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Highlander's Curse (Daughters of the Glen #8)

by Melissa Mayhue (Goodreads Author)

4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 · rating details · 521 ratings · 41 reviews

When COLIN MACALISTER is cursed by the Faerie Queen and ends up in the bed of a twenty-first-century woman—who also happens to be the most beautiful creature he’s ever laid eyes on—he’s torn between anger and lust. Colin is determined to see Scotland free of English control and must return to the fourteenth century, yet he cannot forget the woman who haunts his dreams and...more

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Published March 29th 2011 by Pocket Star (first published March 7th 2011)

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Mar 11, 2012 Barb Lie rated it 5 of 5 stars

“Highlander’s Curse” is the latest book of Mayhue’s Daughters of the Glen series. The 9th book is expected to be released May 1, 2012. Once again I loved this book.

Abigail Porter, is studying to become an archaeologist and is excited to have been selected to spend three months at a real dig in Scotland. Abby wishes for "The One", the one man who is perfect for her…her soul mate. Unknown to Abby, she is a descendant of the Fae, so the next morning Abby wakes up with a very strange and very naked...more “Highlander’s Curse” is the latest book of Mayhue’s Daughters of the Glen series. The 9th book is expected to be released May 1, 2012. Once again I loved this book.

Abigail Porter, is studying to become an archaeologist and is excited to have been selected to spend three months at a real dig in Scotland. Abby wishes for "The One", the one man who is perfect for her…her soul mate. Unknown to Abby, she is a descendant of the Fae, so the next morning Abby wakes up with a very strange and very naked man in her bed.

Colin MacAlister, whom we have met in previous books, lives is Scotland in the year of 1296. Colin, who has contempt for the Fae, cares about nothing but the fate of Scotland during the war. He goes to see a famous seer, and due to his bad temperament, ends up insulting the faerie queen herself. When he mentions that he does not want or need love he is cursed to feel the pain of soul mates who were torn apart and live in anguish and pain until they are reunited with their other half. Colin is now able to feel this pain and see how each soul was torn and how two will fit together. Only til he finds his own soul mate, will the curse be lifted.

Colin turned out to be another excellent hero, though he was stubborn as hell, as far as ignoring everyone not to change history, as he wanted to change the war, since he was able to go to the future and see what happens. No matter who tried to convince him, Pol, Rosalyn, Abby, nothing could change Colin, except when he realized that Abby was indeed his soul mate, and when her life was in danger, he needed to put her first.

It was an excellent story, starting with him going to the future. It was funny early on, and nice to see Mairi, Ramos and the others. Of course the villain Flynn comes back into this story. His going back in time with them was a nice add on.

I enjoyed Ellie trying to explain about the Fae’s and what happened, seeing Rosalyn again was cool. The trek to find Dair and Simeon was very good, as this is where both Abby and Colin confirm their love, as she knew he was the one. He after he lost his power, knew she was his soul mate. Abby getting kidnapped, and ending up with Dair and Simeon was good, but also funny when they have her swear not to tell Colin what they had to do to find the knife, or tape her up. Mayhue adding a touch of humor was perfect. Flynn getting killed was good, at least another one gone.

I loved the end seeing Drew & Leah, when Leah had to save Abby. I was surprised that Colin wanted to go back to the future with Abby. The emotional ending where Drew offered to tell Rosalyn Colin’s goodbyes, and Leah telling Abby to tell Destiny she is happy and pregnant. Cool

One thing though. Something has changed in the last two books for Mayhue. Now two times, she doesn’t have an epilogue, she doesn’t show them with the family. I miss that part.

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Feb 24, 2012 DaisyGirl rated it 1 of 5 stars

The Daughters of the Glen series ran hot and cold for me; I found myself either loving the books or hating them. Unfortunately, Highlander's Curse fell into the latter category. The real turn off for me? Abby. Her negativity was a total downer. "She'd labored a good hour to come up with something even vaguely approaching a positive thought" fairly sums up her attitude throughout the book. She bitched and moaned constantly, if not aloud, in her head. Either way, her negativity was oppressive and...more

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Jul 25, 2011 jD rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 1_library-yes, genre_fantasy, magic_fae, romance_highlanders, 2011-read

I was at the beach this weekend and needed a Highlander fix. I ditched the dark fantasy I was reading to hit up the library for something easy on the brain. I had only read one of the books in this series and it was not exactly a love fest. I grabbed this one because it was all the library had on the shelf, it's not the sequel to the one I read b4.

I was happy to get the brogue, kilt, and sword fix. As a plus, I actually liked this one much better than the last one. "Highlander's Curse' had the...more

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Jun 30, 2011 Sandy M rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal, time-travel

As much as I love this entire series, I really enjoy those books that include time traveling. And when there’s time traveling going both ways, I’m in heaven. Colin and Abby have a time of it when magic and evil combine to wreak havoc on them while fighting an attraction they don’t understand or necessarily want at this point in their lives. But then again, life isn’t done rotating on its axis yet.

Colin MacAlister has a deep hatred for the Fae due to the injurious damage they’ve rained on his fam...more As much as I love this entire series, I really enjoy those books that include time traveling. And when there’s time traveling going both ways, I’m in heaven. Colin and Abby have a time of it when magic and evil combine to wreak havoc on them while fighting an attraction they don’t understand or necessarily want at this point in their lives. But then again, life isn’t done rotating on its axis yet.

Colin MacAlister has a deep hatred for the Fae due to the injurious damage they’ve rained on his family. When searching for his destiny from a seer, he runs into the Faerie Queen herself, who doesn’t take kindly to his selfish and arrogant attitude and promptly curses him to feel the pain of all souls who were torn from their mates, never to be reunited. He suffers for a long ten years, learning to block the anguish just get through each day.

Having the uncanny ability to locate items just by thinking of them, Abigail Porter is quite successful in her chosen field of archeology. She’s been chosen for an assignment of a lifetime in Scotland and has no way of knowing that a darkness is about to invade her world. When celebrating and saying goodbye to friends with a tad too much to drink, she wishes for The One to share her life with.

Fae magic once more intervenes in Colin’s life, this time whisking him across the centuries to Abby. She’s a woman he could fall for, but through the abilities he’s gained from his curse, he can tell she already has a soulmate. Not for a minute believing in faeries, especially when it comes to herself, Abby has to eventually suspend her belief when she and Colin are cornered by the evil that has slyly insinuated itself into her life. Only when they are transported to Colin’s time - initiated by her wish that it be so - and she meets his family, which includes another twenty-first century woman, does she begin to realize what she can have in her life. But Abby knows she doesn’t belong in the past and is determined to return to her home. With Colin intent on saving his king and his friends from an ambush, all of which he learned from reading history books in the future, Abby has no choice but to go along with his crazy idea of marrying to keep up appearances as they travel headlong into danger.

I really like Colin and Abby, they complement each other so very well. Each is intent on doing what they think is right; each is very stubborn when it comes to that intent. They have their own vulnerabilities, but once they acknowledge their feelings, they become stronger and work together very well. Ms. Mayhue has a penchant for creating villainous evil and Flynn is no exception in this book. Man nor beast is never safe when he’s around and bent on getting what he wants. We also get caught up with past characters, which helps because after eight books there are a number involved. It’s definitely one big, happy, and complicated family, but the relationships are spelled out succinctly so you’re never lost.

I don’t know how much longer this series is slated to last, but for however long that is, I intend to keep enjoying every last word. You just can’t get enough of the magic that is Melissa Mayhue’s romantic Scottish fantasies.

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Mar 20, 2011 Bookaholics rated it 4 of 5 stars

Highlander’s Curse by Melissa Mayhue
Paranormal Romance- March 29th, 2011
3 1/2 stars

Highlander’s Curse is the latest paranormal time travel by Melissa Mayhue. If you love time travel romances that feature a cursed and sexy hero, you will enjoy this story. While this book is part of a series, the author deftly makes it easy to understand without having read the other books in the series.

Colin MacAlister was a brash, arrogant and rude youth who saw himself as a savior and battle hardened warrior. B...more Highlander’s Curse by Melissa Mayhue
Paranormal Romance- March 29th, 2011
3 1/2 stars

Highlander’s Curse is the latest paranormal time travel by Melissa Mayhue. If you love time travel romances that feature a cursed and sexy hero, you will enjoy this story. While this book is part of a series, the author deftly makes it easy to understand without having read the other books in the series.

Colin MacAlister was a brash, arrogant and rude youth who saw himself as a savior and battle hardened warrior. But his blatant disrespect angered the wrong person. In the beginning of this book Colin rudely pushes aside an elderly woman to get to a sick, aging seer after being warned that the poor man is very ill. But Colin only sees what he wants and feels he must learn the fate of his beloved Scotland. But instead of answers he finds he has been cursed by the elderly woman who is in fact the Faerie Queen. She curses Colin with the ability to see the soul pairings of others and their pain and terrible longing when they are apart. But cruelly prevents him from being able to see his own soul mate. His only way to lift the curse is if he can claim his soul mate. Only then will his curse finally be lifted. It is now ten years later and Colin is still fated to see the pain of others. He has learned more humility yet has been able to find his own soul pairing.

Abigail Porter dreams of the perfect man. One she realizes she will never meet. However, she is in for a big surprise when an amazingly handsome man turns up naked in her bed! Abby feels drawn to him and wonders if she brought him home from a drunken night. But in reality Abby has brought Colin MacAlister from the past to the present day with her Fae magic…because he is her dream man!

Colin finds Abby very attractive but is determined to get back to his own time and searches for a way to find his way back home. Besides his gift tells him Abby has already met her soul mate. However, he soon realizes that Abby is the key to returning to the past but another more sinister man wants Abby and her powers, too. And he will do anything to keep her for his own! Will Colin be able to return home or will he realize too late how much Abby means to him?

This story started out with a fantastic curse that captured my attention. And while Colin did change I still felt he was still somewhat brash and not as thoughtful of other peoples needs as I would have hoped. I admired his need to defend Scotland and he is certainly a strong warrior but I couldn’t believe it took him so long to realize that Abby was his soul mate. Abby is a sweet and nice character but she is not a fully fleshed out as Colin and unfortunately, a bit bland. I liked how the author had the characters travel through time and how evil the villain was. In fact, the villain was the most interesting part of the book and he really moved the story.

If you enjoy light time travel romances with a highlander theme then you will enjoy this quick read. I liked the storyline but wished the main characters had been more developed.

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Jan 08, 2012 Joelle rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Highlander's Curse (Daughters of the Glen #8)
by Melissa Mayhue

When COLIN MACALISTER is cursed by the Faerie Queen and ends up in the bed of a twenty-first-century woman—who also happens to be the most beautiful creature he’s ever laid eyes on—he’s torn between anger and lust. Colin is determined to see Scotland free of English control and must return to the fourteenth century, yet he cannot forget the woman who haunts his dreams and stirs him with scorching desire.

ABIGAIL PORTER can’t believe he...more Highlander's Curse (Daughters of the Glen #8)
by Melissa Mayhue

When COLIN MACALISTER is cursed by the Faerie Queen and ends up in the bed of a twenty-first-century woman—who also happens to be the most beautiful creature he’s ever laid eyes on—he’s torn between anger and lust. Colin is determined to see Scotland free of English control and must return to the fourteenth century, yet he cannot forget the woman who haunts his dreams and stirs him with scorching desire.

ABIGAIL PORTER can’t believe her luck. After making a wish to find her soul mate, she wakes up to find a gorgeous man in her bed! Can he really be a medieval Highlander summoned by her Faerie Magic, however? It seems crazy, but when Abby discovers someone wants to enslave her because of her Faerie heritage, she agrees to flee with Colin to 1306 Scotland to avoid capture. Thwarting danger at every turn, Abby and Colin surrender to an irresistible passion. But is the magic of true love powerful enough to save them?

My Thoughts....

I have to start off buy saying that this series on a whole has been excellent.Abby tale with Colin is very endearing. Abby happens to wake up one morning with a naked hunky Highlander in her bed thinking she had to much to drink last night and this is a one night stand.Even being uneasy about this situation she is thinking how lucky am I.There paths crossed as Abby being of Fae descent and not realizing she was Fae at all brought Colin forward in time as she was wishing for him all along that he is magically connected to her. And hopefully her life mate even though she wasn't looking for one per say.Colin is in the middle of a pending war when he was brought forth in time. He needs to get back to his family in order for him to help them from dying in a war he's already seen. Contacting his family that is here in this time for help. But, nothing seems to work and the only one who can help him is Abby and she thinks he is crazy for even asking as she has no powers.

Abby is traveling back in time too help Colin and return home. Things are never easy someones out to hurt Abby and Colin is torn between protecting Abby and saving his friends.They are out on a grand adventure to conquer both causes while falling in loving and creating happiness together and being torn as Abby knows she will never be able to live in the time period.Nice to visit but, she wants out of there! As always Melissa has included most case members from previous books engaging in this tale which I so enjoy. The character's were funny, witty and it was a heartfelt tale.Enjoyable welcome read. A note to readers even though this is part of a series like some books if you read out of the series your lost.You could read this book out of sequence and still have and understanding of whats going on.(less)

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Apr 04, 2013 Lover of Romance rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-romance, medieval, scottish-highlands, time-travel

Abigail Porter has a deep love and fascination with Archaeology and even though she hasn't married or had a family yet she feels like she has her whole life ahead of her and is about to embark on a dig in Scotland which has always been a dream of hers...until one day she makes a wish and the next morning a man ends up in her bed and they share a passionate kiss which is only the beginning for Abigail and Colin. Colin is shocked to find himself 700 in the future and knows that the Fae are to blam...more

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Jun 24, 2012 Lori McD rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 14th-century, 2012_read, chick-lit, fae, fantasy, favorite-author, female-bonding, fun-fluff, guilty-pleasure, highlander, kindle-book, medieval, contemporary-times, own, paranormal, romance, scottish-lit, series, some-steam, suspense

This is Collin McAllister's story... which starts off telling us how it is that Collin was able to locate Leah in the previous book. Seems Collin demanded too much of what he thought was an old woman who turned out to be the Faerie Queen. She "cursed" him with being able to sense and see all the Souls who were splintered when the Nuadians tried to take over Faerie... until Collin found his own Soulmate. Except the Faerie Queen told him she wasn't in his time.

Collin decides to take up his soldier...more This is Collin McAllister's story... which starts off telling us how it is that Collin was able to locate Leah in the previous book. Seems Collin demanded too much of what he thought was an old woman who turned out to be the Faerie Queen. She "cursed" him with being able to sense and see all the Souls who were splintered when the Nuadians tried to take over Faerie... until Collin found his own Soulmate. Except the Faerie Queen told him she wasn't in his time.

Collin decides to take up his soldiering and leave the romance to his brothers. Except that his Soulmate, Abby, in modern day Colorado makes an "oath" that involves her finding The One for her... which sets in motion a chain of events to bring Collin forward in time from the eve of a giant battle. Abby doesn't even know she has Fae blood; all she knows is that she wakes up the next morning with a hunky, naked Highlander in her bed - Collin. He doesn't seem to know the basic things like electricity or cars. But he does know enough to realize that his being here has something to do with the Fae. And he knows that his cousin, Mairi, should be in Colorado in this time. And while he's drawn to Abby with more than the usual attraction for just meeting someone, he sees that she's already met her Soulmate, except the two haven't bonded yet (translated to haven't had sex).

Turns out Abby is an archaeologist who took a course from Professor Mairi Navarro. Abby calls Mairi, who comes on the double with Ramos to fetch Collin. But none of the gang can quite figure out what brought Collin to this time; they just know that Abby has something to do with it - she must be half-Fae and a daughter of Pol. While they try to figure it out and keep a watch on her, Pol invites Collin to train as a Guardian in Faerie.

When Collin returns, he discovers that Abby is in Scotland on a dig. A dig that she was personally chosen for by a mysterious Jonathan Flynn, a multi-millionaire who is trying to find a particular stone in Scotland. And Flynn needs Abby's "gift" - the ability to track things; it's part of what makes her such a great archaeologist. Yes, Flynn is the Nuadian Fae last seen when Adira and Devlin left him behind as they took off in a helicopter with Ramos' dad. Flynn is trying to avoid the Bloodlust, so his object with Abby is for her to locate one of the portals to Faerie; he figures there he can regain all his Magic Powers and his true identity. But along the way, he finds himself attracted to Abby... and when he accidentally cuts her, he can't resist sucking the blood from the wound. Which means the Bloodlust comes upon him. Now he's determined to have Abby any way possible.

Only Collin, who's traveled to Scotland, stands in his way. As a Guardian, Collin instantly knows that Flynn is Nuadian Fae. He tries to warn Abby, but... they end up running from Flynn, who's chasing them with a gun. And when they're trapped, Collin convinces Abby to use her powers to transport them to another place and time; he just didn't expect her to take him to HIS original time and HIS bedchamber. See, since their meeting, both Collin and Abby have dreamt of almost nothing but one another, night after night. Collin realizes that Abby's his Soulmate. But can he convince Abby?

Abby suddenly finds herself in the early 1300s. And adjusting isn't any easier for her than it was for Ellie or the others. In fact, Ellie does a lot to help Abby to accept where she is and that she's got Fae blood.

Collin is determined to stop the massacre that he knows from Mairi's history books is coming with the battle that he and his dear friends were getting ready to fight. Abby knows that somehow the only way she can return to her own time has to do with Collin; she's not letting him out of her sight, even if she has to marry him to do it.

Problem is, when Collin and Abby finally acknowledge their love and consummate it, Collin's "curse" of being able to sense his friends from their soul auras is lost - just as the Faerie Queen said. Will he be able to stop the massacre? Abby and his family are determined to stop him, fearing that his interference will cause unknown catastrophes for the future: those who should have died might not, while those who didn't die very well could. Will history lose a great hero or leader? Will Abby even exist in the future if Collin succeeds?

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Mar 05, 2012 Jenn of Frequent Reader, Infrequent Blogger rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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***NOTE MY REVIEWS OFTEN CONTAIN SPOILERS***

Colin MacAllister is a fairy descendent of the Prince Pol and cursed by the Fairy Queen to forever feel the pain of the united souls crying out for their soulmates, with the knowledge that he’ll not find his own within this lifetime even though that would be the only thing that could break the curse. When he finds himself 700 years in the future naked and in the bed of Abigail Porter he’s no idea why or how he could have been brought there.

Abby must h...more
***NOTE MY REVIEWS OFTEN CONTAIN SPOILERS***

Colin MacAllister is a fairy descendent of the Prince Pol and cursed by the Fairy Queen to forever feel the pain of the united souls crying out for their soulmates, with the knowledge that he’ll not find his own within this lifetime even though that would be the only thing that could break the curse. When he finds himself 700 years in the future naked and in the bed of Abigail Porter he’s no idea why or how he could have been brought there.

Abby must have been pretty drunk after her girl’s night out because she doesn’t have a single memory of meeting the naked man in her bed before she wakes up to find him there. When he asks her what year it is she cringes thinking she picked up a crazy man, it gets worse when she learns he’s the cousin of her favorite college professor and to get him gone she’ll have to call her former professor to tell her what she’s done. When Colin later returns with stories of her having magic and being descended from Fairies she’s certain he’s insane and despite her dreams about him, she wants nothing to do with him. However when Colin saves her from her creepy boss she takes a chance on what he’s saying in hopes of surviving the encounter only to wake up naked in his bed 700 years in the past. Now that he’s home Colin’s determined to use the knowledge he gained on adventure to save his Scottish King from certain death. Can Abby prevent him from changing the past and possibly eliminating her future? Will she ever figure out how to return to that future if she can?

After finishing the last novel in this series which despite how my poorly written review sounded I really did love, I couldn’t wait another minute to read this one. A Highlander Cursed by the Fairy Queen? Oh yeah, can’t miss that one. I wasn’t disappointed with my purchase in any way. First lets recap what I’ve say about pretty much all of Mayhue’s works – it’s a well written close third person with a fast pace. While it connects with the other books through the characters there isn’t as much set up for this novel in previous books as was done with the previous novel. Unlike Mayhue’s other novels in the series this one doesn’t offer an epilogue to tell us how the characters lives are going after their adventure was over and I can’t help but be a little let down by that because I really like that feature she offers in most of her novels, but the adventure she creates within the pages of this book was still worth reading. I’m not sure if this is to be the final book in the series or not, but all of the past MacKiernans and MacAllisters are now paired off and all of the current members of their clan we’ve been introduced to are also paired off so this could be the conclusion to the series though I hope it’s not. I know a spin off series is planned for other characters we’ve met in the series so I’m looking forward to that, but I’d hate to think I’d seen the last of Pol or Dallyn. What I think would be interesting is if Mayhue did a book like Christine Feehan’s Dark Celebration which brings back all the characters we’ve met in the series for another adventure. Also there’s been so much mystery surrounding Cate and Connor’s daughter Rosie that I can’t help but think she needs a novel. However considering the planned released of a spin off series and the fact that all of our adult characters are now paired off this could quite possibly be the last book for the Daughters of the Glen, I’m not sure, but like I said I hope not.

There were a couple things in this book that did bother me. First of all the main villain in this novel is Flynn who we first met in the second novel in the series. Flynn seems to have broken off on his own for this book away from Servans and Adira. In Destiny and Jesse’s novel Adira discovered that by drinking human blood the Nuadian fae could commit violence and feel pain and should that blood be of a fae descendent then they could share in that descendents power. However the downside to this was that they could be killed and they lost their ability to put a human under compulsion. In that novel it sounded like these side effects were permanent. However in this novel Flynn’s ability to commit violence goes away after not having had blood for a period of time, also he retains the ability to put humans under compulsion even after having drunk blood. So obviously this bothered me as it was quite contradictory. Additionally when Flynn is in the past and it’s mentioned at Drew and Leah’s keep there is no reaction whatsoever from Leah. I mean the man was part of the crew that held her captive in the future you’d think she’d have some sort of reaction, and that Drew might have joined Colin in the search for no other reason than to avenge his own wife. It gives me the impression that Leah still hasn’t told Drew about her past and soul mate or not I can’t help but question the stability of their relationship. I still don’t like the mixing of fairy lore with vampire lore but it had already been done three books ago and it would be pretty much impossible to backtrack on that lore now. I did also have some believability issues with this book. Colin seems to hate the fairies and he has every right to considering the curse bestowed on him by the Fairy Queen, but when he ends up in the future he doesn’t put up much of a fight about going with Pol and becoming a Guardian. Additionally other than marrying Fae Descendents and guarding the portals between Wyddecol and our world I still don’t know what the Guardians actually do. I mean the idea’s been glossed over in a bunch of the novels but details or what a Guardian really is would be really nice. Also the love story between the characters actually seemed kind of secondary in this novel for the most part, other than having sexual type scenes and being told their soul mates they really didn’t spend enough time together for love to have occurred in my personal opinion. While the sex scenes are still used sparingly it’s almost as if she’s relied upon those scenes and the character’s dreams to be the love story and sex and love are not the same thing. Colin barely spends any time on earth in the future but instead spends most of his time hiding out with Pol in Wyddecol trying to figure out how to get home. They dream about each other yes, and with an added new twist that he started receiving physical evidence on his own body of her injuries which was weird, but until they go to the past they really don’t spend a lot of time together and they’re only in the past a couple days before they start professing their love for each other. It’s like they’re in love because someone told them they were soul mates. If my mom told me said guy I just met a few days before was my soul mate I can’t see myself deciding to be in love with him because he’s hot, great with foreplay and they told me I was supposed to be. I’d have liked more interaction between the characters outside of dreams so that I could see real reasons they fell in love beyond someone told them to and they’re really attracted to each other. My final complaint is that there was this big build up between Pol and Dallyn about how important Colin was and I never did really figure out the why of that or besides being cursed what made him different from the other male descendents so that kind of left me a little confused as well. However despite my complaints listed I really did enjoy this book. What’s really neat about this book is sort of ties together the worlds we’ve met in this series. Colin starts out in the past before being whisked to the future by Abby’s wish. Since she doesn’t know how he got there he goes with Mairi and Ramos where he then meets Colin, Cate and Pol. Pol takes him to Wydeccol which we’ve only seen briefly before in Jesse and Destiny’s book. In that setting he runs into Dallyn. Meanwhile Abby’s employer is the Nuadian Flynn and he drinks her blood again a follow up from Jesse and Destiny’s novel. For protection Abby wishes them into the past to the MacKiernan Keep where we get more of our past characters and for the most part these two characters encounter almost everyone in the series though the scenes with those secondary characters are short. There’s a few plot woven into this novel the conflict between Abby and Flynn, the love story of Colin and Abby and the danger of Colin in the past since he’s trying to change history using his knowledge gained in the future. With the mix of stories, each of which would be individually strong this book can’t help but be interesting. Like all novels it has its issues but it was overall an enjoyable page turner.

As with all her novels the leading characters in the novel are well developed interesting and easy to relate to. Mayhue has a knack of bringing the reader inside her leading characters minds and to make you really feel for their plights. Her characters are realistic in that they’re far from perfect and do experience growth during her novel. Since this is a series novel she’s recently take to using past novels to serve as most of her secondary character development, however her characters do stand as individuals rather than becoming a blend of names and faces when they reappear in later novels. We do get more insight into Flynn in this novel then we had in past novels and what’s nice about this villain is that in some ways you can’t help but feel sorry for him. He’s made a mistake that he’s spending eternity paying for. He wants nothing more than to go home and live a quiet life. His character doesn’t really seem to take a bad turn until he accidentally cuts Abby then can’t resist the lure of her blood. It’s as if his addictions are more responsible for his villainous actions than his actual character. You start to get the idea in this and a couple other novels in the series that maybe not all the Nuadian fae are actually evil, just fairies who like men who’ve made bad decisions. Not there’s no debating that Servans and Adira are downright evil, but even with Adira the insight into her past gained in Jesse and Destiny’s novel at least explains the why of the way she is. I can’t help but hope with the insights we’ve gained into some of these bad fairies such as Wynn in Mairi and Ramos’s story that some of them might gain forgiveness somehow and be allowed to return home. The characters that we don’t seem to ever get character growth in are all the Fairies and I wonder if those characters will ever grow. Anyway my point is overall the characters in this novel are really interesting and memorable.

In conclusion, I’m starting to wonder if I really should be reviewing series novels because it seems my reviews get worse with each novel. However despite that as always Mayhue’s Daughter of the Glen Series is not one to be missed. Highlander’s Curse is no exception to that rule and I’d highly recommend it to readers of paranormal and historical romance.
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Apr 20, 2011 Nita rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook, fiction, faeries, highlanders, own, para-romance, time-travel, read-2011

Every once in a while I crave a romance involving a hot Scottish Highlander and some time travel. This series by Melissa Mayhue usually solves that craving. Some of the books are better than others, though.

The hero and heroine were fine. Colin is from early 14th century Scotland. All of his energy is bent on seeing Scotland free from English control. Abby lives in present day Colorado and is finishing her studies to be an archaeologist. She is about to spend a couple months in Scotland at an arc...more

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Jun 14, 2011 S.S. rated it 3 of 5 stars

Nothing special. Given the subject matter (time travel, romance, magic) I was hoping for more.

As others have said, there was not much buildup, and this read like a Lifetime movie.

I realize that the Romance genre has its own particulars, but they aren't very sophisticated. This book didn't take much thought to write, and it shows.

It's light reading when you're stuck in bed on Nyquil.

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Jul 07, 2011 Catherine rated it 2 of 5 stars

This book was okay. I thought the premise of the story was interesting but it didn't really follow through and wrapped up really quickly in the end. It may have helped me to enjoy the story more if I'd read the other 7 that went before it, but because I hadn't when the characters that were obviously from previous books entered the story I thought they just distracted from this story.

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Jun 11, 2011 jackie frye rated it 4 of 5 stars

Fairy magic, romance, and time travel three of my favorite themes combine in a fun to read book. A twenty-first century woman wishes for her soul mate and the next morning wakes to find a thirteenth century Scottish Highland hunk in her bed. Throw an evil ejected from fairy landfae, an impending Scottish/English battle and you have an enjoyable fast paced story.

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May 09, 2011 Athena Braun rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-romance

If U want a light read then this book is for U..If U want to read something different time travel perhaps, a curse, fairies this will fit the bill..I liked the story just fine but she could have did a better job with the romance..It was humdrum..There was just no passion, no build up, pretty disappointing..

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Jun 23, 2012 Rachel Whitley rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-recommend, fantasy, historical, paranormal, romance, scotland, time-travel, hero-abused-scarred-tortured-angst, 5-stars

I LOVE time travel, I LOVE Scots, and I LOVE a well-written story. So although I've apparently started out at book 8 in this series, I will definitely be reading them all, because this book had everything I loved.

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May 29, 2011 Elaine Mcdonald rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: melissa-mayhue, highlander

I think this might have been my favorite in the series! I like the time travel books that take place a little in the current time and a little in the 1300's. Gotta love those highlanders! I would recommend reading them in the correct order. :-D

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Feb 06, 2012 Pamela(AllHoney) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: challenge-2012, fantasy-paranormal, time-travel, hr-scotland-highlanders, my-4-star-romances

This is what I'd call a fun, light romance. It's a paranormal/fantasy time-travel romance with a dose of humor. Nothing to take too seriously. Part of a series but I haven't read them all. I didn't lose anything in my opinion by not reading the previous books.

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Apr 01, 2011 Kendra rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: z-added-in-mar-2011, romance, z-read-in-apr-2011

Another fun read. Colin and Abigail's story. I like the back and forth in the time periods. Lots of action packed within the book, though with regards to the baddy, its a rather abrupt ending.

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Jun 11, 2012 ♥ Nell ♥ rated it 4 of 5 stars

I loved this last book to the series....

Though, I thought Colin was a bit thick... surely he could have worked it out without his mother helping him.

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May 25, 2012 Diane rated it 4 of 5 stars

Colin is as stubborn as they come. It is great fun to read these, and hope I can hear more about this mish-mashed clan soon!

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Jan 27, 2012 Deb rated it 4 of 5 stars

I enjoyed all the books I've read so far by this author. If you like Janet Chapman and Karen Marie Moning this author will appeal to you

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Apr 01, 2011 Denise rated it 4 of 5 stars

The saga continues wtih another family member moving through time. Love those highlanders and time travel.

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Jul 27, 2011 Monica rated it 5 of 5 stars

I am a huge fan of Melissa Mayhue, the Daughters of the Glen series is a wonderful escape into every womans fantasy. Whether you like paranormal romance or historical romance you will love the series. She has such a great imagination, you will find love,conflict,romance, and even side splitting humor. Oh and least I forget those Highland hunks of your dreams, men that know how to love and be true men. Many thanks to you Melissa for so many wonderful evenings with all of your fantastic characters...more

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May 08, 2012 Jilly rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: daughters-of-the-glenn

Overall not a bad book though it lacked something the others (minus the first volume) had. It seemed almost rushed and the development of their love story seemed to lack a lot of spending time together and more popping in and out of each other's lives.

Abby didn't feel fleshed out and we knew next to nothing about her besides her desire to be an archeologist and that she can't live in the 12th century.

Colin was a little more developed but not enough to give you a vested interest in the love story...more

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Jul 12, 2012 Elizabeth rated it 4 of 5 stars

I like this series. Easy, light and filled with Highlanders and Faeries.

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Aug 15, 2012 Kimberly rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: daughters-of-the-glen, highlanders, paranormal-romance

please read the other 6 books in the series before you read this. There is a lot of cross over information here.

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May 19, 2011 Marilyn rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: rereads, old-reads, favorites

I have really enjoyed this book as the other daughters of the Glen>to read Rodwick,Dair,and Simeon's books to.I'm tell anyone who reads this book is money well spent and a keeper!

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Apr 07, 2011 Erica rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

pretty good

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Oct 25, 2011 Ann Unger rated it 5 of 5 stars

loved it!

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Jun 28, 2011 Andrea rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, time-travel-romance

3.5 stars!

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Melissa Mayhue lives in Colorado, in the shadow of the beautiful Rocky Mountains, with her family, two insanely spoiled dogs, one domineering cat, a turtle with an attitude, and way too many fish in their aquarium. If any one thing is obvious about the books I like best, it's that I love my Happy Ever After endings!!

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