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August 9, 2021

REVIEW: The Winter Sea (Slains Book 1) by Susanna Kearsley

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviews18th-century / Contemporary / dual-timeline / Eighteenth century / Historical / Jacobite / Jacobite rebellion / Paranormal lite / Scotland / scottish historical / Writer15 Comments

1707. The walls of Slains castle shelter Jacobite rebels, who are conspiring to sail the young, exiled James Stewart from France into Scotland to reclaim his crown—and a young woman caught up in their plot. Present day. Writer Carrie McClelland is enchanted by an impromptu trip to Cruden Bay, Scotland, ... more >

September 22, 2014

Reading List by Sunita for September

SunitaBook Reviews / Reading Listsdisability / historical romance / mystery / New Adult / Reading lists / scottish historical / Serial-Killer19 Comments

While perusing Netgalley as well as recommendations from trusted sources, I discovered that a few of the books I was interested in were the second, third, or even later installments of a series. Then my list got longer when Carina Press put a slew of their mystery series’ first volumes on sale at $ ... more >

Outlander
June 27, 2013

Thursday news: Outlander books coming to Starz; Indigo Books to expand abroad; Fungal infection forcing relocation of prison inmates

JanePublishing Newsbrick and mortar / scottish historical / zombies15 Comments

‘Outlander’ books to be adapted as Starz series – This will be welcome news to some readers and painful for others. 16 episodes of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander have been ordered by Starz. Filming is to begin this fall and will premiere sometime in 2014. According to the USA Today article, ... more >

March 21, 2013

REVIEW: Highlander Most Wanted by Maya Banks

JaneC Reviewsmedieval / scottish historical9 Comments

Dear Ms. Banks: Your historical series is really hit or miss for me. While Genevieve McInnes and Bowen Montgomery are perfectly nice characters with a perfectly nice romance, the tone and spirit of the romance was too similar to the last one for me to fully enjoy it. Genevieve McInnes ... more >

December 7, 2012

REVIEW: Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks

JaneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsdisability / enemies to lovers / medieval / scottish historical4 Comments

Dear Ms. Banks: I read this book on recommendation from a friend of mine whose description of it brought me back to my early days of reading romances when Julie Garwood and Amanda Quick were my staples. I gulped the book down in one evening. It’s totally sudsy fun. These ... more >

The Saint by Monica McCarty
April 17, 2012

REVIEW: The Saint by Monica McCarty

DabneyC- Reviewsscottish historical4 Comments

Dear Ms. McCarty, The Saint is the first of your books I’ve read and, if they are all like this, it will be the last. This book combined the worst of the two components of historical romance. The history, of which there is a ton, is info-dumped in large swathes into ... more >

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