Highland Promise by Mary McCall

Highland Promise by Mary McCall

Sisters by Choice Series, Book 2

Publisher: Champagne Books (January 16, 2012)

540 pages, eBook (purchased myself for $5.99)

Book Rating: 5 Stars

Sensuality Rating: Red Heart

Laird Brendan Sutherland, having been ordered by the King to take an English wife, heads to England to find and marry Lady Faith of Hawkhurst, a sister of his brother’s wife. Faith is a young woman bent on entering the convent and wears a disguise because she believes she is guilty of the Sin of Eve. She needs to learn trust and to break free from the self-deprecating thoughts others have foisted upon this strong woman. Brendan needs to learn to take down the wall he has built up around his heart to protect himself. This is my favorite book so far in this series. Not only does it have a great love story but it also has a wonderful murder mystery woven into it as a secondary plot.  I love how all of her stories revolve around a legend, and this one begins with a legend, as well. The characters are just as rich and vibrant as the first book in this series, Highland Captive. There were a few editorial errors in the Kindle edition of this book (a few spelling and punctuation errors and a template remnant at the beginning of Chapter 17), but not enough to distract from the wonderful story. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in Historical Romance, and I look forward to Book 3 in the Sisters by Choice Series.

Highland Captive by Mary McCall

Highland Captive by Mary McCall
Sisters by Choice Series, Book 1

Publisher: Champagne Books (May 1, 2011)

289 pages, eBook (purchased myself for $5.99)

Book Rating: 5 Stars

Sensuality Rating: Red Heart

In this second glimpse into the legend of the gifted MacKay women we meet the next generation’s gifted one, Alera, a niece of Hope from Highland Treasure. Alera, a young woman as spirited and adventurous as her aunt, has been sold to Viking slavers by her evil Uncle Mortimer. She manages to escape and is rescued by Laird Duncan Ranald shortly after she wades ashore. She eventually realizes that Duncan means to keep her, but she refuses to wed him for as long as she can hold him off, determined that she find her father. The characters and story were great and had as much depth as the first wonderful book by this author, Highland Treasure. The chemistry and constant banter between the two main characters as they fall in love with each other is wonderful. I look forward to the next two installments in this wonderful Sisters by Choice Series.

Highland Treasure by Mary McCall

Highland Treasure by Mary McCall

Sisters by Choice Series, Prequel

Publisher: Eternal Press, a division of Damnation Books LLC (August 2010)

244 pages, eBook (purchased myself for $7.59)

Book Rating: 5 Stars

Sensuality Rating: Red Heart

This is a rich, colorful tale that starts with a wonderful  legend. The legend sets you up to meet, Lady Hope Nevilles, the heroine and Leonce MacPherson, the hero. Hope is a self-reliant, spunky woman and Leonce is a strong highland chieftain, the perfect combination for a great highlander romance with plenty of spicy sex scenes and bawdy banter. Hope is looking to escape an abusive father and find a place to belong where she can learn to trust, and when her father steals a Highland Chieftain’s son, she takes it as a sign to go to her mother’s beloved highlands to return the boy and a sword the boy’s father lost years before. Since the battle when the sword was lost, Leonce has been awaiting the woman in his dreams who promised to return the sword to him. This story is full of humor, suspense and romance. The characters, both main and supporting, are vibrant and fully developed, and the story truly draws you into the carefully crafted world the author has created. I loved these characters and the author’s writing style.

Mary McCall’s second book, Highland Captive, includes a brief glimpse of some of the characters from this book.