The Inscription (Sonnet Books) [Mass Market Paperback]

To provide Amber protection, Lachlan names her as his betrothed. As the duo starts to know one another, they fall in love. However, he thinks she is the legend who has temporarily come back to help his people fight an ancient enemy before returning to the twentieth century. Assuming that they defeat the evil threatening his clan and if she goes home, Lachlan, being an immortal, knows that the wait to see his love again will seem much more excruciating than four hundred plus years.

THE INSCRIPTION is an intriguing time travel romance that will remind the audience of "The Highlander." The story line is entertaining, but it is the characters that make this a fun novel. The lead couple is a charming pair as late twentieth century feminism battles sixteenth century Scottish machismo. The support cast, especially Lachlan's siblings, add much depth to the tale. Pam Binder will leave her audience spellbound and desiring similar tales starring immortals.

Harriet Klausner

Nope. Skip this one, folks.

There were several problems with logic and continuity - a character knows something in one scene that they have no way of knowing, then have forgotten they knew it in the next chapter; this gets to be disruptive for the attentive reader.

Major plot points were skipped completely (the room with the potions and the star maps, for example. Why make such a big deal out of this if they were never to be seen again?).

What was the point, also, of Marcail and O'Donnell? Neither character was particularly well-drawn or even all that likable, so it really didn't matter to the reader whether or not they ever decided to join.

Many of the scenes were short - 3 or 4 paragraphs or no more than a page - but they would jump characters and even jump 2 or 3 days from the previous scene. Unfortunately, in jumping over the days, the author missed telling big chunks of story. Considering that the time travel portion only covered 28 days to begin with, she didn't have the luxury of skipping days.

Pass this one up. If you want immortality and the Scottish Highlands, watch "Highlander" (the first movie). If you want time travel and the Scottish Highlands, read Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander."

I definitely will not read more by this author.