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Charming the Highlander (Pine Creek Highlanders #1)

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A feisty beauty tempted by a bold highlander's touch... When a plane crash strands brilliant scientist Grace Sutter on an icy mountaintop in Maine, she finds herself alone in the wilderness with the only other surviving passenger -- Greylen MacKeage, a sexy, medieval warrior who's been tossed through time to find the woman he's destined to love. Forced together to survive...more

Mass Market Paperback, 375 pages

Published November 29th 2003 by Pocket Books (first published 2003)

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Jun 02, 2010 kari rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I like to read a good romance novel now and again, but unfortunately this was nothing like a good romance novel. The contrived meandering plot didn't draw me in and I found Grace to be a character that I cared nothing about, if not actively disliked.
Grace promises her dying sister, Mary, that she will take Mary's newborn baby son to his father. Then decides that she isn't going to and it's just too bad for the father. Really? She keeps justifying it because of one single thing Mary said about hi...more I like to read a good romance novel now and again, but unfortunately this was nothing like a good romance novel. The contrived meandering plot didn't draw me in and I found Grace to be a character that I cared nothing about, if not actively disliked.
Grace promises her dying sister, Mary, that she will take Mary's newborn baby son to his father. Then decides that she isn't going to and it's just too bad for the father. Really? She keeps justifying it because of one single thing Mary said about him, but she also said he would love his son, be a wonderful father and she wants him to have his child. Nope, Grace decides before ever meeting the man that she will totally disregard her sister's last request. Seriously.
Then Grace makes a point of constantly telling every man she meets how she's as able as any man, but any time she gets into trouble, she expects some buff, studly man to come help her out. Example, she finds baby things, crib, cradle, in her attic and brings down the cradle, thinking to herself, that she'll ask one of the men to bring down the rest when they stop by. She flounces out of the hero's home in a temperamental hissy fit and runs her truck into a snow bank, getting it stuck. So she walks to the home of the baby's father(from whom she is still keeping the fact of his son a secret) and asks him to come help her. What about how independent and capable she is? Yeah, not so much.
The plot is a mess. Grace is a rocket scientist and the company she works for has launched a satelite in order to do I don't know what, but the company's ultimate goal is commercial space travel. Don't worry about this because this plot line goes nowhere, other than possibly destroying the world because another company of baddies want to use her technology to create weapons. The baddies come to kidnap her and instead of picking up something from the tool box to use as a weapon, she decides she will burst in and kick them in the shins. I'll repeat that: kick them in the shins. Ridiculous. By this point my head is aching from the near constant eye-rolling. The whole kidnapping plot is foiled(the men rescue her again) and nothing more is ever said about it.
Then there is the magical element which I thought was the real basis of the story, but that even seems more of an afterthought. When Grace, the rocket scientist, finds out magic is real, she accepts it all far too easily. Her mathematical mind wouldn't turn that easily, but then she's all zoned out on the never ending lust anyway.
Speaking of the lust, the love scenes pop up out of nowhere. Grace is arguing in the snowcat with Grey, the hero, and she jumps out in yet another hissy fit. He comes after her, grabs her, lip locks her and she is suddenly shouting I love you, I love you and they traipse off to a conveniently located summit house to consumate their love. After this behavior and at the end of the book, she gets all Victorian, saying she must be properly courted and romanced. Kind of a little late for that, imo.
The reasons Grace is always thinking of why she can't be with Grey are so artificial, so contrived as to be laughable. She can't be with him because she has this baby, she can't because she has her job to think about, she can't because he might be from the past, she can't because he makes her all gooey inside and not feel smart, she can't simply because he's too gorgeous for real life. Okay, I made that last one up, but you see my point?
Grey is Alpha male X 10. He is marginally more entertaining then Grace; his character being a bit more consistent in his behavior. Their relationship is based solely on their sexual attraction and his ability to always be there to rescue her from whatever stupid thing she's done now.
Lastly, for a book all about highlanders, I'd have liked to get some idea of their speech, other than the occasional aye, nay or lassie.
All in all, a mess.

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Nov 15, 2008 Eastofoz rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Readers who like syrupy reads

Recommended to Eastofoz by: Julie (on loan)

Shelves: contemporary, time-travel, highlander

This was a disappointing read. I love a good alpha Highlander story and had high hopes for this one, but it was a below-average-couldn’t-wait-to-finish-it kind of read :-/

It took a long time for the h/h to get together once they could actually be together and there were long scenes where they were never together which made the story annoying. Too much attention was paid to boring details about other people that no one cares about. Even the steam was blah.

When the heroine’s neaderthal brothers a...more

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Jan 10, 2013 Jetches (My Not So Vacant Shelf) rated it 4 of 5 stars

I loved this twist on the typical Highlander series. Instead of taking place in Scotland, or having them go back in time to the time of Highlanders we get Highlanders whom are thrown into the future. Into our modern times (well 2003). The twist brought along a lot of new aspects that I really liked such as the Clan/males learning the value or women and seeing them as equals, while still keeping their Alpha-Male and occasionally cave man personalities. I admit that I do still like the novels were...more I loved this twist on the typical Highlander series. Instead of taking place in Scotland, or having them go back in time to the time of Highlanders we get Highlanders whom are thrown into the future. Into our modern times (well 2003). The twist brought along a lot of new aspects that I really liked such as the Clan/males learning the value or women and seeing them as equals, while still keeping their Alpha-Male and occasionally cave man personalities. I admit that I do still like the novels were they order them around as well. And then they threw in a baby. That’s right Grace is responsible for a little one during this novel and I loved watching Grey react with him. That made me have a heart swelling crush on him. And of course the fact that he could lift a sword that was big as Grace kind of helped. I loved the love between Grace and Grey, but for Grey is happened instantly. Love at first sight, which is always something I am weary about, but in this novel there is magic to help explain it and a long with magic comes the belief in soul mates. Janet Chapman does charm you in a novel filled with Highlanders, action, drama, and emotion, and has hooked me into the series.
Good:
Grace—independent, smart, and determined.
Grey—protective, determined, loyal, and a hot sexy highlander.
Bad:

The love moved a little fast, although I liked the passion. I also got a little lost in some of the technical space talk, but that was barely an issue.

Overall (Writing style, story line, and general):

Overall, I was enchanted. I loved Grace and I loved Grey, and I loved the isolation of the small town so that it didn’t make their transition into the new world seem unrealistic. The writing was easy to follow, and the passion had me blushing. I cried and worried when necessary and completely got dragged into their lives. The story was interesting and brought a new twist on the Highlander genre (it really should have it’s own, there is definitely enough books). Janet Chapman brought some new twists to a traditional story and made an ensemble of memorable characters. I can’t wait to see what the future has in store for the other characters of the series.(less)

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Nov 24, 2012 Hannah rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance-contemporary

So I started this book in 2009 and just finished it now, at the end of 2012, because I was skimming through my Kindle books and realized I had just given up on this book but I was like 85% of the way done. Well, now I know why I didn't bother finishing it.

What a stupid book! The plot did not seem necessary at all. Why did Grey and his MacKeage warriors have to be transported from Medieval Scotland to 21st century (a time period that the "heroine" Grace constantly mentioned) America? There are p...more So I started this book in 2009 and just finished it now, at the end of 2012, because I was skimming through my Kindle books and realized I had just given up on this book but I was like 85% of the way done. Well, now I know why I didn't bother finishing it.

What a stupid book! The plot did not seem necessary at all. Why did Grey and his MacKeage warriors have to be transported from Medieval Scotland to 21st century (a time period that the "heroine" Grace constantly mentioned) America? There are plenty of contemporary stories where modern day men act like they are from the Medieval period (until the right lady comes along, etc.) without actually having to bring time travel into the equation. I guess that whole concept just seemed so unnecessary that it just lent a lame tone to the rest of the book.

Grace, however, was an exceedingly annoying character. "I am a 21st century, female rocket scientist!! I don't need men, unless I need to lift heavy objects (view spoiler)!!!" (view spoiler)(less)

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Sep 27, 2011 Roxanne rated it 3 of 5 stars

"None of them looks like Grace," Ian observed. "They're bigger and much rougher around the edges. And one of them, what was his name? Brian, I think she called him. He looks as if he eats babies for breakfast."
Grey noted the inflection of praise in Ian's voice for that possibility.

3.5 Stars

Who doesn't love a broody, domineering Scotsman? I'm going through a Highlander phase and when I heard author Janet Chapman had a fantastic series about sexy, time-traveling warriors I jumped at the chance t...more "None of them looks like Grace," Ian observed. "They're bigger and much rougher around the edges. And one of them, what was his name? Brian, I think she called him. He looks as if he eats babies for breakfast."
Grey noted the inflection of praise in Ian's voice for that possibility.

3.5 Stars

Who doesn't love a broody, domineering Scotsman? I'm going through a Highlander phase and when I heard author Janet Chapman had a fantastic series about sexy, time-traveling warriors I jumped at the chance to read them. Charming the Highlander is the perfect story to start the series off.

Grace has just lost her sister Mary and been given the task of delivering her baby to the father who lives in Pine Creek, her hometown. She struggles to cope with this enormous responsibility, she's never been the maternal type so has to learn as she goes not to mention she's dealing with her grief over Mary. But she made a promise and intends to keep it, but first she's going to suss the father Michael MacBain out before she hands over the child. Grace then runs into another problem, she has to board a plan along with the overbearing Laird Greylen MacKeage so what else could possibly go wrong?? Well the plane crashes of course, stranding Grey, Grace and a 4 week old baby in the snow. Grace may be the smart rocket scientist but her technology won't work in the middle of nowhere so it's up to Grey to save the day.

I really felt sorry for Grace in this book, she's just lost her sister but still manages to take on the role as mother to her child. Her emotions were all very genuine as well, she showed vulnerability and broke down which only made her feel like a real person with real problems. Grey is her perfect match and compliment each other very well. They may butt heads constantly but he knows when to give in. *chuckle* I'm really interested about all the other characters and I'm so glad Michael gets to have his own book, that poor man needs a happily ever after. If you're looking for a sweet, funny romance with sexy Scots then I would definitely recommend this book.
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Sep 19, 2011 Katie Cody rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: time-travel

The first book in Janet Chapman's Highlander series is full of both humorous and tender moments. It starts off on a somber note with the heroine dealing with the death of her beloved sister, but soon picks up its pace with the addition of our hero Greylen and an unexpected plane crash. The interaction between the characters was definitely comical at times and sweet at others. My favorite thing about this book was that in addition to the sweet/humorous romance the author touched a bit on the hard...more

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Aug 07, 2011 Jess rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, janet-chapman

I didn't love this book as much as the fourth book, but it was still a good highlander romance with the added aspect of some paranormal elements. This book's main character was Greylen, a sexy hero who is trying to still assimilate into modern culture after being ripped out of his own time period in Scotland. He finds himself on a plane ride back to his home when he meets Grace Sutter, sister to one of his neighbors. When he first sees her he thinks there might be something special about her, bu...more

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Oct 12, 2012 Vina Raintree rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: adult, love

menurut ku ceritanya berkesan seriusss banget..
jadi greylen mackeage-laird klan mackeage, dan 4 orang lainnya time slip ke abad 20.. nah yg bertanggung jawab atas time slip nya mereka itu pendeta Daar, yang ingin mempertemukan Grey sama soulmatenya karena ternyata anaknya Grey yang ke-7 itu akan jadi penerus pendeta daar..

pas itu grace baru aja kehilangan saudara perempuannya karena kecelakaan dan karena melahirkan cepat. grace dikasih permintaan terakhir mary untuk membawa bayinya ke ayahnya, m...more

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Jan 26, 2012 Sara Oestreich rated it 3 of 5 stars

This romance happened sooo quick. Like 6 days start to finish. Granted the whole shebang starts off with a tragic death, instant attraction, babies, and a dramatic plane crash…that’s like 6 years of action tucked into less than a week of time…guess they didn’t need day seven, but hey, don’t we all need a day of rest?
Though it was fast I found myself very wrapped up in the action. I liked the survival aspects of it all. It was a lot of emotion very quickly, but this served to enhance (or excuse)...more

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Jun 21, 2011 Jen rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011

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Feb 18, 2011 Linda rated it 1 of 5 stars

On a whim at the library I picked up "A Highlander Christmas" because it had a dachshund on the cover and that's my favorite breed of dog. Once I realized this was part of a series and it involved time travel, I figured I needed to start with the first book in the series. That's this one and though it's well written, about 75 pages into this I decided that time travel is just not going to work for me as a series. I was getting confused.

I'll admit I skipped to the end to get the names of all the...more

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Apr 20, 2013 Philisha Stephens rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance

When I first became addicted to reading, Janet Chapman's Highlander series was what hooked me. This was before I had an ereader and I had found her series in a used bookstore and thought why not. Anyway, long story short, I have since read all her books but forgot about her because there were a few years she didn't print anything. So now I'm looking through Amazon for a new book to read and there she is on my recommendations. Awesome! I now have a new book to read tonight.

Here Highlander series...more

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Jan 28, 2010 Abby rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, paranormal, own

This is a perfect formula romance, with totally cliche ingredients. Take one time traveling Scotsman. Add muscles and old-world values.
Toss in a modern woman with genius-level technological smarts. Stir in a liberal spoonful of strong will.
For variety, throw in a dash of family drama, and an ancient feud. Sprinkle with slight trauma.
Let simmer for length of book.
Viola! Yummy romance. And there's a reason the formula works.
Quite frankly, there really were times in this book where I thought, "Seri...more

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Mar 30, 2013 Lover of Romance rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, favorites, magic, scottish-highlands, time-travel

Grace Stutter, having the responsibility of delivering her sisters baby to the father, since her sister died, waits six weeks before heading to Maine, having a feeling that she would be making a new start....but then her plane crashes on the mountain and she, the baby, and a sexy highland warrior -Greyland-are the survivors. Now they are pushed together out of survival, but a deep passion is awakened between them...a passion that burns slowly to a deep love that will change their lives forever.....more

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Dec 27, 2012 Lauren (Sugar & Snark) rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book is seriously convoluted!

It starts off (and I was under the impression it was) as a time travel story. But after the initial leap through time that plot point is not entirely but in a large part brushed aside. There are no anecdotes of confusion and learning "the new culture" as we see in most stories of this kind. We just skip to 5 years later. I just don't get the point?!

The rest of the plot is just as arbitrary and confusing. Grace the heroine has a job that makes no sense and an "e...more

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Nov 14, 2011 Lori McD rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: kindle-book, chick-lit, easy-read, highlander, guilty-pleasure, romance, time-travel, some-steam, series, scottish-lit, 2011_read

The description of this book (even the paragraph here at Goodreads) is misleading... Yes, Grace is a rocket scientist. Yes, she meets Grey, transported from 12th century Scotland 4 years earlier, on a plane. Yes, the tiny prop job plane does crash. BUT... Grace has a baby with her, and the crash happens only a few miles away from home and help. The entire book isn't really about Grey and Grace trying to survive the crash and a wintry storm... it's about whether Grey and Grace are true matches, w...more The description of this book (even the paragraph here at Goodreads) is misleading... Yes, Grace is a rocket scientist. Yes, she meets Grey, transported from 12th century Scotland 4 years earlier, on a plane. Yes, the tiny prop job plane does crash. BUT... Grace has a baby with her, and the crash happens only a few miles away from home and help. The entire book isn't really about Grey and Grace trying to survive the crash and a wintry storm... it's about whether Grey and Grace are true matches, whether they can recognize it, whether they can bridge the gap in centuries and male-female relationships, and whether Grace can give her sister's baby to his true father, a blood-feud sworn enemy of Grey.

This book can be a good read, if you're in the mood to allow quite a bit of suspension of belief and just want a fun romance with a sexy 12th century Highlander. But if you try to analyze it at all, the book either gets confusing or just plain falls apart. I'm giving it 3 stars because: 1. Grey is a sexy, alpha-male Highlander who's learned to mostly become a modern male. 2. It was a fun read. 3. It was very late when I finished the book.

Will I read on in the series? Not sure. The problem is that my local library doesn't carry this series, and I'm not sure that I want to purchase another book, Kindle or otherwise, to see if the series is worth reading.

Here are my thoughts about this book: SPOILERS AHEAD
(view spoiler)[1. Pendaar: He's the magician/wizard behind the whole time travel thing. He's the one who knows that Grey's match is in the 21st century, while Grey is in the 12th century. In fact, if Grey and his match don't find one another, Pendaar's replacement wizard/magician will never be born.

But no one - past or present - seems to know or trust Pendaar. Grey has no idea of any of this... he has no idea why he and 9 others (including 6 blood-feud enemies from another clan) were transported to the 21st century. He has no idea why Daar (Pendaar), the priest they find upon "arriving", helps them and trains them in the modern world, including how to drive. And why would they believe that simply because Daar said it, that Grey and his clansmen belonged in Maine? And should open a ski resort-spa in Maine???

2. Grace: She's a rocket scientist, literally. So she's all about the science. But there's a lot about life and love that Grace has no idea. She learns that when her sister, Mary, dies and leaves Baby in her care. So Grace is in transition and has just come through some heavy-duty emotional stuff and is grieving when she meets Grey and this adventure begins. But Grace seems almost completely unable to cope with every-day life. She either relies on or gets used to Grey and his clan of big, strong Highland men to rescue her and take care of her, even as she attempts to assert her own independence. Grace insists that Grey help his neighbors, especially his sworn enemy, MacBain. And she threatens to not see him anymore unless he does. Grace even seems to bargain sex for Grey to bend to her will.

Grace is confused. And confusing. She's been thrown into the midst of circumstances and emotions she's never dealt with before. So I try to give her credit for at least attempting to be strong... doing her best to be a mother to Baby... trying to have a life. But I can't help but be a little disturbed that Grey is constantly almost mauling Grace -- grabbing her and kissing her thoroughly, and Grace doesn't seem to have a problem with that. For all that Grey might be sexy and all, it seems difficult to believe that a modern woman could trust and want a relationship with a man who seems to be all about the physical and demands physical in return. Yes, Grey is also seen as a caring man who does his best to protect and care for Grace and Baby. But always on HIS terms... and as modern as he is, he's still got 12th century thinking about men and women. Oh, he believes that women are equals (but does he treat Grace that way, especially when he wants a kiss?), and he doesn't want to stand in the way of her career. But his actions, especially the intimate ones, are almost always because he grabs her. To be fair, Grace welcomes his attentions - she doesn't tell him no; in fact, she tells him yes, a lot. But how can Grace know or feel anything that is real in the midst of all of this?

3. The threat: Yes, there must be a threat. And this time, it's because Grace is THE ONLY ONE who can decode the transmissions from a newly launched space pod to test her ion propulsion theories. Of course her boss is her current (or is it former) boyfriend... although neither of them are in love, and it turns out, they've never had sex (because Grace is a virgin). And of course this boss has sold out to the enemy, who's coming to take Grace and her precious technology away. And of course, only the combined forces of Grey, his sworn enemy MacBain (Baby's father), and Daar/Pendaar can stop that from happening.

4. The "magic": There are a lot of blue lights, white lights, and black lights floating around. I think the blue light is supposed to be Mary, watching over Grace until she and Grey get together and Baby gets to his father. The white light has something to do with every time Grace and Grey kiss or have sex. And the black lights are obviously the evil coming for Grace. But... it's just weird.

5. The resolution: Yes, this is a romance, so there is a happily-ever-after (HEA) in store.
* Grace finally turns Baby over to his father with Grey's support.
* Baby finally gets a name, Robbie.
* Grace and Grey do get married... at the Summer Solstice celebration. Grace insists, rather belatedly, that Grey date her. And being modern and all, that "dating" means that they can have sex at will. Grace just refuses to live with Grey until they're married.
* Michael MacBain and Grey's clan make up, realizing that their common past and grappling with the present and future mean they need one another. In fact, when Grace's six hulking step-brothers make a to-do about Grace being 4 months pregnant at her wedding, Michael takes sides with Grey's clan.
* The bad guys, conveniently including Grace's boss and ex, are hurled through time by Pendaar/Daar... I think we're to assume that they land in the past -- the exact time is unknown. (hide spoiler)]

Cynical? Yes, I'm afraid by the light of day, I am. But if you read the book as I originally did, being willing to go with the flow and suspend a lot of questions and disbelief, it's a fun read.
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Dec 29, 2011 Crystal rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, traded

I'm torn. I read time travels. I like the sub-genre. This just didn't feel like a time travel, mostly because it wasn't. Other than the prologue, and the occasional mention of time travel w/ regards to the father of the baby, it was straight up contemporary. It also managed to cram a whole lot into 4 days. Or was it 6. The author couldn't keep it straight how many days had passed in the adventure/story and there was so much going on that you couldn't keep it straight either.

Humor... was sparse....more

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Sep 03, 2011 ♡ Sassy ~ Amy ♡ rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: own, historical-romance, highlander, romance, paranormal-romance, magic, druid, time-travel, part-of-a-series, first-in-series

A girl dies from a car crash leaving her sister with her newborn and forces her to promise to return the baby to his father who does not even know she's dead or was even going to have a baby in the first place.

Then to be Caught in a plane crash in the mountains of Maine with a different Highlander who was forced thru time 800 years forward & a new born baby... The premise was great, location great, all characters were great & I can see the whole series must be based off of these charact...more

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Nov 01, 2010 Quinn rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: library-book, highlander-romance, paranormal-romance

Charming the Highlander seems to get very mixed reviews here on GR, so I wasn't really sure what to expect. Was I going to love it, hate it, or not care enough to be moved either way? The answer is.... none of the above. While I didn't quite love it, I really liked it and found it to be an easy and highly enjoyable read.

In the midst of battle in A.D.1200, Scottish laird Greylen MacKeage, his nemesis Michael MacBain and a number of their men find themselves transported 800 years into the future b...more Charming the Highlander seems to get very mixed reviews here on GR, so I wasn't really sure what to expect. Was I going to love it, hate it, or not care enough to be moved either way? The answer is.... none of the above. While I didn't quite love it, I really liked it and found it to be an easy and highly enjoyable read.

In the midst of battle in A.D.1200, Scottish laird Greylen MacKeage, his nemesis Michael MacBain and a number of their men find themselves transported 800 years into the future by a druidh in order to fulfill a prophecy.

Four years later, and in the modern day, Grace Sutter is heading back to her family home in the mountains of Maine to fulfill her sister's dying wish, and finds herself sharing the flight home on the small plane with Grey.

Grace is traveling with the baby her sister gave birth to the day before she died. The baby's father, Michael MacBain, knows nothing of its existence. Before revealing to Michael that he has a son, she must first understand why Michael told such a fanciful tale of time-travel to her sister and satisfy herself as to his mental state.

When the plane crashes in the midst of a devastating ice storm, Grace must trust Grey to bring them out of the mountains alive.

Grey was a magnificent hero in every way. The scenes following the plane crash were the kind that I absolutely love reading, with Grey doing everything possible to save both Grace and Baby in the most difficult of circumstances.

Charming the Highlander had some touching scenes, and there were a couple of occasions where I shed a tear, but the death of Grace's sister Mary and the care of Baby was dealt with in a very positive way for the most part.

I know some readers don't like children in their romance novels, but Baby was one the reasons I enjoyed this book so much. I generally like some angst in my novels, and it was a change to have the angst arise from an issue separate from the main couple's relationship. I also thought Baby added warmth to the story.

I loved the supporting characters, particularly Morgan and Ian, and I'm really looking forward to (hopefully) seeing them in future books in this series.

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May 26, 2009 BJ Rose rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: time-travel, series, historical-romance, keepers

This was an okay read, actually closer to 3.5*, but after a great beginning, it didn't grab me until I got to the last 80 pp. or so. A story that begins with 8 Scottish warriors fighting a skirmish in the 12th century & suddenly being transported to modern times intrigued me. Maybe the problem was with my expectations, but I just found it too easy to put down and do other things, always a bad sign for me.

Grace had great scientific & mathematical ability and knowledge almost at her finger...more

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Oct 23, 2011 Daisy*•.♥.•* rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: chick-lit

I normally don't pick up these books at the bookstore. However, I figured I would give this one a shot after a co-worker recommended it. I must say i was surprised that I actually enjoyed this book. I did like the romance in it. I did like Grey's character and I don't know why but it was sexy that he was a Scott and saying "lass"... The only thing that was really annoying to me throughout the whole book was the baby's non- name "Baby". I enjoyed this book enough to know that I will be reading th...more

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Nov 29, 2011 Joanne rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: janet-chapman

I liked the idea of the book: highlander, time travel, romance and snow (yes, I love snow) but unfortunately I found this story a bit of a miss. It starts off really sad with a death of a loved one and some really emotional scenes; if that is your sort of thing I think you will love this, but I read to escape the stress of real life. I found that it set the tone for the rest of the book. The story chugged along without engaging me and I was pleased to finally get to the end.

The part of the stor...more

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May 08, 2012 Muse Here rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: chick-lit, enjoyable-romance, scotophile, time-traveling

Great book. Solid, lovable characters, very interesting plot. Unusual circumstances. I thought the author was a little wordy. I'm not really sure how to describe it, it was just several times throughout the book where I actually got distracted from the story by the words. Overall though it was pretty decent. And the sneak preview in the back for the next book in the series left me quite excited about the next one.

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Sep 29, 2012 Ashley rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: book-i-dont-want, historical-romance

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Jul 27, 2011 Tonya Warner added it · review of another edition

Greylen MacKeage had never given much thought to marriage after the death of his fiancee. Meeting Grace Sutter, Greylen had to face the fact that his trip from twelfth century Scotland to modern day Maine made everything worth while.

A delightful tale. Fast-paced with a wonderful mixture of rugged Highland magic and modern day science.

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Jul 24, 2008 Mojca rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: scottish-irish-celtic-hh-setting, once-and-never-again, part-of-a-series

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Dec 06, 2012 Diane Sallans rated it 5 of 5 stars

A time traveling Highlander sent to modern day Maine by a Wizard who then poses as a priest to connect with the woman meant to be his mate and parent the wizards successor. That's the premise in a sentence. An interesting concept that is a lot of fun and the beginning of a multi-book series. I'll be continuing with the next book in the series.

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Jan 02, 2010 Liz rated it 5 of 5 stars

I re-read this over Christmas break and despite the fact that the magical bits tend to be a bit silly, I do love the interactions between the heroine and hero - a twentith century womand and a twelfth century man. Despite the cliche nature, the archetype of a feisty heroine and dominating male still makes for an enjoyable story.

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Mar 15, 2009 K.E. Marrs rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance

I had some high hopes for this series since it came reccomended to me by someone that shares the same interests when it comes to a good romance. I just felt it fell a bit flat in terms of the story and the pacing didn't flow at all. I like a little bit of intelligence with my romance and this one didn't carry enough for me.

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Nov 22, 2008 Kitty rated it 3 of 5 stars

Okay, it's a little heavy on the romance, short on the story for me. But, if you're going to have a romance, there's nothing wrong with a big strapping Scottish Highland warrior that accidentally moved forward through time 200 years. It was a pleasant diversion.

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As I sit here, trying to put into words who I am, I can't help but think of hats. I know it's an old, time-worn cliche, but hats fit (no pun intended). Like everyone else, I wear many hats; daughter, sister, wife, mother... teacher and student, philosopher, dreamer... and now - officially - roma...more Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.
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As I sit here, trying to put into words who I am, I can't help but think of hats. I know it's an old, time-worn cliche, but hats fit (no pun intended). Like everyone else, I wear many hats; daughter, sister, wife, mother... teacher and student, philosopher, dreamer... and now - officially - romance writer.

I began as a daughter, born in northern Maine, the last of five children. Over the years I picked up several new hats, each of them adding warmth and texture to my life. In 1977 I became a wife, in 1981 a mother (I liked it so much I did it again in 1984). And as each new hat was added, I found that I've became stronger, more comfortable with the fit, and happier.

Teacher and student, dreamer and philosopher are life-long hats silently grown like a second skin. And it is from this foundation that I write my novels.

I have no idea what compels me to write, I only know that I must. I have always spun stories in my head, even as a child. But something - who knows what lurks deep in our subconscious - sat me in front of a blank computer screen one day and made me put those stories into words.

That was eight books ago. Charming the Highlander is the first one published. The others, like valued friends, exist only to keep me humble.

And so now, when asked what I do, I smile and say I'm a romance writer. There is the occasional raised eyebrow in response, and my smile widens. I tell them I'm a Mainer, so what else is there to write about? I'm living smack in the middle of a romantic landscape, nestled between an invigorating ocean and embracing mountains, all cloaked in a mantle of wilderness. The people of Maine are stalwart, independent, and willing to meet life head-on. They probably don't think of themselves as romantic, but they are its very essence.

This is why my stories are set here. And why I wish to share them with the rest of the world.
I live in a log home on a lake in central Maine. I've been married for twenty-five years and have two remarkable sons. We own more boats than we have people to run them, but it's a diversified group. I own a kayak, which is just my speed. My husband owns a fishing boat, two sailboats, a canoe, and an ice sailboat.

We spend a lot of time outside. Heck, I often write outside (kudos to the inventor of laptops). When I feel the need to go to the mountains or the ocean (depending on what book I'm working on) my husband hooks up the camper, packs up his boat, and takes me there. He fishes - I write. He cooks - I write. He vacuums, does laundry, mows the lawn - I write. It's a very nice routine we've worked out, don't you think? He takes care of the details of life and I write.

I can't tell you how thrilled I am that Pocket Books is publishing my stories. It truly is a dream come true, and a validation of years and years of hard work. But most rewarding, I think, is that I will get to share this special corner of my world with the rest of you.

So check back with me from time to time, and let me know what you're thinking. I'll write Letters from LakeWatch to keep you up to date on what's happening, and previews and excerpts from upcoming books.(less)

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