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The House of Pendray #3
Highland Jewel
The escaped assassins who kidnap Jewel Pendray must never find out her father was responsible for their capture.
Having recently eluded execution in Holland for a crime he didn’t commit, Garnet Barclay seeks to avoid trouble at a time of religious turmoil in Scotland.
However, how’s a man named Garnet supposed to ignore the plight of a woman named Jewel?
Having recently eluded execution in Holland for a crime he didn’t commit, Garnet Barclay seeks to avoid trouble at a time of religious turmoil in Scotland.
However, how’s a man named Garnet supposed to ignore the plight of a woman named Jewel?
346 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 19, 2019
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Anna Markland
238 books252 followersAnna Markland is a Canadian author with a keen interest in genealogy. She writes historical romance about family honor, ancestry and roots. Her novels are intimate love stories filled with passion and adventure. Following a fruitful career in teaching, Anna transformed her love of writing and history into engaging works of fiction. One of the things she enjoys most about writing historical romance is the in-depth research required to provide the reader with an authentic experience.
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March 8, 2020
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Once the romance begins, there is sizzling chemistry between Garnet and Jewel underscored with believable emotion. With plenty of intrigue, action, and danger, this adventure will keep fans of steamy historical romance turning pages!
Read full review in the 2020 March issue of InD'tale Magazine.
Once the romance begins, there is sizzling chemistry between Garnet and Jewel underscored with believable emotion. With plenty of intrigue, action, and danger, this adventure will keep fans of steamy historical romance turning pages!
Read full review in the 2020 March issue of InD'tale Magazine.
March 19, 2019
Scotland, 1681 How can you not adore a heroine named Jewel, for the Scottish crown jewels her mother had stolen. Yes another great tale not to miss! Thus she wanted an adventure of her own before she married, hopefully to someone she could love. Her parents allow her to be escorted by her brother on a visit to Edinburgh, but she ends up getting more than she bargained for in Garnet Barclay. Yes, they were destined I have to say!
Anna Markland weaves a story full of the history of the times and political turnmoil in this moving medieval romance. Garnet is trying to avoid the unrest in Scotland, but with Jewel and the emotions she incites, there is even more to worry about!
Prepare to be swept away and have your heart tugged with many winding roads to this couple's happy ever after!!! Although part of a series, this can be read as a standalone, but you really want to read them all!! I highly recommend.
Anna Markland weaves a story full of the history of the times and political turnmoil in this moving medieval romance. Garnet is trying to avoid the unrest in Scotland, but with Jewel and the emotions she incites, there is even more to worry about!
Prepare to be swept away and have your heart tugged with many winding roads to this couple's happy ever after!!! Although part of a series, this can be read as a standalone, but you really want to read them all!! I highly recommend.
March 14, 2019
Another absolutely brilliant read from Anna Markland.
Jewel wants to have an adventure after being stuck all winter . An adventure is what she has with her brother . Loved this book.
Jewel wants to have an adventure after being stuck all winter . An adventure is what she has with her brother . Loved this book.
March 21, 2019
Highland Jewel
By Anna Markland
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Jewel Pendray must never know that the escaped assassins who kidnapped her were hired by her father.
Garnet Barclay has recently eluded execution in Holland and for a crime he was never guilty of in the first place.
How is a man named Garnet supposed to ignore and not help a woman named Jewel? Well he doesn't.
Anna Markland takes us on a fantastic journey in perilous times.
I can't believe how great this author is when it comes to blending her history with her fiction. I always learn something new about history from Ms. Markland. This book has everything from a fire to memory loss. This was a real page turner that had me up long into the night and before I knew it the story ended. I got so into this adventure that I forgot about time and just went back into medieval times. This was a wonderful book and I can't wait to see what Ms. Markland has for us next time.
By Anna Markland
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Jewel Pendray must never know that the escaped assassins who kidnapped her were hired by her father.
Garnet Barclay has recently eluded execution in Holland and for a crime he was never guilty of in the first place.
How is a man named Garnet supposed to ignore and not help a woman named Jewel? Well he doesn't.
Anna Markland takes us on a fantastic journey in perilous times.
I can't believe how great this author is when it comes to blending her history with her fiction. I always learn something new about history from Ms. Markland. This book has everything from a fire to memory loss. This was a real page turner that had me up long into the night and before I knew it the story ended. I got so into this adventure that I forgot about time and just went back into medieval times. This was a wonderful book and I can't wait to see what Ms. Markland has for us next time.
March 18, 2019
Wow…What an adventure! Highland Jewel by Anna Markland is book 3 in The House of Pendray series. Though in a series this book can be read as a standalone. Anna has such an amazing way of taking you on the most exciting medieval adventures that you hold your breath from one page until the next. Her political writing for the time is so spot on and I just love when I learn facts about history as well as reading a great romance. This story has emeralds, a fire, deception, child labor, orphaned, a puppy named Aristotle, true friends, protection, murderers, handfasting, kidnapping, loss of memory, falsely accused, family love, acceptance and love. I highly recommend you read this book!
***This book was gifted to me and I am voluntarily reviewing.
***This book was gifted to me and I am voluntarily reviewing.
March 24, 2019
The story was very good and really enjoyed it!!
The story was beautiful and I loved the characters and would highly recommend it!! Jewel and Garnet were lovely characters and I loved the chemistry between them!!
The story was beautiful and I loved the characters and would highly recommend it!! Jewel and Garnet were lovely characters and I loved the chemistry between them!!
March 26, 2019
Escaped assassins who kidnap Jewel must never find out her father was behind. Garnet is one of the escapees, and he can't ignore the irony of his name and hers.
March 17, 2019
Got really involved in this book. Good plot, good romance, and I loved the hero and heroine. I received an ARC of this book.
March 19, 2019
SETTING: Kilmer, Ayrshire, Scotland, Spring 1681. The conflict between the Presbyterians and King Charles II has been suppressed on the surface by the Dragoon’s killing Richard Cameron, but underwater there still boils hatred, enmity and murder, all of which are in direct conflict with the Christian values the “Covenanters” supposedly hold dear. Our heroine and hero are sucked into the vortex these subterfuges and intrigues form as they drag innocent victims into the swirls.
Jewel and her brother Gray are 2 of the children of Colonel Morgan Pendray, Earl of Glenheath and his wife Hannah, who had their own story in an earlier book. Jewel and Gray set off for Edinburgh with an entourage of soldiers under the employ of their father. Their intent is to visit many of the places about which they have heard all their lives—places of great importance in their parents lives and in the history of Scotland. They arrive in Edinburgh to stay with a relative, and find themselves in close company with some cold and mysterious neighbors sharing the other half of their cousin’s house (Covenanter’s related to Richard Cameron), whose death burns them deeply. Visitors recently returned from the Netherlands are staying with that family, one of whom forms an attachment for Jewel.
How Jewel and Gray are swept up into the violence of the Covenanters (yes, an oxymoronic situation) is the jist of our story.
CRITIQUE: Ms. Markland teases apart threads from the previous stories and from them weaves an entirely fresh story! Bits of history involving the Presbyterians and their revolt after King Charles fails to honor the Covenant are the scaffolding upon which the story is woven. I learned much about that time period and the violence of the Covenanters. (The end notes were also helpful in dissecting what was history from that which was the author’s imagination). The result was a wonderful story with its roots in history, providing a learning experience along with the pleasure of a novel.
As with her previous books, I found myself quickly pulled into the story, and found Jewel, Gray and the new character Garnet quite easy to like. The storylines are unique, and keep one guessing about what will happen next—and are not predictable! This book will be enjoyed by those who enjoy English and Scottish history, love stories and the happy marriage of both as is found herein.
I received a free copy of the book. My review is voluntary and the goal is to help others decide if this book might be of interest to them, as it certainly was to me.
Jewel and her brother Gray are 2 of the children of Colonel Morgan Pendray, Earl of Glenheath and his wife Hannah, who had their own story in an earlier book. Jewel and Gray set off for Edinburgh with an entourage of soldiers under the employ of their father. Their intent is to visit many of the places about which they have heard all their lives—places of great importance in their parents lives and in the history of Scotland. They arrive in Edinburgh to stay with a relative, and find themselves in close company with some cold and mysterious neighbors sharing the other half of their cousin’s house (Covenanter’s related to Richard Cameron), whose death burns them deeply. Visitors recently returned from the Netherlands are staying with that family, one of whom forms an attachment for Jewel.
How Jewel and Gray are swept up into the violence of the Covenanters (yes, an oxymoronic situation) is the jist of our story.
CRITIQUE: Ms. Markland teases apart threads from the previous stories and from them weaves an entirely fresh story! Bits of history involving the Presbyterians and their revolt after King Charles fails to honor the Covenant are the scaffolding upon which the story is woven. I learned much about that time period and the violence of the Covenanters. (The end notes were also helpful in dissecting what was history from that which was the author’s imagination). The result was a wonderful story with its roots in history, providing a learning experience along with the pleasure of a novel.
As with her previous books, I found myself quickly pulled into the story, and found Jewel, Gray and the new character Garnet quite easy to like. The storylines are unique, and keep one guessing about what will happen next—and are not predictable! This book will be enjoyed by those who enjoy English and Scottish history, love stories and the happy marriage of both as is found herein.
I received a free copy of the book. My review is voluntary and the goal is to help others decide if this book might be of interest to them, as it certainly was to me.
July 18, 2019
Jewel Pendray is really looking forward to the adventure of traveling up to Edinburgh with her brother. If she's lucky they will go on from there into the highlands. There are places there important to her parents and she longs to see them. They are taking an escort of her father's Highlanders with them but that doesn't mean they will always be safe. These are dangerous times with a lot of unrest.
Garnet Barclay has escaped from Dutch prison with the help of a man he doesn't really know. Now they are back on Scottish soil and closer to home. But the more time he spends with his rescuer and his cronies the less he like them.
This is a very dangerous adventure for all our wonderful characters. The troubles they will face will soon proove just how strong they are.
Although this is part of a series you can easily read it on it's own, but it will tempt you to get the rest of the series.
As usual with this author a fabulous story that I couldn't put down.
I loved it.
Garnet Barclay has escaped from Dutch prison with the help of a man he doesn't really know. Now they are back on Scottish soil and closer to home. But the more time he spends with his rescuer and his cronies the less he like them.
This is a very dangerous adventure for all our wonderful characters. The troubles they will face will soon proove just how strong they are.
Although this is part of a series you can easily read it on it's own, but it will tempt you to get the rest of the series.
As usual with this author a fabulous story that I couldn't put down.
I loved it.
March 21, 2019
This is a captivating, romantic and interesting story. Garnet is charming, fierce, sweet, caring and protective. Jewel is determined, strong, brave, excitable and cheeky. Jewel and her brother Gray go on a trip to the highlands to explore the places that are important to their parents. On the way they stop at a cousin's house where they meet Garnet. Both Garnet and Jewel are fascinated by each other's names, and think it might be fate that they meet. When Jewel and Gray continue on the journey, Garnet joins them. Garnet and Jewel fall in love along the way, even with one thing after another threatening their future. This has such a great storyline and wonderful characters that I could not put it down.
I received a copy of this book from the author and am voluntarily reviewing it.
I received a copy of this book from the author and am voluntarily reviewing it.
April 19, 2019
Gems of Love
Jewel and Garnet meet in a very unlikely way. Not only did their names draw them together but both were struck with “love at first” sight! She is a daughter of an Earl and he was an escape prisoner an unlikely pair. Her family was one of love and caring and had invited orphan children into their home and the young couple Jewel and Garnet once married did the same. A good read for mature readers.
Jewel and Garnet meet in a very unlikely way. Not only did their names draw them together but both were struck with “love at first” sight! She is a daughter of an Earl and he was an escape prisoner an unlikely pair. Her family was one of love and caring and had invited orphan children into their home and the young couple Jewel and Garnet once married did the same. A good read for mature readers.
June 6, 2019
I loved this book. Absolutely breathtaking. Markland is a master at weaving historical facts into the romance of her stories. I loved Jewel and her fortitude. I can't wait to read the next in this series Highland Rising.
November 23, 2019
Great read
This is the third book in the series and it did not disappointed at all. I love the storyline and characters of each of the books but each one has been intriguing in its owns way. I couldn't put it down and read it in one day. Great read totally recommend
This is the third book in the series and it did not disappointed at all. I love the storyline and characters of each of the books but each one has been intriguing in its owns way. I couldn't put it down and read it in one day. Great read totally recommend
March 17, 2019
Beautiful romance. Anna Markland weaves Scottish history and a wonderful tour of the countryside and castles in this story. The alchemy between this couple is apparent from the start and is lovely to read about as their love blooms. The religious intrigue is also riveting, giving readers a new perspective on that aspect of Scotland’s history. I was almost sorry to say goodby to Jewel and Garnet, hopefully we will meet again in subsequent books in this series.
March 22, 2019
Excellent
This story was riveting from the beginning until the end
I would have to recommend it to anyone who enjoys historical romance
This story was riveting from the beginning until the end
I would have to recommend it to anyone who enjoys historical romance
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