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  <title><![CDATA[On a Highland Shore]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[1416509909]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9781416509905]]></isbn13>
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  <default_description>From acclaimed historical novelist Kathleen Givens comes a magnificently conceived, intricately detailed novel that brings to vivid life the tumult, adventure, and passion of thirteenth-century Scotland, when Norse invaders laid claim to the land and its people -- and an explosive clash of cultures, politics, and personal pride changed the world forever.&lt;P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1263: On Scotland's western shore, the village of Somerstrath prepares for the joyous wedding celebration of Margaret MacDonald, the laird's daughter. But a dark storm of bloodshed and betrayal is closing in, as a merciless band of Vikings threatens the Highlands. Margaret is determined to hold the MacDonald clan together and to locate her abducted younger brother. But can she trust the noblemen from King Alexander's court, who insist that only by adhering to a betrothal conceived for political gain will she find safety? Or should she put her trust in an imposing half-Irish, half-Norse warrior? Gannon MacMagnus alone offers her hope of reuniting her family and vanquishing the barbarous Norsemen who would continue to rob her people of their God-given right to determine their own destinies. In whom should Margaret entrust the fate of the rugged, magnificent land she calls home?&lt;P&gt;&lt;P&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_day type="integer">11</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">7</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2006</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>On a Highland Shore</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Kathleen Givens]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Oct 20 03:59:56 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm trying to find another author's work to compare this novel to but I keep coming up short.  Kathleen Givens is like a hardy mix of my favourite authors - a gritty Jude Deveraux, a loved up Philippa Gregory, a purley historical Barbara Erskine.  This was truly one of my favourite purely historical...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35010478">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="35037125">
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    <name><![CDATA[Alaine]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Oct 11 04:21:47 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this story, it's been years since I've read a novel that included the battles between the Scots and the Vikings. Of course, I have always enjoyed Highland novels but this was different to anything I've read before. The author built the suspense up to the point where I felt sick, reading as f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35037125">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="35087828">
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    <name><![CDATA[Sheree]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Oct 11 21:31:52 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 05 21:57:22 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Kathleen Givens breathes life into history &amp; her characters, creating a moving &amp; captivating story. <br/>Set in 13th century Scotland Margaret MacDonald is preparing to marry Lachlan Ross, (cousin to King Alexander.) When Ross betrays Margaret, she refuses to marry him and travels to England with h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35087828">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67623616">
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Sun Aug 16 12:07:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 16 13:00:58 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very captivating page turner for me, I simply could not put it down.  At first it was difficult to see where the author was leading with her brief 3 forked story line, then it all comes together quickly and you won't be able to walk away until the very end.  taking place in the 13th centu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67623616">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58600614">
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    <location><![CDATA[Idaho Falls, ID]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Katie]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jun 05 18:53:27 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 07 12:50:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Meh, the historical end was interesting but not as fantastic as the reviews mad them out to be. The problem I have with Givens is there is little distinction between her female characters. In this case the older sister Margaret and her younger sister Nell. The story is often told through both of the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58600614">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="27978344">
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Margaret MacDonald is betrothed to Lachlan Ross, a wealthy landowner and cousin to Scotland's King Alexander III. She is excited to begin her new life and move away from her family and the responsibilities of caring for all of her little brothers. But Margaret's dreams are not to be. What awaits her...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27978344">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75557565">
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    <name><![CDATA[Angie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Boise, ID]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Fri Oct 23 21:35:42 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 23 21:44:07 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[every-once-in-awhile a book comes along that grabs you and won't let you go till you finish the book...this is one of those books.  I opened the first page began reading and did not put the book down...read it in one day!  Kathleen Givens wrote one of the most compelling historical romance books I h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75557565">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50386541">
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    <name><![CDATA[Martha]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Amherst, NH]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Wed Mar 25 04:19:23 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 25 04:20:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really engaging story...what can I say? It's set in Scotland in the 13th century? I have a soft spot for this sort of thing....but it has to be a good story well told, and this is. If you loved Diana Gabaldon....you'll love this author.]]></body>
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    <review id="41168463">
    <user id="858875">
    <name><![CDATA[Amber]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[American Fork, UT]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked it.  I've read a lot of historical stories about Scotland but neverabout the Norse invaders, very interesting but I'm  glad I don't live then...life and death was too precarious. ]]></body>
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    <review id="56781729">
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    <name><![CDATA[Michelle]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Ocala, FL]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed May 20 15:21:09 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 20 15:22:20 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a wonderful Scottish Romance. I completly fell in love with the Hero. I was absorbed after the second page.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56781729]]></url>
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    <review id="60503833">
    <user id="1258349">
    <name><![CDATA[Khaybe]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bethlehem, PA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Jun 25 16:41:27 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[it's off to a mildly interesting start, but OMG is the cover horrible! ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60503833]]></url>
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    <review id="44166447">
    <user id="1949765">
    <name><![CDATA[Meredith]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Plattsburgh, NY]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[excellent and super fun, yum!]]></body>
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    <review id="38315125">
    <user id="1729029">
    <name><![CDATA[Tina]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Lynnwood, WA]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="43124341">
    <user id="1637878">
    <name><![CDATA[Allison]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Mangum, OK]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 15 09:08:21 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, certainly this book is no Outlander, but no book ever will be. It has a very complex plot compared to most books that fall in the historical romance category-there is death and brutality, not just a love story. I really enjoyed it, and plan on reading the sequel.]]></body>
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    <review id="4965340">
    <user id="215410">
    <name><![CDATA[Kristin]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Takes place in the mid 1200s in the Scottish Highlands.  Although the library put it in the &quot;Romance&quot; category and there is a romantic aspect to it, I would not put it in the same category as dime-store romance novels.  Describes the relarionships of the English, Scots, Irish, and Norwegia...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4965340">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="5051524">
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    <name><![CDATA[Joni]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Dallas, TX]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one C got for me. Very good. I got caught up in it. It's very brutal and fairly graphic but how can a book about Viking raids not be? The only negative is that it's the first book of a trilogy so she only tied up one story line. I wouldn't have minded if I'd known that before I read it, but ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5051524">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Meagan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Louisville, KY]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[What can I say?  I like books where the men parade around in kilts.  :)  Set in Scottland during the 13th century while the vikings were raiding Ireland and Scottland.  Entertaining and action packed with a good love story.  Warning: There were a lot of references to rapes by the vikings during thei...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22363378">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Aug 28 09:00:50 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this book most of the way through. But the ending just sort of petered out. There was so much detail and action all through the book and then in the last couple pages, everything was cleaned up and put away. Well, almost everything, there was also a sort of hokey teaser for the next b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30443954">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Karen]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Aug 18 17:12:23 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this in the Romance section of the library, but it really is an historical novel that does have a little love and romance, but is more about the struggles faced by people of the 13th century when everyone in the North Atlantic was invading everyone else's lands.<br/><br/>I couldn't put it ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30493579">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue Jul 15 06:07:56 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 15 06:10:29 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very interesting book set in the north western Higlands of Scotland in the late 1200's. The book includes Viking raids and describes the way of life in that time period and setting. I really enjoyed the hero, he was part Viking. The book leaned toward historical fiction but was still a romance. I wo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27295134">more...</a>]]></body>
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