![Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband (Daughters of the Glen, Book 1) (The Daughters of the Glen) by [Mayhue, Melissa]](https://images-fe.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51S0vMPvgtL._SY346_.jpg)
Someone compared this Author to Karen Marie Moning. Not even close.
Connor MacKiernan always held himself up to high standards and rigid ideals of right and wrong, honor and responsibility to his Clan and family. He held himself to higher standards than those against which he measured anyone around him. Connor is a good man who's betrothed marries another while he's away on Crusade. Being humiliated with such a betrayal makes him vow to never marry any woman from his land or neighboring lands. But when circumstances force him to marry, he cannot break his vow, so he chooses a woman from the future....with a wee bit'o'magic from the Fae Folk.
She's getting married in a week and she doesn't love her fiance'. She's just realized she doesn't even like him! Definitely not a good sign. For such an intelligent (book smart) girl, Caitlyn Coryell was making some pretty stupid decisions. But no more! She's gonna break her engagement and take back her life. Cate is a good person with a good heart. She's not a strong individual and is easily manipulated. She doesn't make decisions easily.
This was such a neat idea for a plot but unfortunately, this Author did a poor job bringing it home. Not only did she drop the ball, she leaves the reader feeling incomplete. The character descriptions are poor and filter in slowly. The plot drags and takes forever to take off....and when it kind'a does, it's STILL too slow. I was never engrossed in this story. It never "captured" me. The narrative goes on too long...doesn't balance with the dialogue. I never cared for our heroine Caitlyn. She's a weak airhead with zero backbone and I couldn't help but wonder repeatedly just WHAT our hero saw in her...other than her chasing him around everywhere. I liked Connor...would've liked him even more if there was some descriptive details on him. There just wasn't enough about HIM! And then we find out that Cate can only get back to her time once she finds her "one true love"...and if her one true love reciprocates those feelings...if he loves her too. Once that happens, then BAM....she can go home! Now I ask ya...is that smart writing? Kinda makes ya not wanna find your true love for fear of never seein' him again, huh? Talk about a "no win" situation. I'm proud to say I read every chapter, every word to the end...but this is not a story I'd ever reread. I doubt I'll pick up the Author again. Her genre is just too 1980's sweet. Beyond the Highland Mist (Highlander, Book 1) it was not.
Review
"A powerful debut for Melissa Mayhue, an author with a magical touch for romance!" ---Janet Chapman
Product Description
Ancient magic sends a modern woman on a passionate adventure to the thirteen-century Scottish Highlands in this enchanting time-travel romance by award-winning author Melissa Mayhue.
Scotland, 1272. Connor MacKiernan, a descendant of the Fae Prince, is a warrior who lives only for honor and duty. Though he’s vowed never to marry, that’s exactly what he must do to save his sister. Enter a little Faerie magic, and the search for a bride is on.
Denver, 2007. Caitlyn Coryell is having a really bad day—she just discovered that her fiancé is cheating on her, marrying her only for her family’s money and influence. Imagine her surprise when she puts on an antique pendant and Connor suddenly appears in her bedroom, begging for her help. He offers an outrageous adventure: travel to his time, marry him for a short time, and return home.
But nothing goes as planned. Cate’s trapped in the thirteenth century, the wedding’s delayed, and someone’s trying to kill her. And in the middle of all this, she realizes that she’s falling in love with a man who can only be her husband for thirty nights. It will take more than the magic of the Fae to help them now. It will require the most powerful magic of all—the magic of true love.
Scotland, 1272. Connor MacKiernan, a descendant of the Fae Prince, is a warrior who lives only for honor and duty. Though he’s vowed never to marry, that’s exactly what he must do to save his sister. Enter a little Faerie magic, and the search for a bride is on.
Denver, 2007. Caitlyn Coryell is having a really bad day—she just discovered that her fiancé is cheating on her, marrying her only for her family’s money and influence. Imagine her surprise when she puts on an antique pendant and Connor suddenly appears in her bedroom, begging for her help. He offers an outrageous adventure: travel to his time, marry him for a short time, and return home.
But nothing goes as planned. Cate’s trapped in the thirteenth century, the wedding’s delayed, and someone’s trying to kill her. And in the middle of all this, she realizes that she’s falling in love with a man who can only be her husband for thirty nights. It will take more than the magic of the Fae to help them now. It will require the most powerful magic of all—the magic of true love.
