edith didn't know she want the three of them together at first. But they came together in the end, Hammish, Finn and Edith.
Edith didn't know she want the three of them together at first. But they came together in the end, Hammish, Finn and Edith.
May 22, 2023
Great sexy book…highly recommended.
December 19, 2015
What a great story! This is the first book in the new 93rd Highlanders series but can be read as a standalone. If you have read and love Samantha's Brothers in Arms books you won't want to miss the start of this new series. The story has the same heat and M/M/F romance as the BIA stories but in a whole new setting.
Hamish Fletcher is injured and sent to the hospital. There he meets his childhood friend, Phin. These two had feelings for each other as boys that they didn't really understand. In addition, Phin has now met and fallen in love with Edith. How the three of them sort things out and find their HEA is an engaging and entertaining story.
Also, don't miss the next book in the 93rd series - CONALL - another fantastic book by Samantha Kane.
I read Hamish as part of Wanton Christmas Wishes which I purchased. I was not compensated in any way for my review; I just happen to love Samantha Kane's books!!
Merged review:
What a great story! This is the first book in the new 93rd Highlanders series but can be read as a standalone. If you have read and love Samantha's Brothers in Arms books you won't want to miss the start of this new series. The story has the same heat and M/M/F romance as the BIA stories but in a whole new setting.
Hamish Fletcher is injured and sent to the hospital. There he meets his childhood friend, Phin. These two had feelings for each other as boys that they didn't really understand. In addition, Phin has now met and fallen in love with Edith. How the three of them sort things out and find their HEA is an engaging and entertaining story.
Also, don't miss the next book in the 93rd series - CONALL - another fantastic book by Samantha Kane.
I read Hamish as part of Wanton Christmas Wishes which I purchased. I was not compensated in any way for my review; I just happen to love Samantha Kane's books!!
Hamish Fletcher is injured and sent to the hospital. There he meets his childhood friend, Phin. These two had feelings for each other as boys that they didn't really understand. In addition, Phin has now met and fallen in love with Edith. How the three of them sort things out and find their HEA is an engaging and entertaining story.
Also, don't miss the next book in the 93rd series - CONALL - another fantastic book by Samantha Kane.
I read Hamish as part of Wanton Christmas Wishes which I purchased. I was not compensated in any way for my review; I just happen to love Samantha Kane's books!!
Merged review:
What a great story! This is the first book in the new 93rd Highlanders series but can be read as a standalone. If you have read and love Samantha's Brothers in Arms books you won't want to miss the start of this new series. The story has the same heat and M/M/F romance as the BIA stories but in a whole new setting.
Hamish Fletcher is injured and sent to the hospital. There he meets his childhood friend, Phin. These two had feelings for each other as boys that they didn't really understand. In addition, Phin has now met and fallen in love with Edith. How the three of them sort things out and find their HEA is an engaging and entertaining story.
Also, don't miss the next book in the 93rd series - CONALL - another fantastic book by Samantha Kane.
I read Hamish as part of Wanton Christmas Wishes which I purchased. I was not compensated in any way for my review; I just happen to love Samantha Kane's books!!
April 5, 2024
MMF Samantha Kane writes 19th century hot men and sexually liberated women amidst the struggles and sadness of European wars. The men are soldiers or physicians and the women are nurses or camp followers. The formula is almost always that the two men want each other and the woman, too. Extremely hot. 🔥
July 19, 2020
Short but sweet and sexy
Quick novella with lots of spice. Not much dialogue (More narration of time passing), but it's nice when it all comes together in the end. A good setup for the rest of the series
Quick novella with lots of spice. Not much dialogue (More narration of time passing), but it's nice when it all comes together in the end. A good setup for the rest of the series
October 4, 2015
amazing...
March 16, 2015
A short, sexy story. Loved this enormously. Samantha Kane is one of my favourite erotic writers.
March 31, 2015
I really enjoyed the "Brothers In Arms" series and this one seems to be more of the same. Good start even tho too short. Second book is much longer and I'm hoping just as good if not better.
September 13, 2015
Just wished it was longer. :)
January 4, 2016
I would like my 99 cents back.
The story is very short, I think if the plot was flushed out a bit more it would have been a great story.
The story is very short, I think if the plot was flushed out a bit more it would have been a great story.
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