A Highlander's Temptation
Mackenzie (7)
Sue Ellen Welfonder
Grand Central Publishing
Paperback
Published October 2009
375 Pages
Scottish Highlands Historical Romance
ISBN:978-0-446-19530-0 Authors Website
Synopsis Darroc MacConacher
spends sleepless nights dreaming of a raven-haired beauty who makes him
ache with desire. Then his dream comes true: the lady with her lush
curves and fair skin appears shipwrecked on his shores. Darroc is
immediately drawn to her strength and beauty, and from the moment she
lays eyes on this powerful, broad-shouldered warrior, Lady Arabella
MacKenzie knows she'll never want another man.
But theirs is a
forbidden love. The MacKenzies drove the MacConachers from their lands
and destroyed their honor. Now, Darroc can use this sapphire-eyed
seductress to shatter his foes. Yet how can he deny the passion that
burns between him and Arabella, and ruin the one woman who touches his
very soul?
Seducing A Scottish Bride
Mackenzie (6)
Sue Ellen Welfonder
Grand Central Publishing
Paperback
Published March 2009
364 Pages
Scottish Highlands Romance
ISBN: 978-0-446-19529-4 Authors Website
Gelis MacKenzie is one
of the most desirable heiresses in all the Western Highlands. She is the
youngest and much adored daughter of the indomitable Black Stag of
Kintail, Duncan MacKenzie, who was the hero of Welfonder's novel DEVIL
IN A KILT. Unfortunately, Gelis has been branded unmarriageable, but not
for lack of masculine interest. No matter how lofty the ancestry, how
deep the purse, or how mighty the sword arm, nary a one of her suitors
is good enough for her father. Although he loves Gelis fiercely and
knows he must someday see her settled and wed, Duncan isn't quite ready
to let her go.
But now Duncan has received an offer for Gelis's
hand in marriage that he is honor-bound to accept-and it comes from the
worst possible quarter. The suitor, Ronan MacRuari of Castle Dare, is
the last man Duncan MacKenzie would wish for a son-in-law. Known as the
Raven, Ronan is the scion of a dark clan that has been marked by a
deadly curse.
Ronan and Gelis are instantly attracted to one
another, but they are immediately estranged. Ronan's last two wives have
died abruptly and he doesn't want to see his vivacious newly-wed Gelis
suffer the same fate, so he distances himself from her as much as
possible. In the meantime, Ronan searches for the Raven Stone, a fabled
treasure that he believes holds the power of the curse over his clan.
But Gelis has fallen in love with her new husband, and she's determined
to help him. Though Ronan doesn't know it, Gelis also has the gift of
second-sight, and she has seen a future in which she is destined to help
redeem her cursed husband.
Bride Of The Beast
Mackenzie (2)
Sue Ellen Welfonder
Warner
331 Pages
Published Jan 2003
Scottish Highlands
When passion is fierce, resistance is futile.
A HEADSTRONG LADY, A BATTLE-TORN KNIGHT, AND A LESSON IN TEMPTATION!
Twice wed and twice widowed, Lady Caterine Keith has no need for a champion. She can fend off unwanted suitors on her own and guard her Scottish stronghold without the help of any man. But her sister, knowing better, sends a make-believe husband--a knight with a battle-scarred face almost too frightening to behold. Sir Marmaduke Strongbow has a secret ambition. He wants not Caterine's land but her hand in marriage and her heart to own. With tantalizing caresses, he will show her how a real champion lays siege...and how love is impossible to fight.
MY REVIEW
Summary:
Lady Caterine Keith has already been widowed twice and isn't eager or willing to go for a third time. Thre is a unwanted suitor who only desires to get a hold of her Scottish stronghold. One whom repels her so and se is stunned when a battle scarred Knight come sto her as a protector. Sir Marmaduke Strongbow is determined to show Caterine the path of her passion....and a everlasting love, where he goes about to claim hold of her heart and her love.
The Hero (Marmaduke Strongbow)
Marmaduke once handsome, is now scarred and desires to find love of a woman and once he meets Caterine, he is ever more determined to lay siege and claime her as his own. Marmaduke is a real champoon and a talented warrior and aches to find a love that his closest friend has found for himself.
The Heroine (Caterine Keith)
Caterine, after outliving two husbands seeks peace and solitude. But then her sister sends her a champion who wants to marry her. Even thoug she sets up defenses to resist Marmaduke; is caresses slowly break them down and she finds herself, falling for the knight who despite being scarred has a heart of gold.
My Thoughts
Bride of the beast is the second book in the Mackenzie series written by Sue Ellen Welfonder. I have recently discovered this author, and have just loved what she has written so far, which includes Bride of the Beast. Since I love the first one so much I thought I would try and see how I would like this one, and I just fell in love with it. I truly enjoyed reading Marmaduke's story...it was enchanting. I found the interaction between the characters engaging and filled with a emotional intensity that will take your breath away. A most entertaing read!!!
My Favorite Quote
Smiling through her tears, she turned her full gaze on him-the open gaze of a woman who never lied "And, yes, my lord, I wear the ring because you had my heart, " she told him " Fully, irrevocable, for all our days and beyond,"
My Grade On This Book
4 Blossoms
Other Books In The Series
Devil In A Kilt
Only For A Knight
Until the Knight Comes
Bride For A Knight
Seducing A Scottish Bride
A Highlander's Temptation
Devil In A Kilt
Mackenzie (1)
Sue-Ellen Welfonder
Warner,
421 Pages
Published August 2001
Medieval Scottish Highlands
ISBN: 0-446-61025-9
Synopsis Honorable Mention as The Historical Romance Club's Favorite Historical Romance of the Year for 2003
A Fiery Angel, A Coldhearted Devil, And A Marriage Hotter Than Hell!
Linnet MacDonnell was the youngest of seven sisters, and not the family beauty. With her flame-bright red hair, sharp tongue, and strange gift of second-sight, no man wanted her. But the devil would take her. Bartered as a bride to her father's long-sworn enemy, the nobly born Highlander Duncan MacKenzie of Kintail, she had no choice but to enter a marriage with a man rumored to have murdered his first wife and said to possess neither heart nor soul.
Forbidding and proud, Duncan MacKenzie wanted only one thing from his new bride -- to use her special gift to determine if young Robbie was truly his son. He never expected the MacDonnell lass to stubbornly follow her heart, chase away the darkness in his castle with light and laughter, and ignite a raging fire in his blood. How dare she defy him, and tempt a devil like him to feel what he feared most of all --- love!
From an exciting new voice in romantic fiction comes a story as tempestuous, colorful, and passionate as medieval Scotland itself ... Devil in a Kilt
My Review:
When Linnet MacDonnell was the youngest in her family, but now her father has decided to give her to Duncan MacKensie, a enemy to her father, as wife, despite her protests to the contrary. Throughout her young life, she is spirited but also has a gift for a second sight, which has prevented her from any man from wanting her, except for Duncan MacKensie who needs her gift more than he needs her, but is willing to marry her to know certain truths. At first Linnet is nervous around her new husband, who has made it clear he only needs her for her sight. Duncan MacKensie, after being betrayed, has doubts about his son being truly his son, so he needs the talent of Linnet to know the truth. When Linnet knows the truth behind Duncan desiring her for a wife, so knows she needs to get Duncan and his son Robbie to connect again once more, but she knows that it will much harder than she will ever realize, because she starts to realize that there is a lot more to Duncan than her first impressions of him, and knows that she could be falling in love with the man who has captured her heart.
I found Devil In A Kilt to be the kind of historical romance that I desperately fall in love with. I just love Scottish Historicals, and this one was filled with adventure, passion and love. We have Linnet who is loved by all of her brothers, but her father would do anything to be rid of her, so when he barters her into marriage with his sworn enemy, she yearns for love and a place that is truly home, but knows that she may never find such a place, until she finds herself married to the Highlander Duncan MacKenzie, who just wants to use her for her gift. But when passion flares between them, she knows that there is a whole lot more potential than she ever realized would happen. Duncan after being betrayed, has drifted away from his son Robbie, whom he doubts was ever his son, but is desperate to know the truth. So when he married Linnet, he views her as a means to a end, however he never expected Linnet to be so beautiful and passionate, and finds the ice around his heart melting, both in her and in Robbie. I found this to be such a delectable romance, that I couldn't get enough of it. The plot, the characters, the emotions conveyed so vividly, wraps this lovely scottish romance into a gem of a read!!!
My Grade On This Book
4.5 Blossoms
Other Books In The Series
Bride of the Beat
Only For A Knight
Until The Knight Comes
Bride For A Knight
Seducing A Scottish Bride
A Highlanders Temptation
A Highlander's Temptation
