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Warrior of the Highlands (Highlands #3)

by Veronica Wolff (Goodreads Author)

3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 · rating details · 222 ratings · 28 reviews

A modern-day woman is wrenched through time by a brutal and bloody ceremony?only to wind up in the arms of a Highland warrior fated for a tragic destiny.

Mass Market Paperback, 319 pages

Published January 6th 2009 by Berkley Sensation (first published January 6th 2008)

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Feb 10, 2009 Julie (jjmachshev) rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Reviewed for queuemyreview.com; book release Jan09

Do you dream of braw Highlanders, time travel, and a hint of witchcraft? If so, then you should enjoy Veronica Wolff’s “Warrior of the Highlands” which nicely combines all three in a tale of family, sacrifice, and love.

Haley is a woman who has faced her fear and turned it into bravery. After surviving an attack by two men, she used her fear and her family’s knowledge to learn to fight. When researching for her thesis she comes upon an old weapon...more Reviewed for queuemyreview.com; book release Jan09

Do you dream of braw Highlanders, time travel, and a hint of witchcraft? If so, then you should enjoy Veronica Wolff’s “Warrior of the Highlands” which nicely combines all three in a tale of family, sacrifice, and love.

Haley is a woman who has faced her fear and turned it into bravery. After surviving an attack by two men, she used her fear and her family’s knowledge to learn to fight. When researching for her thesis she comes upon an old weapon that suggests an error in historical accounts of Scotland and transports her back in time. Suddenly she’s facing one of the greatest warriors of Scottish history, Alasdair MacColla. Soon her disbelief turns to love and fear…fear because she knows her history…and MacColla will die soon. But Haley refuses to give up, and she’ll even turn to a dark witch if it will give her another chance to save him.

MacColla knows naught beyond the desire to fight Campbell and regain his clan lands. He freed his father and brother from Campbell’s dungeons, but now his sister languishes there. While on a daring raid to free her, he runs into a strange woman. Thinking she must be a Campbell, he brings her along as insurance. But when pursuing Campbell’s attack, she saves his life and he hers realizing she must be an enemy of Campbell and therefore his ally. She’s so different from any woman he’s known and it doesn’t take long for him to fall under her spell. Yet she predicts his death and wants to keep him from fighting, and that’s something he just can’t do.

At times very heart-wrenching, this is one hot love story. Both have to learn to lean a little and trust the other. Towards the end, their unwavering belief in each other, the choices they make, and their love are what ensures their happy ending—witchcraft aside. Wolff’s research into her subjects is evident in the skillful way she combines fact and fantasy to bring love and humanity to a figure history recalls as a savage fighter.

The story is riveting, the plot imaginative, and the pacing is fast enough to keep the action rolling throughout. Veronica Wolff managed to bring a piece of the Highlands, and history, to my reading room. I was a bit sad to see the story of these two strong characters come to an end. “Warrior of the Highlands” is a pleasant afternoon read and will make you wish for a Highlander of your own.(less)

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Mar 13, 2009 Bookaholics rated it 4 of 5 stars

Warrior of the Highlands by Veronica Wolff
Historical Romance January 6, 2009
4 Stars

Warrior of the Highlands by Veronica Wolff is the third in her Highland series. This is a story of a love that transcends time and so much more.

Haley Fitzpatrick is a student fascinated with weapons. When she comes across a gun that could possibly offer the opportunity to correct a historical inaccuracy, and become subject for her thesis, she is instantly obsessed.

The obsession with the weapon results in bein...more

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Jul 26, 2011 Sandy M rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical, contemporary, time-travel

I’m usually a sucker for time travel romance. That’s why with her first book, Master of the Highlands, I wanted to read Veronica Wolff. Unfortunately, that book and her second, Sword of the Highlands, didn’t quite work for me. I usually give an author a second try after a stumbling start, but because she’s giving me time travel, I tried a third time for Ms. Wolff. I am so very glad I did.

Third time’s the charm, as they say. I liked everything about this book. The common denominator in this autho...more I’m usually a sucker for time travel romance. That’s why with her first book, Master of the Highlands, I wanted to read Veronica Wolff. Unfortunately, that book and her second, Sword of the Highlands, didn’t quite work for me. I usually give an author a second try after a stumbling start, but because she’s giving me time travel, I tried a third time for Ms. Wolff. I am so very glad I did.

Third time’s the charm, as they say. I liked everything about this book. The common denominator in this author’s books is she uses real historical characters to build her time travel stories around. That’s what didn’t work for me that well in her first two books for one reason or another. However, this time wrapping her story around Alasdair MacColla, a true but little known Scottish warrior and hero, she hit gold. His story, to me, was more conducive to the time travel and romance aspect of the genre.

Haley is a student of antiquities, has a loving Irish family, and is fascinated by history. Finding an old and unusual sword that she believes to belong to James Graham, thus casting doubt on historical facts about the man, she’s also found the theme for her dissertation. But the next thing she knows she’s thrown back in time to Scotland during the time of the MacColla, a man who historians have cited as one bloodthirsty Scot. But what she sees in getting to know the man, from rescuing his captive sister, even rescuing Haley herself several times, and the tender way he consistently treats her, she knows he’s been given a bad wrap through history.

A clansman through and through, MacColla is a warrior who takes care of his family any way he has to, including killing a Campbell or two. Capturing a strange woman who he believes to be a Campbell seems like a good idea at the moment, but the more he gets to know her, he realizes she can’t be a Campbell, nor a spy for them. Being so different from any woman he’s ever met, he slowly begins to care for her. Even after learning the truth of where she hails from doesn’t change a thing for him. Haley overlooks his repuation through the ages, he can do the same for her in the here and now.

These two characters fall in love just because of who they are. There’s no conflict to toss them, as well as their feelings, around, lobbing problems and issues back and forth until the reader is dizzy. Their feelings develop over the course of the book and it’s done so wonderfully well. They are literally perfect for each other, despite the centuries that exist between them. Haley is independent and strong-willed, knows how to think on her feet, which she definitely needs to do in seventeenth-century Scotland. MacColla learns there is more than hunting and killing a Campbell, even if they deserve it for the wrongs they have wrought on his family.

I really enjoyed the twist in the time travel element near the end of the book. I ended up misty eyed when Ms. Wolff got a little crafty with her HEA. I also liked the description of Scotland itself in this book. I felt like I was there, smelling the heather, breathing the clean air, walking through a castle, seeing the color of MacColla’s tartan.

I”m very glad I stuck with this author and tried one more book. Now I’m anticipating the next one, something I didn’t do with WofH.

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May 19, 2009 Katie(babs) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Haley Fitzpatrick is a graduate student who has a fellowship co-funded by the Historical Department and the Department of Celtic Languages at her grad school. Haley is a lover of everything to do with seventeenth-century Scottish weapons, even though she is studying the Scottish Reformation-era for her dissertation. One such weapon has caught her eye; it looks like a dagger but is actually a combination weapon, a spear that can shoot bullets. There is an inscription on the hilt for someone named...more Haley Fitzpatrick is a graduate student who has a fellowship co-funded by the Historical Department and the Department of Celtic Languages at her grad school. Haley is a lover of everything to do with seventeenth-century Scottish weapons, even though she is studying the Scottish Reformation-era for her dissertation. One such weapon has caught her eye; it looks like a dagger but is actually a combination weapon, a spear that can shoot bullets. There is an inscription on the hilt for someone named James. Haley comes to some conclusions: that the dagger is dated from 1675 and was from James Graham's wife. But the interesting thing is that Graham was hanged twenty years before that. If this is true, that means the famous war hero who was supposedly hanged in Edinburgh in the middle of the seventeenth century wasn't. Haley's mission is now to figure out what happened to James Graham. But Haley's mission will take her straight from the classroom and back to Scotland in 1646!

As Haley places the dagger away for safekeeping, a wooden panel appears on a table. As she blows the dirt off the panel, she uncovers a sketch of a man and a woman. There is something very familiar about the woman, especially the scar on her neck, much like the scar Haley has on her own neck from a knife attack by some ruffians. By touching the sketch, Haley is transported back to Scotland and ends up being kidnapped by the notorious Alasdair MacColla, a warrior who has the reputation of being quite bloodthirsty. MacColla doesn't know what to think of the strange woman he has come in contact with as he is trying to save his sister from the evil clutches of the Campbell clan. Thinking that Haley is a Campbell woman, he takes her and will keep her with him as revenge against the Campbell for what he did to his poor sister, Jean. Haley has no choice but to go along with the brute, because if she doesn't, she may never get home.

MacColla is intrigued by the woman with the strange first name of Haley. She may know Gaelic very well and says she is Irish, but her manner and the way she talks is very strange. MacColla feels very protective of the lass. Haley is beyond scared and has no idea how or why she has been transported back in time to Scotland. Haley still has to figure out what happened to James Graham and how MacColla falls into the equation. She wants to go back to her own time, but MacColla is everything she has ever wanted in a man. Is she willing to stay with MacColla and save his life, or allow the past to play out as it should?

Alasdair MacColla is the WARRIOR OF THE HIGHLANDS, and Haley is his true love and mate in this time travel romance from Veronica Wolff. Fans of Scottish romances as well as time travel enthusiasts will surely enjoy this latest installment in the Highland series about present day women who go back in time to aid the Scotsmen of their dreams. (See www.veronicawolff.com for a complete listing of the books.) Haley is one smart cookie who keeps a steady head on her shoulders even though she is violently thrown back into the past. She is knowledgeable enough about historic Scotland and can handle things pretty well, considering. Alasdair MacColla is a true warrior on the battlefield but quite gentle when it comes to Haley. Even though his reputation may be a bit brutal, he shows that he is a man who can come undone from the love of a good woman. And Haley is the leannan of his heart.

Along with nice action scenes and battles, the mystery about Haley's traveling back in time is very important and whether she can change history for the better and return home to her family, or if she even wants to, especially when she finds love with MacColla. When MacColla listens to Haley's tale, he doesn't go into shock about her talk of the future. From that moment on, they work as a team to escape from under the Campbell who wants MacColla dead and will try and use Haley to make it happen.

WARRIOR OF THE HIGHLANDS is a nice read that gives you the taste of the Scottish hills and those men who were larger than life.(less)

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Jul 10, 2010 Rachel rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-fiction, romance

I really enjoyed this book - the author didn't try to make the time travel too scientific, and the main characters were both believable and likable. The historical aspect of the book was relatively accurate, if a little light - and the interaction between the heroine and the hero's sister, in particular, did an excellent job of explaining Haley's appeal to Alasdair. The only part that could have been improved was the interaction between the two main characters - there just wasn't enough of it. I...more

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Dec 01, 2010 Sharon rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance-historical

Hmm. Apparently I'm in the minority here, but I didn't love this book. I'm not sure why I keep trying Wolff, but I get less impressed with each one. I can't say I really felt for either main character, the plot lines reminded me very much of the previous book, and after the first half, I just kept reading for the sake of finishing it. Oh, well.

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Jan 28, 2009 Barbara ★ rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: anyone who loves Scotland and Highland men

Shelves: time-travel, read-2009, set-in-europe-scotland, romance

This is book 2 of this time-traveling series. Another great installment. Haley is a terrific heroine from Boston transported to 1646 Scotland. MacColla is a rugged Highlander warring with a neighboring clan who are set on totally eradicating his family tree. This book had me reading til 1 am because I just couldn't put it down. EXCELLENT.

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Dec 20, 2010 Theresa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-romance

Modern day Bostonian woman Haley Fitzpatrick goes back in time to 1646 Scotland and finds the love of her life Alasdair MacColla. Very good story and what makes it stand out from other time travel novels is that Haley is doing her dissertation on seventeenth century weapons, she knows enough to be able to help out.

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Aug 04, 2010 Patsyann rated it 5 of 5 stars

I loved this book!! The time travel was pretty unbelievable but soon forgotten. The romance was so tender and loving. Everything I want in a romance. the Epilogue was the greatest~!
The chapters were short, the story went fast. There was some history, but because of the short chapters, it didn’t drag the story.The secondary characters did not ruin the story and even the chapters covering the villain did not drag.
Alasdair MacColla is my #10 best hero!!

BEST USE OF: A witch, sand and the Gaelic lang...more

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Mar 31, 2011 Michele bookloverforever rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-rom

time traveling modern woman goes to medieval scotland, falls in love with hero, time travels a 2nd time to save him and lives happily ever after. does she stay or go back to her birth family?

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Feb 09, 2009 April rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009, library

I have a sentimental attachment to Time Travel romance as that was the first romance I read, but since then I have never really found any I enjoyed. Maybe I should stop trying.

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Jul 09, 2012 Amber rated it 5 of 5 stars

Loved it! This is my favorite so far in the series... read in less than 24 hours, staying up until 3am to finish it!!! Likeable characters, strong storyline, and just the right amount of romance :)

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Feb 20, 2009 Katderrick rated it 5 of 5 stars

Really enjoyed this. A bit different from others with the female being a bit more empowered. Finised in 2 nights!

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Jun 12, 2011 Sha Mslvoe ♥♥♥ rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: highlander, time-travel, on-nook, scottish-highland, medieval, historical-romance

I find that her style is not my cup of tea. I always love time-travel romance but this book, I'm not impressed.

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Feb 18, 2013 Brittany rated it 5 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed this book! I laughed and really enjoyed the characters.

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Jan 25, 2013 Beccie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Liked this one but the ending was kind of rushed with the skipping through the years too suddenly.

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May 05, 2009 J. Ostrowski rated it 5 of 5 stars

Great Scotts! lol Loved it. Now I have to pick up the others.

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May 03, 2009 Sherri *The Lady Hillindale* rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: scottish-highland-romance, paranormal-romance

Great read! Two people who find each other against million to one odds, fall in love and stay in love. Good happily ever after adds to the 4 star review.

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May 21, 2009 Catherine rated it 4 of 5 stars

4 and 1/2...
Well done.

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Aug 06, 2009 Heidi Smith rated it 5 of 5 stars

Better than the first one....reminded me of myself!

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Oct 11, 2009 Denise rated it 3 of 5 stars

More time travel :) Connected with the other story so that makes it nice. I enjoyed this book. She was a fighter and had some warrier skills to boot.

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May 05, 2011 Amanda The Book Slayer rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: highlander, must-read, sexy-alpha-male

Review Coming!

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Apr 06, 2012 Erica rated it 1 of 5 stars

Wow this book was BORING, I've never been so dissinterested in a novel before, but of course I gave it the benefit of the doubt and read it till the end where I was not rewarded for my troubles. Im so dissapointed as I read a whole heap of reviews that this book was great. The One Star is for the lickable cover

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Apr 22, 2013 Mydearloverboy rated it 4 of 5 stars

abrupt unfulfilled ending;(...and a bit rushed at the end and I don't see how they fell in love with each other clear enough...
other than that, 4 stars for the plot and a bit of intrigue despite being predictable;)

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Mar 23, 2013 Tara rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-2013

this was a good read.

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Mar 27, 2013 Emily rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: highlander, timetravel

Interesting read. This was actually a reread for me. I am on a time travel thing right now. I enjoyed the historical part of this.

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Sep 10, 2010 Kendra rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: z-added-in-july-2010, romance, z-read-in-sept-2010

Bk. 3, MacColla and Haley, another good read, though not as infamous historically as the previous 2 books.

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Dec 19, 2010 Samantha South rated it 5 of 5 stars

I LOVED IT!!!!!!! Her books are awesome I cannot wait for her to publish new ones...

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About Veronica Wolff

Once upon a time there was a girl. She liked horses and Shaun Cassidy and Gunne Sax dresses, like many of the other girls her age. She had a big, loving family and, since their dad was in the Navy, they moved around. A lot. She was shy, though, and generally preferred a day spent in the company of her Trixie Belden books to running around with the other kids, whom she really didn’t know very well...more Once upon a time there was a girl. She liked horses and Shaun Cassidy and Gunne Sax dresses, like many of the other girls her age. She had a big, loving family and, since their dad was in the Navy, they moved around. A lot. She was shy, though, and generally preferred a day spent in the company of her Trixie Belden books to running around with the other kids, whom she really didn’t know very well anyway.

She grew up and she still preferred the company of books, so she read, and she read some more, and she loved romantic stories, and stories about dragons and young men on quests, and stories by Jane and Daphne and Emily and Charlotte. But this girl realized that seeing all different kinds of places and all different kinds of people had become a part of who she was, and so she studied languages and art from faraway places. But she could be dramatic, and so she decided to study all of that while living in India. And then she studied in India again. For a long time. And she thought that, when she grew up some more, she would be a fancy professor and write linguistic papers and teach students about art and do other fancy-professor things.

But first she moved to California, where she had never been, because it seemed the place to move to start such a new and fabulous life. And she got a job to pay the rent. She discovered she still loved books that drew her in, and made her cry, and kept her awake till she had to scrunch her eyebrows to see the words clearly. And she realized too that she much preferred those books to the ones that mostly just taught her stuff and made her feel anxious that she wasn’t busy making grand statements in grand journals. And while she was figuring all this out, she needed money, and so she did what many of the other girls in California were doing and she got a job doing Internet stuff.

And she met her hero, and they married, and they got some pets and had some kids. But she still liked to go places in her mind as she stared out the window while doing things like washing bottles and burping babies, and so she started writing a story. And you can imagine the rest.

Now that she's grown up, she likes to see movies and read books, cut flowers from her garden, spend time with friends and drink wine, and go snowboarding. Not all at the same time of course. And she still loves stories about dragons, but mostly she loves stories about love.(less)

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