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~~~This sequel to Trade Winds is passionate and engaging, with some amazingly evocative descriptions of the rugged Highlands. A great winter read. 4 stars. ~~~ --Star Magazine
--Romantic Novelists' Association
**Winner of the 2012 Best Romantic Historical Novel of the year award (RoNA).** --Romantic Novelists' Association
--Romantic Novelists' Association
**Winner of the 2012 Best Romantic Historical Novel of the year award (RoNA).** --Romantic Novelists' Association
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Who can you trust? Betrayed by his brother and his childhood love, Brice Kinross needs a fresh start. So he welcomes the opportunity to leave Sweden for the Scottish Highlands to take over the family estate. But there's trouble afoot at Rosyth in 1754 and Brice finds himself unwelcome. The estate's in ruin and money is disappearing. He discovers an ally in Marsaili Buchanan, the beautiful redheaded housekeeper, but can he trust her? Marsaili is determined to build a good life. She works hard at being a housekeeper and harder still at avoiding men who want to take advantage of her. But she's irresistibly drawn to the new clan chief, even though he's made it plain he doesn't want to be shackled to anyone. And the young laird has more than romance on his mind. His investigations are stirring up an enemy. Someone who will stop at nothing to get what he wants including Marsaili even if that means destroying Brice's life forever ... Sequel to Trade Winds. Trade Winds was short listed for the Romantic Novelists' Association's Pure Passion Award for Best Historical Fiction 2011.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have just finished reading Highland Storms.
I suppose there are a few stereotypical characters - the bad man, the beautiful girl, the handsome, well muscled hero who can ignore any injury, no matter how painful.
There's the boy meets girl but neither of them are willing to admit they have fallen instantly in love... boy thinks he's lost his girl; girl thinks boy doesn't love her anyway..... bad man ends up..... (well I'm not divulging that bit!)
But to bake a quality cake you need a favourite recipe, and I can assure you, Highland Storms is fit for a Baker's Masterclass.
It has all the right ingredients required for a scrumptious read - and the icing on the cake is Christina Courteney's wonderful ability as a writer of historical romance.
Highland Storms - highly recommended!
I suppose there are a few stereotypical characters - the bad man, the beautiful girl, the handsome, well muscled hero who can ignore any injury, no matter how painful.
There's the boy meets girl but neither of them are willing to admit they have fallen instantly in love... boy thinks he's lost his girl; girl thinks boy doesn't love her anyway..... bad man ends up..... (well I'm not divulging that bit!)
But to bake a quality cake you need a favourite recipe, and I can assure you, Highland Storms is fit for a Baker's Masterclass.
It has all the right ingredients required for a scrumptious read - and the icing on the cake is Christina Courteney's wonderful ability as a writer of historical romance.
Highland Storms - highly recommended!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Some years ago I read Diana Gabaldon's novel "Cross Stitch", and since then I've been searching for an equally well-researched historical novel set in the Scottish Highlands. "Highland Storms" has the same ingredients. The romance between Brice Kinross and Marsaili Buchanan is expertly woven in between the drama of the history - the punitive treatment of the Scots in the years after the Battle of Culloden, every day life at an 18th century Scottish castle, and all against the backdrop of the gorgeous Highland setting. I could almost smell the heather, feel the cool waters of the loch on my skin, hear the cattle lowing in the fields. Well worth it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is such a thrilling twist on a well-loved plot!
The main character, Marsaili, is introduced to us when a pursuer comes knocking at her door. Although the phrase, "They never give up, do they, boy?" passes in the first few lines, after several pages you realise what a sweet and lovable character she is.
Then there is the dashing Brice Kinross, who was previously seen in "Trade Winds" as a baby, (but you don't have to read that to understand this novel), an affected, but independent young man with a clear head.
Almost naturally, the two connect when he comes back for the first time since childhood, to visit his debilitating family home, where she works.
This isn't just a romance story however, it also includes some historical aspects, introducing the political intrigue of the time, involving revolts and a Jacobite pretender.
Dangers are faced and...well you have to read on.
This book is brilliant! Definitely worthy of the five stars I have given it.
The main character, Marsaili, is introduced to us when a pursuer comes knocking at her door. Although the phrase, "They never give up, do they, boy?" passes in the first few lines, after several pages you realise what a sweet and lovable character she is.
Then there is the dashing Brice Kinross, who was previously seen in "Trade Winds" as a baby, (but you don't have to read that to understand this novel), an affected, but independent young man with a clear head.
Almost naturally, the two connect when he comes back for the first time since childhood, to visit his debilitating family home, where she works.
This isn't just a romance story however, it also includes some historical aspects, introducing the political intrigue of the time, involving revolts and a Jacobite pretender.
Dangers are faced and...well you have to read on.
This book is brilliant! Definitely worthy of the five stars I have given it.
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Highland Storms
Enjoyed this book very much.I found it very difficult to put down. I almost felt has though i was there living this life.
Published 1 month ago by chris
I was disappointed when the book ended, I wanted more.
Although Highland Storms is in fact a sequel, it is not dependent on having read Trade Winds although, I really urge you to read it first if possible. Why? Read more
Published 1 month ago by LindyLouMac
Barbara Cartland Land
It's not fair to give a book a bad review simply because YOU don't like it and I am not going to do that. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Eternita
Highland Storms
A lovely mushy, totally predictable, sugary sweet tale of hero and herione battling against all the odds in order to live happily ever after. Read more
Published 1 month ago by FreeByrde
Engaging and absorbing
I've read Christina Courtenay's previous novels and loved them, so was thrilled that Highland Storms didn't let me down. I was really swept away by it. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. S. M. Matthews
Tuck in to this delicious hero!
I have to admit when publishers ask what genres I read I always say everything except historical fiction. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Kirsty at Book - Love - Bug
A wonderful Scottish romance
I've loved all Christina Courtenay's work and think this is her best novel yet. The handsome, blond hero is gorgeous, the fiery, beautiful heroine is the sort of woman with whom... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Lally
Another winning story from Christina
Having already read and enjoyed Christina Courtenay's previous two novels, Trade Winds and The Scarlet Kimono, you'd think that I would have learned my lesson and left Highland... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Kathryn Eastman
Highland romance and adventure
Brice Kinross - even the name just oozes hero status - travels back to The Scottish Highlands from Sweden to claim his estate, Rosyth, with his father blessing. Read more
Published 6 months ago by DizzyC
A fab read - romance, action and adventure!
Brice Kinross, son of the gorgeous Killian Kinross, takes up his seat in Scotland as Laird of Rosyth. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Love Reading Love Books
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