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 About The Author

New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bybee was raised in Washington State, but after graduating high school, she moved to Southern California in hopes of becoming a movie star. After growing bored with waiting tables, she returned to school and became a registered nurse, spending most of her career in urban emergency rooms. She now writes full-time and has penned novels Wife by Wednesday, Married by Monday, and Not Quite Dating. Bybee lives with her husband and two teenage sons in Southern California

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Highland Protector
MacCoinnich Time Travels (5)
Catherine Bybee
Published November 19 2013
300 Pages
Paranormal Time Travel Romance
ISBN: B00F8ONUZU
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Synopsis
No ordinary hero can save Amber from death... it will take a Highland Protector

Amber MacCoinnich survival depends on her traveling to the twenty first century, or so her mother’s premonition told her. Death taunts Amber and offers peace in her endless pain. Without the mysterious savior her mother spoke of, Amber prepares for death only to wake with a handsome, dark stranger in her bed.

Gavin Kincaid spends his life shifting time in order to preserve and protect the MacCoinnich family and their line even though he’s never met one living MacCoinnich. A haunting portrait of a beautiful woman captures his attention and he embarks on a quest to put a name to the picture. When a colleague vanishes, the time-stream forces Kincaid to the twenty first century where he finds his mystifying woman close to death. His Druid gift can save her, but at what price? And when they both find themselves emotionally linked, the truth behind Kincaid’s heritage just might kill them both

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EXCERPT

1686, MacCoinnich Keep Scotland

Fighting with a sword ranked up there with having sex without an orgasm. Holding the damn thing took too much energy and the end-result was anticlimactic and messy. Kincaid’s free hand itched to pull any one of his hidden weapons from the pockets of his modified seventeenth century clothes and finish off his opponent. The man’s death was inevitable. He had no earthly prayer of taking Kincaid. Even without the use of Kincaid’s gift, the kilted Scot had two fatal flaws working against him. One, he underestimated his opponent, never a good thing in battle. Two, Kincaid’s Druid gift would prevent any fatal blow from reaching his skin. He was damn near immortal.

Kincaid missed being skewered by the Scot’s blade by lunging to his right and placing one foot on the edge of the Keep’s massive stairs. Above him, other men fought, some with powers, a few without. Preventing the ancient Keep from falling into any hands that didn’t belong to descendants of the original owners, wasn’t going to happen. These missions were planned and orchestrated with extreme caution and precision.

The Scot advanced again—sweat falling from his brow with the effort of the fight.

“Kincaid!” He heard his name from the floor above, but didn’t make the mistake of looking up.

“I’m busy.” He blocked his opponent’s sword again, locked the man’s free arm, and attempted to pull it behind his back.

Kincaid was rewarded by taking an elbow in the ribs and having the wind knocked from his lungs.

“Finish him already. We need to move on.”

Moving on was his queue that their time was nearly up.

“I guess…” He shoved the Scot a foot away and lifted his sword high. “That means we’re done here.”

“Your confidence will be your downfall,” the Scot said.

Kincaid motioned the man forward. …said the spider to the fly…

The Scot advanced with a surge of strength and determination.

Kincaid held his ground, threw up his Druid shield, and watched as shock filled the man’s gaze when his sword bounced off the shield and opened him up for Kincaid’s final blow.

Killing never sat well with him. But he was a warrior and killing was part of his soul. Damn shame that.

Kincaid heard his name called again, and he took the familiar stairs two at a time to reach the others. From the corner of his eye, his gaze met a painting on the wall, one he’d not seen before.

His steps faltered as he connected with the haunting gaze of the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen. Didn’t matter that the painting was one dimensional, or that the woman was most likely dead…even in this century. He did a quick inventory of the other images on the walls and recognized only one. The same painting hung in that very space on the wall, so many years in the future. But this one…the picture of the woman with her long dark hair and pained focus as she attempted to smile, beckoned him. This painting he’d never seen.

“Kincaid! Dammit man, get your ass up here!”

Kincaid shook away the woman’s soulful gaze, bounded up the stairs, and trailed his band of men up the spiral staircase of the turret.

As they moved to the privacy of the bricked room, he noticed the small face of one of the Keep’s youngest occupants watching from behind an adjacent door.

Rory moved to close the door when Kincaid motioned toward their witness.

The child, a girl not more than ten years old watched with wide eyes. She didn’t appear frightened in the least.

“Is she…”

Rory lifted his hand, palm up, and from it, a small ball of fire swirled from nothing and hung suspended.

The girl’s wide eyes lifted and a small smile inched at the side of her lips. She lifted her hand and a sputtering of fire sprang from her fingertips.

Kincaid felt his pulse dip as he lifted his finger to his lips “Shh,” he whispered with what he hoped looked like a friendly smile.

Noise from the long staircase met their ears. Rory ushered them inside and closed the door. Before the noise from below became another battle, Kincaid closed his eyes, lifted his shield, and spread it over his small party…then he began to chant and time slid away.

My Review
Amber suffers every day, she has the ability to feel the emotions of those surrounding her. After a battle with her families enemy, her condition became a hundred times worse. Amber is always in a immeasurable amount of pain, knowing that each day she is getting worse, and she will soon die. She knows that there is no hope for her, until one day, after a summoning spell for help, and stranger appears in their home. Gavin Kincaid is intrigued by a portrait of a young woman, and he can't seem to forget her face, but there is no record of what happens to her. When his friend and colleague suddenly disappears, he knows he has no choice except to go back through time and find his friend. He is suprised to find himself in the twenty first century, and facing the one woman who he has been searching for. He can barely believe he is talking to the MacCoinnich family. A family well respected and revered from his time. When he sees the pain and torment that Amber is suffereing from, he tries to use his Druid gift to shield her. Only when they are physically touching, is Gavin able to shield her from the pain that has tormented her. Amber has never known this feeling of being free of others emotions, and she feels normal, a emotion that she never imagined that she would feel. A passion and a bond connects Amber and Gavin, but will a hidden truth about Gavin tear them apart or bring them even closer?

I was given a free copy of Highland Protector in return of a honest review. This is the first time that I have heard of this author, and I do love time travel romances, especially when it involves the highlands. Highland Protector is the fifth in the series.  Highland Protector had a strong plot and emotionally enriched characters. In the beginning it starts out with seeing both characters and in their individual lives. You see more into their characters from the beginning. Gavin is a Druid, and a warrior, and has some powerful traits. Amber is a member of a powerful family, and I haven't read the previous books, but Amber and her family faced their enemy, and after the event, Amber's condition gets worse, and even despite the pain that she is under, she still manages to help her family and those in need; even though it drains what little energy that she has. Through a series of events, Amber and Gavin are put together, and they are unable to break away from each other. When they end up bonded, their relationship becomes even more cemented, and you see the feelings they have for each other blossom, especially as they travel together through time.

Even though I really enjoyed this story quite a bit, I had the hardest time getting into it especially in the beginning, which is probably the reason it took me so long to get it read. However once I reached about halfway through the story, I was starting to get more into it, and really enjoying the way the story was turning out. I felt like you could read this as a stand alone, but I think I would have liked to have read the earlier books, so I could have had a bit more background information. Overall it was a strong romance, and I enjoyed the different sub plots that occur as well. It only added more to the story. I love the masterful way the reader brings the characters to life in a setting of conflict, magic and passion. A stirring way this story brings out the unexpecting sizzling romance!! A EXCITING ROMP!!!

 Favorite Quote 
"I don't care, I want to make love to my wife, to hear you moan when I bring you pleasure." His words made her insides quiver, as did his hands as they circled her hips and pulled her back into his arms. 
"And I will bring you pleasure, Amber." He kissed her briefly. "So much pleasure"

My Grade 
3.5 Blossoms

Heat Rating 
Warm

Other Books In Series 
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Silent Vows
Redeeming Vows
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