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Highlander #2
Maree, Gillie, Jessup & Glenna
CLARE: Clare of the Abbey hoped to marry the Lord of Wickerly Castle until word came that he was dead. So with no reason to stay, she went to Scotland with her sister and did not speak of her grief. But her uncommon beauty tempted all the Highlander men and soon the jealous unmarried women were demanding she choose a husband. He was not dead, but could the man she loved find her before it was too late?
DOLEE: After three years of marriage, Dolee desperately wanted to give her husband a son. She tried every remedy anyone suggested including potions that made her deathly ill. At last there was no other option -- Dolee would have to try the one thing that might cost her everything, including her life.
CATLIN: Known as Bridget Cameron, Catlin’s mother was adamant -- if ever Catlin heard the name “Charlet,” she was to go straight away to find Laird Neil MacGreagor. Now her mother was dead and the English were searching for Charlet. But who was Charlet and why had the English put a bounty on her head? The answer left Catlin speechless.
LASHA: As the sister of a laird, Lasha Haldane knew she was expected to marry within her small clan. But one look at the handsome Cowan MacGreagor tempted her otherwise. Then a Haldane asked for her hand and the decision could no longer be put off. Would Lasha follow her heart or would she choose to please her beloved brother?
DOLEE: After three years of marriage, Dolee desperately wanted to give her husband a son. She tried every remedy anyone suggested including potions that made her deathly ill. At last there was no other option -- Dolee would have to try the one thing that might cost her everything, including her life.
CATLIN: Known as Bridget Cameron, Catlin’s mother was adamant -- if ever Catlin heard the name “Charlet,” she was to go straight away to find Laird Neil MacGreagor. Now her mother was dead and the English were searching for Charlet. But who was Charlet and why had the English put a bounty on her head? The answer left Catlin speechless.
LASHA: As the sister of a laird, Lasha Haldane knew she was expected to marry within her small clan. But one look at the handsome Cowan MacGreagor tempted her otherwise. Then a Haldane asked for her hand and the decision could no longer be put off. Would Lasha follow her heart or would she choose to please her beloved brother?
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Marti Talbott
87 books140 followersMarti Talbott (www.martitalbott.com) is the author of over 45 full length novels, all of which are written without profanity and sex scenes. She lives in Seattle, is retired and has two children, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The MacGreagor family saga begins with The Viking Series and continues in Marti Talbott’s Highlander’s Series, Marblestone Mansion, the Scandalous Duchess series, and ends with The Lost MacGreagor books. Her mystery books include Seattle Quake 9.2, Missing Heiress, Greed and a Mistress, The Locked Room, and The Dead Letters. Other books include The Promise and Broken Pledge.
Watch for her new trilogy - THE FOX, THE LION, and THE BEAR (A Triplet Trilogy)
Watch for her new trilogy - THE FOX, THE LION, and THE BEAR (A Triplet Trilogy)
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February 20, 2012
I throughly enjoyed this book. It kept me turning pages wondering what was going to happen next.
January 21, 2012
another enjoyable set of 4 stories about 4 lasses in Scotland which all blend together so it is like reading one book. Her books are cheap on Amazon kindle, and I bought all of the Scotland ones.
February 27, 2019
Not great literature but definitely a good read.
This review is generic across all Talbott's Viking and Highlander books (so if you look for my review of another in this series you'll just see this).
Talbott has done a superb job of recreating the environment and culture of medieval Scotland and Northern England in these two series. No explicit sex and no gratuitous violence (though there is violence appropriate to the time and place of the novels). Perfect romantic historic fiction with enough swashbuckling tension to appeal to almost anyone. While I am well past adolescence (nearly to senescence), I believe YA readers looking for an entertaining read would like these novels as much as I did.
Highly recommended.
This review is generic across all Talbott's Viking and Highlander books (so if you look for my review of another in this series you'll just see this).
Talbott has done a superb job of recreating the environment and culture of medieval Scotland and Northern England in these two series. No explicit sex and no gratuitous violence (though there is violence appropriate to the time and place of the novels). Perfect romantic historic fiction with enough swashbuckling tension to appeal to almost anyone. While I am well past adolescence (nearly to senescence), I believe YA readers looking for an entertaining read would like these novels as much as I did.
Highly recommended.
December 18, 2022
Very Very Good!
I was sad with Anna and Kevin’s deaths. Sween was a monster as was Mungo but he sure got his 😂😂. Neil was their savior. He figured it all out and made his clan whole again. Glenna was good for him and Leeesil. On to the next book. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰💜💜💜💜💜
I was sad with Anna and Kevin’s deaths. Sween was a monster as was Mungo but he sure got his 😂😂. Neil was their savior. He figured it all out and made his clan whole again. Glenna was good for him and Leeesil. On to the next book. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰💜💜💜💜💜
February 3, 2016
I admit it; I’m addicted to the Highlander series!
Ms. Talbott has a wonderful way of weaving the story of one character into the story as a whole. These books may be short stories of single individuals but the same characters are threaded through each of the shorts and I couldn’t be more pleased!
Series 2 is about four women: Maree, Gillie, Jessup and Glenna.
Maree was born a MacGregor. She was the story teller whom all the children, and even the adults, loved.
Gillie was born a despised MacDonald yet she helped the MacGregor escape their clutches.
Jessup was born an English gentle lady so why did they find her beaten and tied to a tree?
Glenna was born a Larmont far from the MacGregor homeland so how did she end up married to their Laird?
The Highlander Series does not disappoint. Each short story is a quick read and wholly entertaining by itself. When you put them together you get a fuller picture of the people and the clan.
Ms. Talbott has a wonderful way of weaving the story of one character into the story as a whole. These books may be short stories of single individuals but the same characters are threaded through each of the shorts and I couldn’t be more pleased!
Series 2 is about four women: Maree, Gillie, Jessup and Glenna.
Maree was born a MacGregor. She was the story teller whom all the children, and even the adults, loved.
Gillie was born a despised MacDonald yet she helped the MacGregor escape their clutches.
Jessup was born an English gentle lady so why did they find her beaten and tied to a tree?
Glenna was born a Larmont far from the MacGregor homeland so how did she end up married to their Laird?
The Highlander Series does not disappoint. Each short story is a quick read and wholly entertaining by itself. When you put them together you get a fuller picture of the people and the clan.
June 19, 2013
I am on the third book in Marti's Highlander series and I enjoy them immensely. I'm not going to do a synopsis on them as that has been done already. However, this I 'll say: Marti draws characters that you will love to love and some that you will love to hate but that's as it should be. I appreciate that she writes clean romance /adventure without the smut and gore that's so common in fiction today.
If I was to offer one criticism it would be this: Please can the characters stop rolling their eyes!!! It gets very annoying after the third or fourth time and such a shame that it seems a trait they're passing on from generation to generation. Some more descriptive body language would be much appreciated!
Other than that I enjoy this series and love the fact that I have about a dozen more to read :)
If I was to offer one criticism it would be this: Please can the characters stop rolling their eyes!!! It gets very annoying after the third or fourth time and such a shame that it seems a trait they're passing on from generation to generation. Some more descriptive body language would be much appreciated!
Other than that I enjoy this series and love the fact that I have about a dozen more to read :)
June 28, 2016
I will admit it--I am hooked on this series. I am on my fourth reread of this entire series, and I decided that I really should take a moment and leave reviews for the series of books that have stolen my heart.
Ms. Talbott writes in such a way as to immediately draw you in, and once you are in, you are hooked. This book is a collection of four novella-length stories, each focusing on a different unmarried lass who finds happiness with the MacGregors.
You will laugh. You will cry. And you will find yourself curling over the book and urging yourself to read faster because you just have to know what happens next.
You really need to grab this series, but that's just my two-cents.
Ms. Talbott writes in such a way as to immediately draw you in, and once you are in, you are hooked. This book is a collection of four novella-length stories, each focusing on a different unmarried lass who finds happiness with the MacGregors.
You will laugh. You will cry. And you will find yourself curling over the book and urging yourself to read faster because you just have to know what happens next.
You really need to grab this series, but that's just my two-cents.
August 2, 2015
Nice Clean Medieval Romance
Marti's stories are intriguing. Wish they were a little longer but into the next book of the series you still keep up with the characters from the previous book. A nice clean romance where you feel the passion but don't read explicit details. There is intrigue and page turning action. Each book has been GREAT!
Marti's stories are intriguing. Wish they were a little longer but into the next book of the series you still keep up with the characters from the previous book. A nice clean romance where you feel the passion but don't read explicit details. There is intrigue and page turning action. Each book has been GREAT!
February 1, 2015
Another "I could NOT put this book down" in this wonderful series!
Re-reading the entire series. I LOVE this family and these fabulous stories!
Re-reading the entire series. I LOVE this family and these fabulous stories!
March 26, 2012
By ignoring numerous print errors & keeping in mind this book is fiction & not an accurate historical account...I really enjoyed the story.
April 25, 2012
Could not put this down!! Very well written, clean on many levels, and just sweet and wonderful!!
September 9, 2013
Love all the books I have read of Marti Talbott. Excellent author with great stories.
July 30, 2014
A Page Turner
Another page Turner! I am in love with these books and learning about the clans. Life would be simpler if we continued some of these same strategies today.
Another page Turner! I am in love with these books and learning about the clans. Life would be simpler if we continued some of these same strategies today.
December 15, 2014
Highlander Series 2
Loved seeing how the generations kept the rules the same. New something major was going to happen between the Macgregor brothers.
Loved seeing how the generations kept the rules the same. New something major was going to happen between the Macgregor brothers.
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