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Midnight Honor
Weeping from the wild splendor of the moors to the battlefields of a land divided, Marsha Canham weaves an unforgettable novel of Jacobite Scotland — of a man bound by honor — and of the woman fated to both desire and defy him.
Powerful, brave, irresistibly seductive, Angus Moy, chief of Clan Chattan, was everything Lady Anne could desire in a husband and a lover. But that was before the winds of war tore through her homeland.
While Angus was pledged to fight for the English, Anne embarked on a course no ordinary woman would dare. Fiercely loyal to the Jacobite cause, she led her clan in battle — with the dangerously attractive Captain John MacGillivray at her side.
Angus knew only too well the price of waging war. But something else made him play the traitor — a secret he was bound to keep from Anne at all costs. How could he know Anne would risk her life — or that his own actions would drive her into the arms of another man?
As the tides of battle turned, and Anne was captured by the enemy, Angus had but one last chance to rescue her — and redeem himself in the eyes of the woman he had vowed to honor and protect forever....
Powerful, brave, irresistibly seductive, Angus Moy, chief of Clan Chattan, was everything Lady Anne could desire in a husband and a lover. But that was before the winds of war tore through her homeland.
While Angus was pledged to fight for the English, Anne embarked on a course no ordinary woman would dare. Fiercely loyal to the Jacobite cause, she led her clan in battle — with the dangerously attractive Captain John MacGillivray at her side.
Angus knew only too well the price of waging war. But something else made him play the traitor — a secret he was bound to keep from Anne at all costs. How could he know Anne would risk her life — or that his own actions would drive her into the arms of another man?
As the tides of battle turned, and Anne was captured by the enemy, Angus had but one last chance to rescue her — and redeem himself in the eyes of the woman he had vowed to honor and protect forever....
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First published January 1, 2001
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May 23, 2021
I highly recommend reading the first two books in this series before reading this one. This can be read as a stand alone, but I would think one would miss out on so much if attempted.
Although I was hoping this book would continue Alex and Catherine's story, I was not disappointed even though it did not!
Here we have the stories of Pride of Lions and Blood of Roses retold from the POV of Angus and Anne, but done so that it is it's own different tale.
I loved them both! It is difficult to summarize the story due to the immense history involved so I will just mention some things that readers may or may not want to know.
First, this story is just as good as the other two at delivering a wide range of emotions. Canham has a way of writing that drags the reader into the world and makes them feel like they are there. Amazing!
The love story is beautiful. I was worried however, after reading there was a potential love triangle, and there is, but luckily the story went the way I wanted it to in the end. (I hated the idea of a love triangle story at first because i couldn't find out from other reviewers which hero wins). So I will tell you.
I am so glad to have read these books, and truly cannot fathom why I waited so long to do so. This is clearly one of my all time favorite series EVER. This author puts every other HR romance I have read to shame. I don't know how I will be able to enjoy others without comparing them to this.
I recommend this series to anyone who enjoys history, especially Scottish history, realism in their characters, and romance. This is also about honor, loyalty, love of one's country, family and clan.
A must read!
COntent concerns:
Although I was hoping this book would continue Alex and Catherine's story, I was not disappointed even though it did not!
Here we have the stories of Pride of Lions and Blood of Roses retold from the POV of Angus and Anne, but done so that it is it's own different tale.
I loved them both! It is difficult to summarize the story due to the immense history involved so I will just mention some things that readers may or may not want to know.
First, this story is just as good as the other two at delivering a wide range of emotions. Canham has a way of writing that drags the reader into the world and makes them feel like they are there. Amazing!
The love story is beautiful. I was worried however, after reading there was a potential love triangle, and there is, but luckily the story went the way I wanted it to in the end. (I hated the idea of a love triangle story at first because i couldn't find out from other reviewers which hero wins). So I will tell you.
I am so glad to have read these books, and truly cannot fathom why I waited so long to do so. This is clearly one of my all time favorite series EVER. This author puts every other HR romance I have read to shame. I don't know how I will be able to enjoy others without comparing them to this.
I recommend this series to anyone who enjoys history, especially Scottish history, realism in their characters, and romance. This is also about honor, loyalty, love of one's country, family and clan.
A must read!
COntent concerns:
August 26, 2023
3 Estrellas. Esperaba otra cosa por las críticas que tenía, pero la verdad es que se me ha hecho un libro más sin nada reseñable.
No le quito el mérito a esta trilogía, además que tiene sus añitos, pero la verdad que al lado de "Forastera" hay poco que decir.
Tenía ganas de esta historia después de leer el libro anterior. En los dos primeros, Alex y Catherine son sus protagonistas, pero en el segundo libro conocimos a Angus y Anne Moy, a quienes Marsha Canham decidió escribirlos su historia.
El problema quizás es que esperaba mucho, porque eran otra pareja y sus circunstancias eran un tanto extrañas, pero me he encontrado con más de lo mismo y quizás a la pluma de la autora le falta más pasión o romanticismo para que enganche.
Anne pertenece al clan Farquharson, siendo apenas niña, la prometieron con Angus Moy, el hijo menor de un terrateniente escocés. El destino quiso que Angus herededa el título y tierras y Anne se convierte en señora. El problema entre ellos, es que sus lealtades son distintas. Anne y su clan son rebeldes y siguen al pretendiente, Carlos Estuardo, mientras que Angus se ha criado y educado entre Inglaterra y el Continente y debe su lealtad a la Corona.
Cuando empieza el levantamiento jacobita, ambos deben elegir un bando, pero es difícil debido al amor que se profesan como marido y mujer. Finalmente se separan y ambos luchan en bandos opuestos.
El problema que he visto como romance en este libro es que no hay romance. Los protagonistas ya están casados, su historia está empezada, y aunque tienen algunas escenas, he visto más lealtad y devoción que amor, me ha faltado pasión.
Además el libro en la sinopsis nos muestra un triángulo amoroso que no existe. Anne conoció desde joven a John MacGillivray, un rebelde highlander que durante un tiempo fue su pretendiente, aunque ella ya estaba comprometida a Angus. Lo suyo es más una relación platónica, pues John si está enamorado de ella, pero ella no le corresponde porque está casada y ama a su marido.
El libro se desarrolla desde diciembre de 1745 hasta mayo de 1746, justo en el momento álgido de la ultima guerra civil en suelo británico. Como historia es dura y difícil, y no le quito mérito a la tarea de investigación de la autora, pero a mí personalmente me han faltado cosas, buscaba mas romance y no lo he tenido.
Y el final me ha parecido tan edulcorado que no me lo he creído, menos sabiendo cómo acabaron las cosas para los escoceses después del levantamiento.
La serie se deja leer y en el fondo me ha gustado, pero creo que el momento no ha sido el mejor, sobre todo los últimos libros, que los he leído durante éste año, cuando he leído otros libros sobre el mismo tema, y puede que haya acabado algo saturada. De todas maneras lo recomiendo si sabes a lo que vas y buscas novelas históricas con romances turbulentos y sufridos, por mi parte me quedo con "Forastera".
No le quito el mérito a esta trilogía, además que tiene sus añitos, pero la verdad que al lado de "Forastera" hay poco que decir.
Tenía ganas de esta historia después de leer el libro anterior. En los dos primeros, Alex y Catherine son sus protagonistas, pero en el segundo libro conocimos a Angus y Anne Moy, a quienes Marsha Canham decidió escribirlos su historia.
El problema quizás es que esperaba mucho, porque eran otra pareja y sus circunstancias eran un tanto extrañas, pero me he encontrado con más de lo mismo y quizás a la pluma de la autora le falta más pasión o romanticismo para que enganche.
Anne pertenece al clan Farquharson, siendo apenas niña, la prometieron con Angus Moy, el hijo menor de un terrateniente escocés. El destino quiso que Angus herededa el título y tierras y Anne se convierte en señora. El problema entre ellos, es que sus lealtades son distintas. Anne y su clan son rebeldes y siguen al pretendiente, Carlos Estuardo, mientras que Angus se ha criado y educado entre Inglaterra y el Continente y debe su lealtad a la Corona.
Cuando empieza el levantamiento jacobita, ambos deben elegir un bando, pero es difícil debido al amor que se profesan como marido y mujer. Finalmente se separan y ambos luchan en bandos opuestos.
El problema que he visto como romance en este libro es que no hay romance. Los protagonistas ya están casados, su historia está empezada, y aunque tienen algunas escenas, he visto más lealtad y devoción que amor, me ha faltado pasión.
Además el libro en la sinopsis nos muestra un triángulo amoroso que no existe. Anne conoció desde joven a John MacGillivray, un rebelde highlander que durante un tiempo fue su pretendiente, aunque ella ya estaba comprometida a Angus. Lo suyo es más una relación platónica, pues John si está enamorado de ella, pero ella no le corresponde porque está casada y ama a su marido.
El libro se desarrolla desde diciembre de 1745 hasta mayo de 1746, justo en el momento álgido de la ultima guerra civil en suelo británico. Como historia es dura y difícil, y no le quito mérito a la tarea de investigación de la autora, pero a mí personalmente me han faltado cosas, buscaba mas romance y no lo he tenido.
Y el final me ha parecido tan edulcorado que no me lo he creído, menos sabiendo cómo acabaron las cosas para los escoceses después del levantamiento.
La serie se deja leer y en el fondo me ha gustado, pero creo que el momento no ha sido el mejor, sobre todo los últimos libros, que los he leído durante éste año, cuando he leído otros libros sobre el mismo tema, y puede que haya acabado algo saturada. De todas maneras lo recomiendo si sabes a lo que vas y buscas novelas históricas con romances turbulentos y sufridos, por mi parte me quedo con "Forastera".
December 18, 2012
This is the final book book in the HighlandsTrilogy, and honestly I was somewhat disappointed. While I liked the story and the Hero Angus MacKintosh and the heroine Lady Anne Farquharson Mackintosh "colonel anne". This book is based on the actual historical figures and actual events (I don't know enough of the history of course to know how much). I found the story fascinating and the facts amazing that a woman in that time actually lead her clan in a war. (you go girl).
What I found disappointing in how similar it was to the first two books in the series. This book touched on the same events and clashes that were in the first two books, except of course it was from the perspective of Colonel Anne and Angus MacKintosh. The story opens with Anne already in prison and the war over, so I assumed the book would start there. It did not, it took you to the very beginning. And what was the beginning of the book became the end, except for maybe one more chapter and the epilogue. And again I ended up skipping some of this book when all the "war talk started (boring). Give me actual fighting, clashing of swords, guts spilling on the ground, Men in kilts yelling their war cries for all to hear, swords high in the air ready to strike down their enemy! (now that's what I am talking about now).
What was also a plus for the book (well for me anyway) was some of my favorite characters from the first two books showing up in this one. Some of my favorite characters who had died in the second book were alive again because of where this book started. I can't help it, It made me happy to see them again and I kept reading it partly because of them.
And of course the sex was nice and steamy, and there was another "oh lord is he hot" highlander who was hot for Anne as well. So overall i would give this 3.5 respectable stars. but now the trilogy is over and I am sad again....oh dear oh dear.....
I wanted to also say I will be reading more from this author...
What I found disappointing in how similar it was to the first two books in the series. This book touched on the same events and clashes that were in the first two books, except of course it was from the perspective of Colonel Anne and Angus MacKintosh. The story opens with Anne already in prison and the war over, so I assumed the book would start there. It did not, it took you to the very beginning. And what was the beginning of the book became the end, except for maybe one more chapter and the epilogue. And again I ended up skipping some of this book when all the "war talk started (boring). Give me actual fighting, clashing of swords, guts spilling on the ground, Men in kilts yelling their war cries for all to hear, swords high in the air ready to strike down their enemy! (now that's what I am talking about now).
What was also a plus for the book (well for me anyway) was some of my favorite characters from the first two books showing up in this one. Some of my favorite characters who had died in the second book were alive again because of where this book started. I can't help it, It made me happy to see them again and I kept reading it partly because of them.
And of course the sex was nice and steamy, and there was another "oh lord is he hot" highlander who was hot for Anne as well. So overall i would give this 3.5 respectable stars. but now the trilogy is over and I am sad again....oh dear oh dear.....
I wanted to also say I will be reading more from this author...
March 10, 2017
Great historical fiction. I can't really call it romance but I suppose it is romance indeed. I liked Anne and Angus as a couple in the first 30%, then Anne turned into Joan of Arc and Angus too much of a beta. There is nothing wrong with a woman leading an army. It isn't what I can relate to so Anne wasn't my favorite heroine.
Anne's relationship with John may bother some readers. They were very close but never too close. It didn't bother me so much because honestly Anne and Angus didn't strike me so much as a couple.
There were a lot of details about army and wars. Those parts about Bonny Prince Charlie annoyed me. Why fight for a guy who isn't worth his mantle? From my point of view this Charlie guy didn't deserve to be king. I don't care who his grandfather was. I was annoyed with the Scots who supported him. Scottish pride and independence, I get that. But I don't get this blind faith in a great man's offspring. But well, that's history and who am I to judge? It's romance after all. You see? It is romance and isn't. Because the thing I remember the most is politics. Now imagine how weak the romance part is.
3 stars for the romance, 5 stars for the historical backdrop.
Anne's relationship with John may bother some readers. They were very close but never too close. It didn't bother me so much because honestly Anne and Angus didn't strike me so much as a couple.
There were a lot of details about army and wars. Those parts about Bonny Prince Charlie annoyed me. Why fight for a guy who isn't worth his mantle? From my point of view this Charlie guy didn't deserve to be king. I don't care who his grandfather was. I was annoyed with the Scots who supported him. Scottish pride and independence, I get that. But I don't get this blind faith in a great man's offspring. But well, that's history and who am I to judge? It's romance after all. You see? It is romance and isn't. Because the thing I remember the most is politics. Now imagine how weak the romance part is.
3 stars for the romance, 5 stars for the historical backdrop.
February 18, 2018
Colonel Anne's story reminds me of Filipino heroine Gabriela Silang (1731-1763), who took over her husband’s revolutionary movement of independence from Spain after his death. The two women are similar in a way that both defied conventions and did not let their period’s gender stereotypes hinder them from doing what is patriotic and just.
The main characters in this novel are actual historical icons, and with the exception of the many skirmishes that tragically ended at Culloden or how Colonel Anne rallied her clansmen to the Jacobite cause, I don’t know how much of the other circumstances involving these characters are true.
But then again, the beauty of this genre lies in the author’s ability to fill in those missing historical gaps compellingly, and I think Marsha Canham has done so with aplomb.
The main characters in this novel are actual historical icons, and with the exception of the many skirmishes that tragically ended at Culloden or how Colonel Anne rallied her clansmen to the Jacobite cause, I don’t know how much of the other circumstances involving these characters are true.
But then again, the beauty of this genre lies in the author’s ability to fill in those missing historical gaps compellingly, and I think Marsha Canham has done so with aplomb.
October 12, 2016
Qué estupendísima lectura!!!! Yo pensé que este libro no me iba a gustar tanto como el anterior y qué equivocada estaba! Qué lectura más adictiva, con un triángulo amoroso llevado tan sumamente bien, historias de traiciones, sospechas, espías... Esta parte conecta con el libro anterior porque la protagonista de éste, Anne, es un personaje secundario en él. Y, por cierto, son personajes reales, con lo que el mérito de Marsha Canham es aún mayor. La historia de amor está muy interconectada con la trama política y sufrimos como perracas con Anne, debatiéndonos entre su maravillosísimo marido y lo que siente por su antiguo amor, cuyo fuego nunca fue apagado.
Y volvemos a sufrir Culloden, eso sí, aunque con otros puntos de vista :(
De verdad, descubrid a Marsha Canham, por favor, no os vais a arrepentir. Yo he quedado enamorada.
Y volvemos a sufrir Culloden, eso sí, aunque con otros puntos de vista :(
De verdad, descubrid a Marsha Canham, por favor, no os vais a arrepentir. Yo he quedado enamorada.
September 25, 2024
Midnight Honor by Marsha Canham, book three of the Highland Wolves series
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Cover (new): 5/5
Story: 3/5
Steam: 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 (+kissing, scenes not between MCs)
Ending: HEA with epilogue
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Stand Alone or Series: Only book in series you could read as a stand alone.
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England/Scotland, Georgian (1745)
Highlander Clan Leader
Jacobite Woman
Marriage in Trouble
Road Trip-ish
Scottish MCs
They Are Enemies
Other Man Issues (!)
Jacobite Rising
Feuding Clans
Danger & Peril
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think the best place to start reviewing this book is to talk about what type of reader is going to find the most enjoyment from this series. Readers who enjoy joy deep diving into historical facts and real life events in a historical romance will love this book/series. Canham is an immensely detailed writer who builds an immersive world built upon and surrounds true historical figures and events. If you want light, airy, easy-going historical romance, you are not going to enjoy this series as much.
In my opinion, a reader should at least know some information about the end of the Jacobite Rising and/or the issues between Scotland and England or they could feel a little lost. Canham does an excellent job at providing this information, but it could feel like a massive info dump if you don't have some background knowledge.
The world grows and grows throughout the series adding more and more characters as you go. Nothing is ever what it seems, you should trust no one, and accept that people are going to die. No one is safe.
This book is raw. Canham does not shy away from the reality of warfare, and her accounts of battles are grim and not for the faint of heart. There are many events that will get a reader's blood pumping and the pages turning.
With all of this, I'm not sure we needed this book. I theorize that Canham found Anne to be an interesting historical figure and wanted to write a tale about her and her real life anti-Jacobite husband. While this is a neat idea, I found the retelling of multiple situations in book two to be tedious. By the time we got to the Battle of Colloden again, I just wanted to start skimming pages to get to the end.
I liked Anne and Angus as a couple. Unfortunately, as Anne is a Jacobite and her husband is not, they don't have a lot of page time together. The couple is already married before the begining of the book, so it never feels like there is much seduction or a moment in which they realize how much they mean to each other. It was a bummer all around.
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Resd as a physical copy. Honest review left voluntarily.
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Content Warning
*courtesy warning of S.A.- off page, not MCs
(could contain spoilers):
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Gore and bodily harm
Physical vi*lence
G*n vi*lence
Sword vi*lence
De*th- on and off page, a lot
M*rder- off page
S.A- off page
Threat of S.A.
Abd*ction
Warfare
Miscarriage
Pr*gnancy
Imprisonment
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Cover (new): 5/5
Story: 3/5
Steam: 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 (+kissing, scenes not between MCs)
Ending: HEA with epilogue
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Stand Alone or Series: Only book in series you could read as a stand alone.
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England/Scotland, Georgian (1745)
Highlander Clan Leader
Jacobite Woman
Marriage in Trouble
Road Trip-ish
Scottish MCs
They Are Enemies
Other Man Issues (!)
Jacobite Rising
Feuding Clans
Danger & Peril
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think the best place to start reviewing this book is to talk about what type of reader is going to find the most enjoyment from this series. Readers who enjoy joy deep diving into historical facts and real life events in a historical romance will love this book/series. Canham is an immensely detailed writer who builds an immersive world built upon and surrounds true historical figures and events. If you want light, airy, easy-going historical romance, you are not going to enjoy this series as much.
In my opinion, a reader should at least know some information about the end of the Jacobite Rising and/or the issues between Scotland and England or they could feel a little lost. Canham does an excellent job at providing this information, but it could feel like a massive info dump if you don't have some background knowledge.
The world grows and grows throughout the series adding more and more characters as you go. Nothing is ever what it seems, you should trust no one, and accept that people are going to die. No one is safe.
This book is raw. Canham does not shy away from the reality of warfare, and her accounts of battles are grim and not for the faint of heart. There are many events that will get a reader's blood pumping and the pages turning.
With all of this, I'm not sure we needed this book. I theorize that Canham found Anne to be an interesting historical figure and wanted to write a tale about her and her real life anti-Jacobite husband. While this is a neat idea, I found the retelling of multiple situations in book two to be tedious. By the time we got to the Battle of Colloden again, I just wanted to start skimming pages to get to the end.
I liked Anne and Angus as a couple. Unfortunately, as Anne is a Jacobite and her husband is not, they don't have a lot of page time together. The couple is already married before the begining of the book, so it never feels like there is much seduction or a moment in which they realize how much they mean to each other. It was a bummer all around.
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Resd as a physical copy. Honest review left voluntarily.
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Content Warning
*courtesy warning of S.A.- off page, not MCs
(could contain spoilers):
.
.
.
.
.
Gore and bodily harm
Physical vi*lence
G*n vi*lence
Sword vi*lence
De*th- on and off page, a lot
M*rder- off page
S.A- off page
Threat of S.A.
Abd*ction
Warfare
Miscarriage
Pr*gnancy
Imprisonment
August 5, 2013
This book is about "Colonel" Anne Mackintosh, a Scottish noblewoman who raised a regiment to fight for Bonnie Prince Charlie in the 1745 rebellion, undaunted by the minor inconvenience of her husband serving as an officer in the English army. Those must have been some interesting family dinners!
I wanted to read this for two reasons:
1. Anne was a minor character in Canham's awesome Blood of Roses and I was interested enough to google her and find out she was a real person. My desire to read a book about her, if one existed, was set when I read this in wikipedia:
The next month her husband...[was] captured north of Inverness. The Prince paroled Captain Mackintosh into the custody of his wife, Lady Anne, commenting “he could not be in better security, or more honourably treated.” She famously greeted him with the words, "Your servant, captain" to which he replied, "your servant, colonel" thereby giving her the nickname "Colonel Anne".
Completely irrationally, that made me think of Aral and Cordelia from the Vorkosigan books and I was set.
2. I really loved Blood of Roses. Really really really. And this was part of the same 'trilogy' about the 1745 rebellion.
So yes, I read it and was addicted and loved it (even if a very small part of me wished I could read more more more about Alexander and Catherine Cameron from BoR). Anne is pretty much an amazing heroine - brave and strong-willed but not Mary Sueish - she has a temper, she jumps to conclusions, and she is embracing what a rational person should know is a lost cause. And her relationships with both her husband Angus and with Alexander John McGillivray, the man who leads the clan into battle (she may be a symbolic leader but she is not a military commander) are very very messily complicated - she may love her husband but they are separated for large chunks of the book (and for a long time not just by distance but by ideology) and you can see her tempted by her sexy sexy war chief (that whole relationship was pretty tragic tbh).
Canham normally writes (excellent) romance novels, but she seems to have dispensed with them for this 1745 trilogy. BoR was only a romance novel under a very loose definition of the term and this really isn't one at all - is it romantic? Sure (I shipped Anne/Angus like whoa) but it pretty much takes every romance novel rule (including the cardinal one that the bulk of the book should be spent on the relationship) and stomps on it.
So, if you like historical fiction of romantic bent, check it out!
I wanted to read this for two reasons:
1. Anne was a minor character in Canham's awesome Blood of Roses and I was interested enough to google her and find out she was a real person. My desire to read a book about her, if one existed, was set when I read this in wikipedia:
The next month her husband...[was] captured north of Inverness. The Prince paroled Captain Mackintosh into the custody of his wife, Lady Anne, commenting “he could not be in better security, or more honourably treated.” She famously greeted him with the words, "Your servant, captain" to which he replied, "your servant, colonel" thereby giving her the nickname "Colonel Anne".
Completely irrationally, that made me think of Aral and Cordelia from the Vorkosigan books and I was set.
2. I really loved Blood of Roses. Really really really. And this was part of the same 'trilogy' about the 1745 rebellion.
So yes, I read it and was addicted and loved it (even if a very small part of me wished I could read more more more about Alexander and Catherine Cameron from BoR). Anne is pretty much an amazing heroine - brave and strong-willed but not Mary Sueish - she has a temper, she jumps to conclusions, and she is embracing what a rational person should know is a lost cause. And her relationships with both her husband Angus and with Alexander John McGillivray, the man who leads the clan into battle (she may be a symbolic leader but she is not a military commander) are very very messily complicated - she may love her husband but they are separated for large chunks of the book (and for a long time not just by distance but by ideology) and you can see her tempted by her sexy sexy war chief (that whole relationship was pretty tragic tbh).
Canham normally writes (excellent) romance novels, but she seems to have dispensed with them for this 1745 trilogy. BoR was only a romance novel under a very loose definition of the term and this really isn't one at all - is it romantic? Sure (I shipped Anne/Angus like whoa) but it pretty much takes every romance novel rule (including the cardinal one that the bulk of the book should be spent on the relationship) and stomps on it.
So, if you like historical fiction of romantic bent, check it out!
February 24, 2012
A Sweeping Scottish Saga!
You won't regret buying this book—nor any in Canham’s Scottish trilogy set in 18th century Scotland (PRIDE OF LIONS, BLOOD OF ROSES and MIDNIGHT HONOR)!
The first one tells the story of pampered English beauty Catherine Ashbrooke and Alexander Cameron, the Scottish Highlander who wins her in a duel. He carries his reluctant bride off to the Highlands where clan feuds and fomenting rebellion will sweep them into historic events and where their courage, as well as their love, will be tested.
The second, BLOOD OF ROSES, includes the rebellion of 1745 and the bloody battle at Culloden, possibly the best treatment in a romance of that historic event. I warn you that you will not think much of the way England treated a defeated Scotland, but it will become real as the people you care about live through it.
The last in the trilogy, MIDNIGHT HONOR, is more loosely related than the other two, and tells of a lass who is a Highland patriot and her husband who sides with the English. Angus Moy, chief of Clan Chattan, was everything Lady Anne could desire in a husband and a lover, but that was before the winds of war tore through her homeland. Though Angus was pledged to fight for the English, Anne defied him by raising the clans to follow the Jacobite cause, leading her own clan in battle, with the dangerously attractive Captain John MacGillivray at her side.
Angus had a secret that cloaked his midnight honor, a secret he was bound to keep from Anne at all costs. This one tore my heart out with two heroes equally worthy vying for the love of a Scottish heroine you’ll love.
Canham's superb storytelling evidences great and careful research. Her writing reminds me of Kathleen Givens in the sweeping panorama portrayed. It's not just a well-told love story set in the Highlands, but an epic saga you won't want to put down. Canham crafts believable characters, many of whom are the real historical figures. You will feel like you're living it.
This is a must read for any serious Scottish historical romance reader!
You won't regret buying this book—nor any in Canham’s Scottish trilogy set in 18th century Scotland (PRIDE OF LIONS, BLOOD OF ROSES and MIDNIGHT HONOR)!
The first one tells the story of pampered English beauty Catherine Ashbrooke and Alexander Cameron, the Scottish Highlander who wins her in a duel. He carries his reluctant bride off to the Highlands where clan feuds and fomenting rebellion will sweep them into historic events and where their courage, as well as their love, will be tested.
The second, BLOOD OF ROSES, includes the rebellion of 1745 and the bloody battle at Culloden, possibly the best treatment in a romance of that historic event. I warn you that you will not think much of the way England treated a defeated Scotland, but it will become real as the people you care about live through it.
The last in the trilogy, MIDNIGHT HONOR, is more loosely related than the other two, and tells of a lass who is a Highland patriot and her husband who sides with the English. Angus Moy, chief of Clan Chattan, was everything Lady Anne could desire in a husband and a lover, but that was before the winds of war tore through her homeland. Though Angus was pledged to fight for the English, Anne defied him by raising the clans to follow the Jacobite cause, leading her own clan in battle, with the dangerously attractive Captain John MacGillivray at her side.
Angus had a secret that cloaked his midnight honor, a secret he was bound to keep from Anne at all costs. This one tore my heart out with two heroes equally worthy vying for the love of a Scottish heroine you’ll love.
Canham's superb storytelling evidences great and careful research. Her writing reminds me of Kathleen Givens in the sweeping panorama portrayed. It's not just a well-told love story set in the Highlands, but an epic saga you won't want to put down. Canham crafts believable characters, many of whom are the real historical figures. You will feel like you're living it.
This is a must read for any serious Scottish historical romance reader!
August 13, 2010
After the amazing beginning of this trilogy (in The Pride of Lions and The Blood of Roses), this one might be a disappointment for some (me included). It's obvious it was written some years after the first two books, for though it's supposed to be a somewhat of a continuation of the Jacobite-struggle storylines, it falls a little flat and doesn't seem to have much in common with TPOL and TBOR beside the heroine (that appeared in a secondary role in the second book in this trilogy).
I just couldn't find the right connection, her actions boggled the mind, I didn't see eye to eye with some of her decisions, and I coulnd't get her stubborn refusal to see her husband's point of view, when all he did was try to protect her, the woman he loved more than his life, by doing everything in his power, while she kept rejecting him and hating him.
There was a little too much animosity and not enough romance in this one.
I just couldn't find the right connection, her actions boggled the mind, I didn't see eye to eye with some of her decisions, and I coulnd't get her stubborn refusal to see her husband's point of view, when all he did was try to protect her, the woman he loved more than his life, by doing everything in his power, while she kept rejecting him and hating him.
There was a little too much animosity and not enough romance in this one.
August 23, 2015
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February 13, 2017
Unterhaltsamer Roman aus Sicht einer jungen Schottin, deren Freiheitskampf bei Culloden ein Ende fand.
September 24, 2022
Der krönende Abschluss einer der besten Highlander-Reihen, die ich je gelesen habe.
January 9, 2024
ahhh this was so good, i read it soooo fast, i couldn't stop.
4.5 stars
4.5 stars
September 9, 2017
De las mejores novelas románticas sobre Jacobitas que he leído, me ha encantado toda la trama, los personajes, todo. Perfecto.
May 27, 2011
This final book in The Pride of Lions trilogy centers on the Story of Lady Anne Mackintosh who is an actual historical figure and is known as "Colonel Anne" in history books. Col. Anne went against her husband and roused 800 clansmen in support of Prince Stuart's efforts to win back the thrown of Scotland for his father. She led the clan to battle at Falkirk and Culloden. I found her story fascinating as women in that era were not permitted to think for themselves let alone lead troops. An excellent read that I found both emotional and interesting.
April 24, 2012
Why I didn't like the book:
-Hard to follow if you haven't read the other books in the series.
-The heroine, from my point of view, is in love with two heros. You're bound to favor one hero over the other so you may be very frustrated with the heroine.
-One of the heros has a fiance; made me feel as if he were cheating.
-Heroine refuses to listen to her husband even though he is doing what is best for them. She makes rash and unrealistic decisions throughout the book.
-Too much history in a romance novel.
-Hard to follow if you haven't read the other books in the series.
-The heroine, from my point of view, is in love with two heros. You're bound to favor one hero over the other so you may be very frustrated with the heroine.
-One of the heros has a fiance; made me feel as if he were cheating.
-Heroine refuses to listen to her husband even though he is doing what is best for them. She makes rash and unrealistic decisions throughout the book.
-Too much history in a romance novel.
April 5, 2014
Anne Moy and Angus Moy. Anne's dear friend John MacGillivray. Bit of a triangle, although Ann and John only shared a moment as youths. Anne marries Angus in an arranged marriage, but they fall in love. Angus sides with the English during the 45 in order to save his wife and mother from certain arrest or worse due to their outspoken jacobite convictions.
May 2, 2008
I didn't even finish this book. I don't like that I didn't know who she was going to get with. There were two love interests kind of. Poo, I didn't like it.
May 29, 2012
idk if id read this again.
i didnt really like her husband, and i wanted her to get with her friend.didnt like how that ended up playing at all.
i didnt really like her husband, and i wanted her to get with her friend.didnt like how that ended up playing at all.
May 28, 2018
I have mixed feelings. I do not like that the love triangle was only resolved with johns death.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 25, 2022
I remember reading this in high school--I think I actually read this one first before the first two books in the series and I remember really liking it. I basically have great memories about this whole series, but Midnight Honor was the stand-out.
Well, after reading these books in my big age, my feelings had flipped. I very much prefer the first two books (which are basically one long book since it follows the same couple) and Midnight Honor have been downgraded to a 3-star read.
Midnight Honor follows a different couple, but like the other couple in the previous books, the hero and heroine were based on real historical figures. The hero is Angus Moy, Laird Mackintosh, and the heroine is Anne Moy. History knows them as a husband and wife who were on the opposite side of the Jacobite uprising--Angus sided with the English and Anne with the Jacobites.
At the start of the book, Angus and Anne have been married for about 3-4 years. Angus is more reserved, studious, and keeps things close to his chest, while Anne was a wild-and-free type. But, they liked each other and the sex was good. So Anne was pretty satisfied with her marriage and was trying her best to be a laird's wife. But, with war brewing, Angus and Anne found themselves being pulled into opposite sides.
I guess my biggest issue with this book was that a huge part of the romance was a love triangle between Angus, Anne, and John MacGillivray. Anne and John were basically best friends and were mutually attracted to each other, and about to become something more when Anne was married to Angus because of a childhood betrothal. Anne and Angus were separated most of the book, while Anne and John were together for most. While there were no outright physical cheating (except for a few kisses and embraces), there was a lot of emotional cheating. There was even a scene where Anne was this close to sleeping with John, except Angus shows up unexpectedly. Anne said she's in love with two men. This is the type of love triangle I do not like personally.
If you're sensitive to cheating and/or not a fan of the type of love triangle I described, I'd skip this one.
But, besides all that, I did enjoy all the characters. Loved Angus (I felt for his dilemma as Laird when it came to the war), I liked Anne well enough, and I even liked John (I felt for him and his position in the love triangle). The other secondary characters were great too, like Anne's cousins, Angus's mom, and characters I loved from the previous books also make appearances.
All in all, a great series! If you like historical romances that based heavily on real historical events and war, I highly recommend this one.
Well, after reading these books in my big age, my feelings had flipped. I very much prefer the first two books (which are basically one long book since it follows the same couple) and Midnight Honor have been downgraded to a 3-star read.
Midnight Honor follows a different couple, but like the other couple in the previous books, the hero and heroine were based on real historical figures. The hero is Angus Moy, Laird Mackintosh, and the heroine is Anne Moy. History knows them as a husband and wife who were on the opposite side of the Jacobite uprising--Angus sided with the English and Anne with the Jacobites.
At the start of the book, Angus and Anne have been married for about 3-4 years. Angus is more reserved, studious, and keeps things close to his chest, while Anne was a wild-and-free type. But, they liked each other and the sex was good. So Anne was pretty satisfied with her marriage and was trying her best to be a laird's wife. But, with war brewing, Angus and Anne found themselves being pulled into opposite sides.
I guess my biggest issue with this book was that a huge part of the romance was a love triangle between Angus, Anne, and John MacGillivray. Anne and John were basically best friends and were mutually attracted to each other, and about to become something more when Anne was married to Angus because of a childhood betrothal. Anne and Angus were separated most of the book, while Anne and John were together for most. While there were no outright physical cheating (except for a few kisses and embraces), there was a lot of emotional cheating. There was even a scene where Anne was this close to sleeping with John, except Angus shows up unexpectedly. Anne said she's in love with two men. This is the type of love triangle I do not like personally.
If you're sensitive to cheating and/or not a fan of the type of love triangle I described, I'd skip this one.
But, besides all that, I did enjoy all the characters. Loved Angus (I felt for his dilemma as Laird when it came to the war), I liked Anne well enough, and I even liked John (I felt for him and his position in the love triangle). The other secondary characters were great too, like Anne's cousins, Angus's mom, and characters I loved from the previous books also make appearances.
All in all, a great series! If you like historical romances that based heavily on real historical events and war, I highly recommend this one.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 3, 2019
""
Sweeping from the wild splendor of the moors to the battlefields of a land divided, Marsha Canham weaves an unforgettable novel of Jacobite Scotland ... of a man bound by honor ... and of the woman fated to both desire and defy him.
"Powerful, brave, irresistibly seductive, Angus Moy, chief of Clan Chattan, was everything Lady Anne could desire in a husband and a lover. But that was before the winds of war tore through her homeland. While Angus was pledged to fight for the English, Anne embarked on a course no ordinary woman would dare. Fiercely loyal to the Jacobite cause, she led her clan in battle ... with the dangerously attractive Captain John MacGillivray at her side.
"Angus knew only too well the price of waging war. But something else made him play the traitor -- a secret he was bound to keep from Anne at all costs. How could he know Anne would risk her life ... or that his own actions would drive her into the arms of another man? As the tides of battle turned, and Anne was captured by the enemy, Angus had but one last chance to rescue her -- and redeem himself in the eyes of the woman he had vowed to honor and protect forever ..."
~~back cover
I have a confession to make. I abandoned this book. I read the first four chapters, and then realized that I just didn't have the heart to read the rest, not after just having read The Pride of Lions and The Blood of Roses. The '45 was doomed from the start ... outmanned and inferiorly equipped ... and incapable of understanding that the clan system made them unable to withstand the superior might of the English army. Damn and blast bloody Prince Charlie anyway -- an alcoholic fool with delusions of divine protection. I couldn't read 388 pages of the bloody slaughter and Anne's capture. I just couldn't do it.
"Powerful, brave, irresistibly seductive, Angus Moy, chief of Clan Chattan, was everything Lady Anne could desire in a husband and a lover. But that was before the winds of war tore through her homeland. While Angus was pledged to fight for the English, Anne embarked on a course no ordinary woman would dare. Fiercely loyal to the Jacobite cause, she led her clan in battle ... with the dangerously attractive Captain John MacGillivray at her side.
"Angus knew only too well the price of waging war. But something else made him play the traitor -- a secret he was bound to keep from Anne at all costs. How could he know Anne would risk her life ... or that his own actions would drive her into the arms of another man? As the tides of battle turned, and Anne was captured by the enemy, Angus had but one last chance to rescue her -- and redeem himself in the eyes of the woman he had vowed to honor and protect forever ..."
~~back cover
I have a confession to make. I abandoned this book. I read the first four chapters, and then realized that I just didn't have the heart to read the rest, not after just having read The Pride of Lions and The Blood of Roses. The '45 was doomed from the start ... outmanned and inferiorly equipped ... and incapable of understanding that the clan system made them unable to withstand the superior might of the English army. Damn and blast bloody Prince Charlie anyway -- an alcoholic fool with delusions of divine protection. I couldn't read 388 pages of the bloody slaughter and Anne's capture. I just couldn't do it.
November 5, 2023
Genre: historical romance, historical fiction
Scotland, 1745
Published 2001
audiobook produced 2022, narrated by Mhairi Morrison
Bold, fierce, sharp-tongued, and filled with pride, Colonel Anne Moy, Jacobite supporter, cannot fathom why her husband Angus won’t call the clan to support Prince Charles, even after the Scottish troops’ victory at Prestonpans. Angus Moy, for all Anne loves him, has thrown his lot in with King George’s men, which has caused an icy rift in their marriage. Anne’s grandfather Fearcher Farquharson, though, believes that Anne herself should rally her clan, using John MacGillavry, Anne’s childhood love, as her general. Between the battlefields and the banquet halls, Midnight Honor is an achingly beautiful ode to the spirit of the Jacobite rebellion and a test of love.
Reading about Culloden twice in two days nearly gutted me, but this was worth it. Canham gives Lady Anne a devastating and emotional love story, and a love triangle even I can get behind. I normally despise love triangles because one person usually feels better for the heroine than another, but the depth of emotion Anne feels for both Angus and John is realistic and heartwrenching, particularly with each of them on opposite sides in a very divided Scotland.
Like the first two books, Midnight Honor has a wealth of historical events and characters - including Anne herself! Canahm doesn’t shy away from the pain of war, and this feels even more emotional than the first two books. Shifting to primarily Anne’s perspective gives her more power as a character, and we can see how she struggles with self doubt even while her clan rallies behind her. This fierce and gorgeous book is my favorite in the trilogy.
I think you could pick this one up before the first two books, as it follows almost the exact same timeline as book two, starting in the fall of 1745. Even though the timelines are the same it never felt repetitive, even to see some of the same events.
Scotland, 1745
Published 2001
audiobook produced 2022, narrated by Mhairi Morrison
Bold, fierce, sharp-tongued, and filled with pride, Colonel Anne Moy, Jacobite supporter, cannot fathom why her husband Angus won’t call the clan to support Prince Charles, even after the Scottish troops’ victory at Prestonpans. Angus Moy, for all Anne loves him, has thrown his lot in with King George’s men, which has caused an icy rift in their marriage. Anne’s grandfather Fearcher Farquharson, though, believes that Anne herself should rally her clan, using John MacGillavry, Anne’s childhood love, as her general. Between the battlefields and the banquet halls, Midnight Honor is an achingly beautiful ode to the spirit of the Jacobite rebellion and a test of love.
Reading about Culloden twice in two days nearly gutted me, but this was worth it. Canham gives Lady Anne a devastating and emotional love story, and a love triangle even I can get behind. I normally despise love triangles because one person usually feels better for the heroine than another, but the depth of emotion Anne feels for both Angus and John is realistic and heartwrenching, particularly with each of them on opposite sides in a very divided Scotland.
Like the first two books, Midnight Honor has a wealth of historical events and characters - including Anne herself! Canahm doesn’t shy away from the pain of war, and this feels even more emotional than the first two books. Shifting to primarily Anne’s perspective gives her more power as a character, and we can see how she struggles with self doubt even while her clan rallies behind her. This fierce and gorgeous book is my favorite in the trilogy.
I think you could pick this one up before the first two books, as it follows almost the exact same timeline as book two, starting in the fall of 1745. Even though the timelines are the same it never felt repetitive, even to see some of the same events.
June 30, 2017
Despite this book being about a historical figure in the form of the real life female Scottish rebel, Lady Anne Farquharson-Mackintosh, who fought to restore the Stuart's claim to rule Scotland during the rebellion against the English crown in 1745, I found this book to be MUCH more fiction than fact. In fact, I would venture that if Lady Anne herself read this book, she wouldn't recognize herself or the historical details outlined in the novel.
I previously read a book about the same subject -- WHITE ROSE REBEL by Janet Paisley -- and while I didn't find that book as entertaining as MIDNIGHT HONOR, I would suppose that from what I know of that period and the historical subject herself, Paisley's version is much more likely aligned with historical fact than Marsha Canham's MIDNIGHT HONOR. While both books are about the same character(s) and events, one would hardly believe they are. Paisley and Canham take such different perspectives and approaches to their subjects and material that it's difficult to find many similarities.
With that said, I would say that MIDNIGHT HONOR is a great romance story, despite the fact that it most likely is purely fictional. IF the reader can suspend belief in history and fact, and IF she is attracted to romance, then MIDNIGHT HONOR would be a desirable read.
I previously read a book about the same subject -- WHITE ROSE REBEL by Janet Paisley -- and while I didn't find that book as entertaining as MIDNIGHT HONOR, I would suppose that from what I know of that period and the historical subject herself, Paisley's version is much more likely aligned with historical fact than Marsha Canham's MIDNIGHT HONOR. While both books are about the same character(s) and events, one would hardly believe they are. Paisley and Canham take such different perspectives and approaches to their subjects and material that it's difficult to find many similarities.
With that said, I would say that MIDNIGHT HONOR is a great romance story, despite the fact that it most likely is purely fictional. IF the reader can suspend belief in history and fact, and IF she is attracted to romance, then MIDNIGHT HONOR would be a desirable read.
August 11, 2020
I regret that I didn't read this sooner as it's been sitting in my library. It took an extended power outage for me to pick up this hard copy because I didn't have access to my kindle. I don't write a synopsis as many people do but I do state what I think. I loved this story and the series as a whole. I loved the characters and the plot. I like that this author has taken history, written around it and brought it to life. I was left with a vivid picture of Culloden Moor. Again, the story left me emotionally drained and I thoroughly enjoyed those emotions. This author, Ms. Canham, is a talent worth exploring over and over. Which I intend to do.
February 10, 2018
I will admit it took me months and months to start this book, the third in Marsha Canham’s Highlander trilogy, simply because I loved the first two so much and I didn’t think I could possibly enjoy a different set of characters more than Catherine and Alexander. WAS I EVER WRONG. I loved this book and it is my favorite of the three. The relationships woven into these pages had my heart wrenching and the life that Canham gave to these characters has me thinking of them days after finishing the book. Loved it. I will be reading again.
June 22, 2021
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I read all of Marsha Canham books I could find on Kindle one after the other They were all very good. I enjoyed some more than others but I couldn’t say which was my favourite Theonly thing I found unpleasant was the references to God ina negative way and jokes about the devil. You asked for things your readers didn’t like otherwise I may not have mentioned it Anyway I definately recommend them to anyone who enjoys historical fiction as I do. Keep up the good. I’ll be looking for another book
I read all of Marsha Canham books I could find on Kindle one after the other They were all very good. I enjoyed some more than others but I couldn’t say which was my favourite Theonly thing I found unpleasant was the references to God ina negative way and jokes about the devil. You asked for things your readers didn’t like otherwise I may not have mentioned it Anyway I definately recommend them to anyone who enjoys historical fiction as I do. Keep up the good. I’ll be looking for another book
May 25, 2024
This was an exceptional tale of Anne of Moy and her role in the Jacobite rebellion ending with the excruciating details of the battle of Culloden. The scenes between Anne and her husband Angus were tender and sensual, the reader really felt the bond they were creating. I've really never read a book where the heroine was really in love with two men at the same time and this was handled with such care it was hearbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. The author really knows how to pull out the emotions of a scene and Alex and Anne's ending scenes were perfection.
November 10, 2018
This third book in the Highlander Trilogy doesn't continue the story of Alexander and Catherine, I would suggest you read the first two in the series before this last one. It is, however, by no means inferior to the first two, the hero (in addition to the dangerously tempting second hero) and heroine are equally lovable and you are again immersed in the history of the Jacobite Rising in Scotland in 1746.
Once you read Marsha Canham books, you will find them hard to beat!
Once you read Marsha Canham books, you will find them hard to beat!
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