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MacLeods of Skye Trilogy #1-3
Highlander Unchained, Highlander Unmasked, Highlander Untamed
Three Hard Cover Like New Novels by Monica McCarty offered as a Highlander Unchained, Highlander Untamed, Highlander Unmasked. The DJ of each book displays minor shelf wear and rubbing. Otherwise the books are new with crisp, clean, unmarked pgs. L790108
367 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2007
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About the author
Monica McCarty
61 books2,966 followersWhat do you get when you mix a legal career, a baseball career, motherhood, and a love of history with a voracious reader? In my case, a Historical Romance Author.
Like most writers, I’ve always loved to read. Growing up in California there was always plenty to do outside, but all too often I could be found inside curled up with a book (or two or three). I started with the usual fare: The Little House on the Prairie series, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Hobbit, Watership Down, Nancy Drew, and everything by Judy Blume. Once I cleared off my bookshelf, I started swiping books from my mom. Some, like Sidney Sheldon’s The Other Side of Midnight, probably weren’t the most appropriate choice for a pre-adolescent—although they were definitely illuminating. I can still remember the look of abject horror on my mom’s Catholic-girl-face when I asked her what a virgin was. After that rather brief conversation, she paid a little closer attention to what had disappeared off her book shelf, and steered me in the direction of Harlequin and Barbara Cartland romances. I was hooked. I quickly read through the inventory of the local library and was soon buying bags of romances at garage sales.
In high school, with the encouragement of my father (who I think was a little concerned about the steady diet of romances), I read over eighty of the Franklin Library’s One Hundred Greatest Books ever written—including Tolstoy, Confucius, Plato, and the entire works of Shakespeare. Some of them were tough going for a teenager, but the experience would prove an invaluable foundation for college. After reading War and Peace, I wasn’t easily intimidated.
For some reason Monica decided to go into writing and not fashion.
After graduation, I loaded up the VW (Jetta not Bus) and trekked down I-5 to attend the University of Southern California, majoring in Political Science and minoring in English (see why all that reading helped!). I joined the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, and when I wasn’t studying or at football games, did my best to support the local bartending industry. Ah, the good old days.
With that kind of fun, four years of college wasn’t quite enough. So leaving Tommy Trojan behind, I traveled back up north to Palo Alto for three more years of study at Stanford Law School. Once I survived the stress of the first semester, law school proved to be one of the best times of my life—garnering me a JD, life-long friends, a husband, and an unexpectedly intimate knowledge of baseball. (See “The Baseball Odyssey” below).
Law School was also where I fell in love with Scotland. In my third year, I took a Comparative Legal History class, and wrote a paper on the Scottish Clan System and Feudalism. So I immediately dropped out of law school and went on to write Scottish Historical Romances…well no, not quite. You see, I always knew I wanted to be a lawyer. My father was a lawyer, I was a “poet” (i.e., not into math), and I love to argue. It seemed natural.
So I finished law school, got married, passed the CA bar, moved to Minnesota (with a few stops along the way), waived into the MN bar, worked as a litigator for a few satisfying years, moved back to CA, had a couple of kids, realized that a legal career and being a single parent for most of the year (due to husband's career) would be extremely difficult, and THEN decided to sit down and write.
And how did I end up writing romance? It’s not as divergent as it seems. What I loved about being a lawyer are the same things I love about being a writer—research and writing. The only thing missing is the arguing, but that’s what a husband and kids are for, right?
Like most writers, I’ve always loved to read. Growing up in California there was always plenty to do outside, but all too often I could be found inside curled up with a book (or two or three). I started with the usual fare: The Little House on the Prairie series, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Hobbit, Watership Down, Nancy Drew, and everything by Judy Blume. Once I cleared off my bookshelf, I started swiping books from my mom. Some, like Sidney Sheldon’s The Other Side of Midnight, probably weren’t the most appropriate choice for a pre-adolescent—although they were definitely illuminating. I can still remember the look of abject horror on my mom’s Catholic-girl-face when I asked her what a virgin was. After that rather brief conversation, she paid a little closer attention to what had disappeared off her book shelf, and steered me in the direction of Harlequin and Barbara Cartland romances. I was hooked. I quickly read through the inventory of the local library and was soon buying bags of romances at garage sales.
In high school, with the encouragement of my father (who I think was a little concerned about the steady diet of romances), I read over eighty of the Franklin Library’s One Hundred Greatest Books ever written—including Tolstoy, Confucius, Plato, and the entire works of Shakespeare. Some of them were tough going for a teenager, but the experience would prove an invaluable foundation for college. After reading War and Peace, I wasn’t easily intimidated.
For some reason Monica decided to go into writing and not fashion.
After graduation, I loaded up the VW (Jetta not Bus) and trekked down I-5 to attend the University of Southern California, majoring in Political Science and minoring in English (see why all that reading helped!). I joined the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, and when I wasn’t studying or at football games, did my best to support the local bartending industry. Ah, the good old days.
With that kind of fun, four years of college wasn’t quite enough. So leaving Tommy Trojan behind, I traveled back up north to Palo Alto for three more years of study at Stanford Law School. Once I survived the stress of the first semester, law school proved to be one of the best times of my life—garnering me a JD, life-long friends, a husband, and an unexpectedly intimate knowledge of baseball. (See “The Baseball Odyssey” below).
Law School was also where I fell in love with Scotland. In my third year, I took a Comparative Legal History class, and wrote a paper on the Scottish Clan System and Feudalism. So I immediately dropped out of law school and went on to write Scottish Historical Romances…well no, not quite. You see, I always knew I wanted to be a lawyer. My father was a lawyer, I was a “poet” (i.e., not into math), and I love to argue. It seemed natural.
So I finished law school, got married, passed the CA bar, moved to Minnesota (with a few stops along the way), waived into the MN bar, worked as a litigator for a few satisfying years, moved back to CA, had a couple of kids, realized that a legal career and being a single parent for most of the year (due to husband's career) would be extremely difficult, and THEN decided to sit down and write.
And how did I end up writing romance? It’s not as divergent as it seems. What I loved about being a lawyer are the same things I love about being a writer—research and writing. The only thing missing is the arguing, but that’s what a husband and kids are for, right?
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January 26, 2025
Three hunky Highlanders
Three lovely Lasses
Unlimited wanting, needing, aching and yearning.
Three Happy Endings.
Three lovely Lasses
Unlimited wanting, needing, aching and yearning.
Three Happy Endings.
June 22, 2015
Loved this series, just like everything else McCarty has written!
April 22, 2021
3.5+ STARS
1. HIGHLANDER UNTAMED - 4.25 STARS
I am never a fan of secrets kept forever and our h did it in this one. You understand in the beginning why she kept the secret, but as they got to know each other better, she had plenty of opportunity.
Great secondary and main character's. Glad I bought the bundle, because can't wait for the story on the H's brother.
The Lord's name was used I believed once and a small editing problem where wrong name used. Otherwise great story and writing.
There is plenty of lovemaking within marriage, heat level 4 out of 5. Even though the H fought his love for the h you knew how he felt.
Some suspense, attempted rape, romance builds slowly, drama, intrigue and a rough road to HEA. No cheating, no cliffhanger and steam. I recommend this story and author. I not going into the blurb as many have explained it better than I can.
2. HIGHLANDER UNMASKED - 4 STARS
Our H fought his attraction to the h forever. Even though I understood his hesitancy to be with the h it took forever for it to work out. He hurt the h over and over and it's hard to call this a romantic story.
There are plenty of villains, violence, suspense and steam. Lovemaking is outside of marriage and heat level 5 out of 5.
The ending was filled with drama. We hear the H's brother gives him land, but we are left wondering did he help the h's brother with their holding? After all the build up we finally have the H declaring his love. The fighting is over and so is the story.
No cheating, no cliffhanger, HEA and steam.
3. HIGHLANDER UNCHAINED - 2.75 STARS
Oh, how frustrating it is for a reader when you know the secret is going to cause all kinds of problems, which it did.
I understood in the beginning why he kept it, but he held onto it way too long. Granted the h came across as a spoiled brat throughout most of the story. At 24 plus being at Court she should have known the lay of the land.
There is plenty of steam in this story, outside of marriage, heat level 5 out of 5. I didn't feel a connection to this couple. I'm not really sure what the H saw in the h. She kept running away and putting herself in danger. Didn't make sense she was to marry another and then didn't want the H who was 100% better person.
No cheating, no cliffhanger, HEA, some suspense and lots of steam. (ljb)
1. HIGHLANDER UNTAMED - 4.25 STARS
I am never a fan of secrets kept forever and our h did it in this one. You understand in the beginning why she kept the secret, but as they got to know each other better, she had plenty of opportunity.
Great secondary and main character's. Glad I bought the bundle, because can't wait for the story on the H's brother.
The Lord's name was used I believed once and a small editing problem where wrong name used. Otherwise great story and writing.
There is plenty of lovemaking within marriage, heat level 4 out of 5. Even though the H fought his love for the h you knew how he felt.
Some suspense, attempted rape, romance builds slowly, drama, intrigue and a rough road to HEA. No cheating, no cliffhanger and steam. I recommend this story and author. I not going into the blurb as many have explained it better than I can.
2. HIGHLANDER UNMASKED - 4 STARS
Our H fought his attraction to the h forever. Even though I understood his hesitancy to be with the h it took forever for it to work out. He hurt the h over and over and it's hard to call this a romantic story.
There are plenty of villains, violence, suspense and steam. Lovemaking is outside of marriage and heat level 5 out of 5.
The ending was filled with drama. We hear the H's brother gives him land, but we are left wondering did he help the h's brother with their holding? After all the build up we finally have the H declaring his love. The fighting is over and so is the story.
No cheating, no cliffhanger, HEA and steam.
3. HIGHLANDER UNCHAINED - 2.75 STARS
Oh, how frustrating it is for a reader when you know the secret is going to cause all kinds of problems, which it did.
I understood in the beginning why he kept it, but he held onto it way too long. Granted the h came across as a spoiled brat throughout most of the story. At 24 plus being at Court she should have known the lay of the land.
There is plenty of steam in this story, outside of marriage, heat level 5 out of 5. I didn't feel a connection to this couple. I'm not really sure what the H saw in the h. She kept running away and putting herself in danger. Didn't make sense she was to marry another and then didn't want the H who was 100% better person.
No cheating, no cliffhanger, HEA, some suspense and lots of steam. (ljb)
February 3, 2020
A must read!
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June 5, 2010love all of Monica McCarty books. History & romance
April 4, 2013
Great series... 5 start for the series.
August 4, 2014
Loved this series
September 2, 2015
Monica McCarty is one of my favorites authors! I have loved everything I've read by her! This series is great!
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April 7, 2016Audio
January 17, 2013
My first exposure to McCarty, now I try to keep up with all of her highlanders!
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