My Wicked Highlander

June 1, 2005
Summoned home to Scotland by her ailing father to wed a local earl, Isobel, eldest of the MacDonell witches, leaves the relative safety of England for a land where her psychic gifts could get her burned at the stake and finds love in the arms of the knight who is charged with her safe return. Fascinating period detail, unexpected twists, and simmering sexual tension highlight this fast-paced adventure. The satisfying love story stands on its own as well as sets the stage for "My Devilish Scotsman" (Jul. 2005) and "My Shadow Warrior" (Aug. 2005). Holling lives in San Antonio.

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August 1, 2005
In Holling's superb trilogy, it's 1597, and Scotland is no place for witches. After Alan MacDonell's wife was burned at the stake, he sent his three daughters away. Now he is dying and sends three escorts to bring them back to marry men he believes will protect them from the witch hysteria.In " My Wicked Highlander," Sir Philip Kilpatrick is sent to retrieve Isobel. Philip, who has spurned his inheritance, becomes enamored of Isobel and fears for her as well. Isobel is a seer and cannot help but use her powers when they are needed. Philip becomes her protector and, honorable to the last, refuses to act on his feelings because Isobel is betrothed to another. But when Isobel meets her fiance, rumored to have killed his wife, she and her sister, Gillian, switch their intendeds. Medieval Scotland comes to life in Holling's tantalizing trilogy, and each book is moving and engrossing, as each tormented hero is saved, not by the powers of the MacDonell sisters but by their love. Through her alluring characters, Holling celebrates the triumph of good over evil, especially in dangerous times, and no one should miss these fine romances. (Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2005, American Library Association.)