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Summary: An author to keep your eye on.
Review: This book had all the right elements to catch my attention; fantasy, history, sexual tension, a really hunky hero, a hunky villan and a heroine who doesn't take any guff. I laughed in some places, cried in others and was generally sorry to see the story end. There were some historical inconsistancies, but I could overlook them by this first time author. I will definately be putting this on my keeper shelf for a rainy day re-read. Try it, you won't be sorry. I await Ms. Monings' next book to see if it lives up to her promise.
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Summary: Not Bad for fist time....
Review: Truthfully I was not going to buy this book, but since Karen Moning is from my area I wanted to see what the farm girl had to offer. I read a lot of historical romances and feel as if I have a right to give criticism to this book. I do believe with time and hard research that Ms. Moning will be an expentional writer of romance. She has the gift of using words that make you feel as if you're there, but yet her facts don't match up. I realize that this is fanatsy and for the first time historical romance reader you may not care about facts, but I have been reading and researching historical romances for more then 7 years. It makes things look better and feel better when the facts are straight. Kilts and tartan colors (Laird Douglas is navey blue and silver) were not yet decribed or thought of as clan trademarks until after the 1700. She refers to kilts and tartan colors serveral times. If I say to much then I give the book away and I don't want to. For those who read historical romances like I, then I suggest you read and see for yourself what I am talking about. For the first time reader, please enjoy. It's something to get started on and then you can work your way up to the greats, like Coulter and Woodiwiss. But I'm sure that Ms. Moning in time will be just as great.
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Summary: WOW!
Review: Aoibheal, Queen of the Fae, told her court about "the Hawk". She told of how he could win any woman's heart and soul. She even made some believe Hawk had stolen her favor, as well. The King of the Fae, as well as "the Fool" Adam, decided upon revenge. Adam traveled through time until 1997. It was there he found a perfect woman who hated beautiful men, for very good reason. Adrienne de Simone was whisked through time to the sixteenth century and forced to wed a man known as Hawk. She wanted nothing to do with such a good looking man. Beautiful men mean trouble and pain. Hawk could not believe she would have nothing to do with him. Worse yet, a smithy suddenly appeared in town, named Adam Black and was determined to woo her away from him! Adrienne, wanting nothing to do with either of them, was made into a pawn of which only Aoibheal, who ruled over all, could save. ***WOW! I loved this book. It is definately "a keeper"! Here is one that will never see the inside of a used book store. Powerful, romantic, and leaves you believing in Fairies.***
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Summary: A ROMANTIC TIMES TOP PICK!
Review: Handsome as sin and the greatest of lovers, Hawk is not only sought after by almost every woman in 1513 Scotland, but is the ideal pawn in a gambit played out by the fairie queen and her court. The other pawn, 20th century Adrienne de Simone, has had her problems with men and hopes that she is never taken in by their sweet words again. When Hawk's friend, Grimm, wishes that Hawk would find a woman of wit, intelligence and beauty who would spurn him, Adrienne finds herself swept through time in order to marry Hawk. Though stunned by her situation, she complies, agreeing to masquerade as Mad Janet, the bride-to-be. When she meets her husband, Adrienne is dazed by his beauty, making her resist him. Her rebuffs make Hawk try harder, and when the smithy, Adam Black, sets out to seduce Adrienne, sparks fly and the game shifts into a higher dimension. Add to this a jealous woman, Hawk's ex-lover, Adrienne's resolve, and a group of matchmakers, and you have havoc in the Highlands. This highly original time-travel romance combines the wonders of the paranormal and the mischievous world of the fairies to create a splendid, sensual, hard-to-put-down romance. You'll delight in the biting repartee and explosive sexual tension between Adrienne and Hawk, the conniving Adam, and the magical aura that surrounds the entire story. Karen Marie Moning is destined to make her mark on the genre. ROMANTIC TIMES MAGAZINE, KATHE ROBIN
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Summary: A fantasy romance that is pure magic
Review: In 1513 Scotland, Queen Aoibheal of the Fairy overhears her husband speaking of someone else being prettier than her. Angry at his unkind words, she convinces her regal spouse that Sidheach James Lyon Douglas, the Earl of Dalekth, is the greatest lover of the century. A jealous King Finbheara decides to personally eliminate the Hawk as he is affectionately known throughout Edinburgh by finding a woman who will reject this mortal. The Fairy ruler sends his Fool into the twentieth century where women are more independent to find the right person. The Fool selects Adrienne de Simone who mentally copes with the magic of time travel while loathing philanderers due to her own experience with one. The Fool transfers Adrienne into the murdered body of Janet Comyn, the Hawk's fiancee. As Adrienne and Hawk become acquainted, they fall in love with one another. However, it was an act of vengeance that brought her back over three and a half centuries. There is no guarantee that there won't be a second magical manifestation invoked to send her to her home century. BEYOND THE HIGHLAND MISTS is a fun blending of elements from several romance sub-genres. The story line includes magic, otherworldly beings, and time travel neatly wrapped inside a well-written late Medieval romance. The lead protagonists are an intriguing battling duet. However, what turns Karen Marie Moning's book into a terrific tale is the depth of the secondary players, especially the Fairies, who will leave readers believing they are a genuine race. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Up all night
Review: I bought this book on a friday afternoon. I happened to just pick it up in a bookstore and thought, "Why the Heck not?" The cover turned me off a little, but hey, it's romance. I usually read Lavryle Spencer and Beatrice Smalls books, but the bookstore had currently ran out of their novels. This book was sitting on the shelf out of place in plain sight so I read the back cover and snatched it.
I got home around 5 Started reading about 9 I had to finish the book to the end. I was up until 4 am finishing the book. It was intriguing...The time travel, the Heroine...I loved the fact that she was not a snivelling, whimpering woman who crumbled whenever a man scowled and screamed.
I love the fact that Hawk had to work for attention unlike in other bookd where a gorgeous man has woman falling all over him including the one that resists him at first.
I was a bit comfused by the King and Queen but I plan to go back and reread that section so that I can comprehend it better.
I thought that this book was one of a kind, I was definitely pleasantly suprised. I hope all who enjoy a good romance novel pick this book up and read it...I just hope that you don't stay up half the night trying to finish it like I did...and if you think it might happen to you, then read it on a friday!
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Summary: Very Slow to Get Started
Review: I think if I had skipped the first 3/4 of this book I would have loved it. You have to get beyond Adrienne's annoying and nasty character and the problem of why Hawk loves her almost at first sight even though he has bedded many more beautiful women. Adrienne was so mean to Hawk that I was hoping the poison or the arrow would actually kill her. Aside from that the last few chapters were great and the love making when it occurred near the end was also terrific. If you like the Highlander series, you should read this, but I would not recommend it as a first read in the series or you might not want to continue.
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Summary: Not bad but...
Review: In general I like time travel romances and I like the mythology that was interwoven through this one. This one was all right but I'd actually only give it a 3 1/2 stars.
While this was an quick, easy read that held my attention, there were some things that bothered me about it. I never felt there was very much chemistry between Hawk and Adrienne. All in all, she seemed a bit too nasty to him and it was a major leap for me to believe he would fall for her instantly! The constant situations with Adam got a little wearisome but I have to admit I chuckled everytime Adam referred to Hawk as "Mr. Buzzard."
Not the best I've ever read but not a bad one to read as you go off to sleep.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: This book has everything...handsome hero, humor, strong funny lady,sex,timetravel...great series....Mrs. Moning is one of my five favorite authors
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Summary: War of the Roses
Review: I have one question to ask Ms. Moning: was this supposed to be a love story?
It is unreasonable for an author to completely change a character halfway through the book. The hero, Sidheach James Lyon Douglas (The Hawk) was described as a womanizer with an admittedly degage attitude. I suppose it could be suggested that Moning left a smidge of room for The Hawk to become a hopeless romantic as the book unfolds....
However, it's hard for me to believe The Hawk was only a misunderstood hero. He was thoroughly contemptible to the women whom he ran through like used Kleenex. And his very best friend believed he was in need of a change!
Moning seemed to expect readers to believe that even though The Hawk had idealism, courage and vulnerability just seething below the surface of his very convincing Lothario `act,' his very own best friend, "Grimm" would wish a curse upon his head. In spite of his profligate skirt-chasing The Hawk is in fact, principled and noble. Hmmm.
And even ignoring the mental leap it takes to accept what I view as inconsistencies in the hero's character, the nasty and astringent relationship between The Hawk and the heroine, Adrienne de Simone was hard to stomach considering I expected to be reading a romance novel.
Tension can make the joining all the sweeter, but it seemed that during most of the story the two `lovers' were anything but loving. At the beginning she hated him while he wanted her (and with very silly underlying reasoning, if you ask me). Toward the end, they were not even in the same time (time-travel romance). In the middle, Moning contrived to keep them within striking distance, but with the two never being sweet or warm. With all the acrimony between the two, the snippets of `romance' were hard to believe or enjoy, and the infrequent `love' scenes felt abrupt.
I have enjoyed others of Moning's books, and will read more. I hope that she will allow the heroes and heroines to love each other more and fight each other less in the future.
Vexing.
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