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Christmas In Kilts

Christmas In Kilts, October 2017
by Lecia Cornwall, May McGoldrick, Lavinia Kent, Terri Brisbin, Bronwen Evans

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Featuring: Captain Pennington; Lady Freya Sutherland; Lady Emma Spencer
494 pages
ISBN: 1250179327
EAN: 9781250179326
Kindle: B0746M7X9W
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"Winter in the Highlands is beautiful and dramatic"

Fresh Fiction Review

Christmas In Kilts
Lecia Cornwall, May McGoldrick, Lavinia Kent, Terri Brisbin, Bronwen Evans

Reviewed by Clare O'Beara
Posted December 15, 2017

Holiday | Romance Military | Romance Historical

If winter isn't cold enough for you, try a Scots clan celebration. This festive five-pack of historical tales brings the season to life and stirs the romantic heart with CHRISTMAS IN KILTS. A HIGHLANDER'S HOPE by Terri Brisbin is a fourteenth century novella about a widowed man who ignores the women presented to him and travels to another clan to visit a woman he secretly admires. She's not wife material though; she's the village strumpet and midwife. Can there be any future for them? The narrow minded folk around would seem to think not. I really enjoyed this tale for its unusual heroine and easy raunchiness. Find your way around remote Castle Gleanngealla in A HIGHLAND CHRISTMAS WAGER by Lecia Cornwall. When a sudden blizzard forces a prosperous maid and her grandmother with their escort to seek hospitality, the three unwed or widowed lairds staying at the castle cook up a misogynistic bet. Meggie feels more than uncomfortable under their predatory gaze and the lady of the household, Catriona, the laird's sister, is surprisingly unwelcoming. I have to admit, I was hoping the women would run off together and leave the men in the lurch. A good detail is how the cattle and horses had to be cared for in the worst weather. Bronwen Evans gives us A SCOT FOR CHRISTMAS which sounds like the perfect present! A nineteenth century house party mixes lairds and ladies, each with their own targets. Emma has come up from London, at twenty-six considered on the shelf. Her brother hadn't expected her to attend and worries for her amidst the company; there is bound to be some bed-hopping. Emma does fancy a particular man, Dougray, but he is still in love with a ghost. Lady Emma Spencer is, contrary to custom, travelling without her maid when she gets abandoned in a wood with a man who is hightailing it to Glasgow to stop his sister from marrying. LEFTOVER MISTLETOE by Lavinia Kent shows that Barran, nursing a war wound, is worrying about compromising the lady, yet has a soldier's survival skills and concentrates on keeping them alive in the cold. SWEET HOME HIGHLAND CHRISTMAS by May McGoldrick similarly deals with the legacy of the Napoleonic Wars which includes orphans, widows and inheritance issues. Lady Freya Sutherland is going to have to marry, but if she marries the right man she can keep custody of her young niece Ella. Captain Pennington, waiting to escort her on her Scots journey, isn't sure the man she has in mind is a suitable match. I particularly like the characterisation and details of progress in this tale. With all the fun and laughter in these adult romances you have every excuse to celebrate Hogmanay. CHRISTMAS IN KILTS looks like great value to me and I enjoyed every story from these accomplished authors.

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SUMMARY

Tis the season to fall in love! These five bestselling authors bring you great tiding of highlanders and romances this holiday season!

A HIGHLANDER'S HOPE by Terri Brisbin
A village harlot who would never dream she could have a different life meets a Highlander who visits for the holidays and brings with him an offer and hope.

A HIGHLAND CHRISTMAS WAGER by Lecia Cornwall
When a snowstorm forces a charming lass hiding a broken heart to take shelter in a castle with three fine Highland lairds just days before Christmas, there’s a game afoot—who will be the first to win a kiss and maybe her heart.

A SCOT FOR CHRISTMAS by Bronwen Evans
She's ready to embrace her life and future as a spinster, he's trying to have one last hurrah before he gives into his family's wishes and proposes marriage to his neighbor, but fate has other ideas when the lady and the Scot meet at a holiday house party in the wilds of Scotland.

LEFTOVER MISTLETOE by Lavinia Kent
What happens when a highlander finds himself stranded, maybe kidnapped, with an English lady around Christmas... maybe the mistletoe will help answer that question.

SWEET HOME HIGHLAND CHRISTMAS by May McGoldrick
An encounter between an English officer and a desperate aunt trying to keep custody of her young niece leads to a little magic during the holidays.


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