Journey across time and place to a land of crags and castles shrouded in mist and lore. Discover the legend of the noble Scottish clan called the MacLachlans whose destiny is entwined with the magic that rules these tempestuous Highlands. Savor four stories of breathtaking romance set in a land where love is the most powerful magic of all…
Scottish Magic
In Stobie Piel’s Lily, a handsome laird’s passion will be put to the ultimate test in a battle between good and evil that can only be won by true love. Hannah Howell’s Isbel introduces an ethereal beauty whose sensual dream of a tall, black-haired warrior stepping off the battlefield into her life turns delightfully real. Destiny and desire become one in Faerie Princess, Elizabeth Ann Michaels’s tale of the cerulean-eyed Krista and an enigmatic prince who is about to learn that a woman’s capricious charm can hold a magic all its own. In Mandalyn Kaye’s Beneath the Midnight Sky, Stuart MacLachlan awakens from his enchanted one hundred year slumber to end the curse placed on his cherished love. But now he has only five days to solve the legendary faerie riddle… or surrender to the darkness forever.
Enter a world that is magnificent and wild, where love rides on winds of fortune… and where passion knows no bounds…
note: Hannah Howell's story, Isbel, was also published in the anthology Highland Hero.
Hannah Dustin Howell is a best-selling American author of over 40 historical romance novels. Many of her novels are set in medieval Scotland. She also writes under the names Sarah Dustin, Sandra Dustin, and Anna Jennet (see below).
I admit up front that I'm not one to read stories of "faeries" and "curses," so this was a stretch for me. Story 1 - "Lily" is from Stobie Piel. It is the legend upon which the other stories in the anthology are based. As such, it ties everything together. For me, however, there was too much of the folklore and not enough of the story in this one. In fact, I didn't appreciate this story until I read the others. Story 2 - "Isbel" is from Hannah Howell. It is set upon the Scottish border in 1382. Isabel's dreams often lead to reality, and she dreams of an injured man in the woods. That man is Sir Kenneth Davidson. Their story mimics the love of that of "Lily." Story 3 - "Faerie Princess" is from Elizabeth Ann Michaels. This story was more to my liking for although it had the "faerie" influence, it was a story set in the Regency, in 1818. Lady Krista Maclachlan's "sight" brings General Prince Alexi Petrovich Kaskov to her family's keep. Story 4 - "Beneath the Midnight Sky" is from Mandalyn Kaye. This one suspends time bringing some of the characters from "Lily" into a future time.