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Summary: Another winner
Review: I picked up all of Kinley's books after reading her Fantasy Lover as Sherrilyn Kenyon and I haven't found a bad book yet. Braden and Maggie were delightful and funny. As is her trademark, the book is hot, hot, hot. I love her sex scenes and the fact that the characters really care about each other. What I liked most is that this book is very different from other Scottish set historicals. Braden and Maggie work together and aren't always fighting over misunderstandings. A great book! I can't wait to read the next one. I hope it's Sin's. He deserves a happy ending of his own.
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Summary: Just okay.....
Review: I really had high hopes for this one after reading the reviews. I have to say I'm somewhat disappointed. I just got tired of the "she looked at him & saw & thought - & he looked at her & saw & thought"....... there were a whole bunch of pages where that is ALL that took place. I had also read that is had a whole lot of humor in it; Although I did find a few places that were funny, I didn't find it humorous all the way thru like I had read. I will have to admit that it probably takes more to make me laugh than it might others. KM's 'The Dark Highlander' is still my absolute favorite!
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Summary: Just okay.....
Review: I really had high hopes for this one after reading the reviews. I have to say I'm somewhat disappointed. I just got tired of the "she looked at him & saw & thought - & he looked at her & saw & thought"....... there were a whole bunch of pages where that is ALL that took place. I had also read that is had a whole lot of humor in it; Although I did find a few places that were funny, I didn't find it humorous all the way thru like I had read. I will have to admit that it probably takes more to make me laugh than it might others. KM's 'The Dark Highlander' is still my absolute favorite!
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: I'd heard from my reader's loop about Kinley MacGregor and bought both Claiming the Highlander and Born in Sin together. I have to admit I didn't care for Braden at first. The opening chapter threw me a bit and I didn't think he'd be a good hero, but the readers on my loop told me to hang in there and I'm so glad I did. He is an arrogant cuss and I laughed as Maggie gave him his due. She was a great heroine as she led him on a merry chase. She had his number and called him on it every time. I laughed all the way through it, especially at Maggie's shoes and the scene with her legs. Priceless. There were so many warm, tender moments. I can easily see why these two hooked up. I can't wait to read more of Kinley's novels.
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Summary: A fun, sweet, funny read.
Review: I'd really give this 4 1/2 stars. Kinley McGregor's books are always fast-paced, funny, and enjoyable to read. No exception here. With a similar (but better developed) story to Quinn's "Romancing Mr Bridgerton", it's the story of the plain jane (Maggie) who has loved the handsome charmer (Braden) all her life but has never been noticed by him. Until now. Events throw these two together and both are forced to see the other in a new light - with the help of the darkly charming and sarcastic Sin. I'm sure he will be the subject of the next book and I look forward to it - he's yummy! And I hope that by the time Lochlan gets his story he will be a stronger laird! How could he lose control of his clan so easily? But I digress.Braden and Maggie are fun and likable. He happily flirts with and charms every woman he meets never interested in anything long term. He has seen that love can hurt and destroy as evidenced by two of his brothers fighting over a woman with tragic consequences. He also vows never to take a wife after seeing his mother's rejection of his half brother Sin as a child. Maggie has worshipped Braden since she was a child. He seemed to always come to her rescue and has always been kind to her but never saw her as anything more than his best friend's kid sister. But now she is a woman and has taken action that causes Braden to see her as such. She is no longer the gangly young girl - she has developed a uniquely earthy beauty that Braden notices for the first time. He is attracted to her, but this is Maggie - a woman he likes and respects - surely had cannot desire her too! It unnerves him for he can't fall in love - and certainly not with someone he cares about - can he? And Sin challenges Maggie to see past Braden's looks and reputation. Does she truly love the man underneath or does she simply want his attentions just as all the other women do? Two sweet people who belong together. I enjoyed this book and look forward to the rest of the series.
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Summary: A fun, sweet, funny read.
Review: I'd really give this 4 1/2 stars. Kinley McGregor's books are always fast-paced, funny, and enjoyable to read. No exception here. With a similar (but better developed) story to Quinn's "Romancing Mr Bridgerton", it's the story of the plain jane (Maggie) who has loved the handsome charmer (Braden) all her life but has never been noticed by him. Until now. Events throw these two together and both are forced to see the other in a new light - with the help of the darkly charming and sarcastic Sin. I'm sure he will be the subject of the next book and I look forward to it - he's yummy! And I hope that by the time Lochlan gets his story he will be a stronger laird! How could he lose control of his clan so easily? But I digress. Braden and Maggie are fun and likable. He happily flirts with and charms every woman he meets never interested in anything long term. He has seen that love can hurt and destroy as evidenced by two of his brothers fighting over a woman with tragic consequences. He also vows never to take a wife after seeing his mother's rejection of his half brother Sin as a child. Maggie has worshipped Braden since she was a child. He seemed to always come to her rescue and has always been kind to her but never saw her as anything more than his best friend's kid sister. But now she is a woman and has taken action that causes Braden to see her as such. She is no longer the gangly young girl - she has developed a uniquely earthy beauty that Braden notices for the first time. He is attracted to her, but this is Maggie - a woman he likes and respects - surely had cannot desire her too! It unnerves him for he can't fall in love - and certainly not with someone he cares about - can he? And Sin challenges Maggie to see past Braden's looks and reputation. Does she truly love the man underneath or does she simply want his attentions just as all the other women do? Two sweet people who belong together. I enjoyed this book and look forward to the rest of the series.
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Summary: At last a Scottish historical that is different
Review: I've been so tired of reading the same old tried and trues Scottish books, but I love Kinley so I thought I give this a try. Boy am I glad I did. Braden and Maggie are wonderful. I loved the fact that Maggie wasn't beautiful and that the two of them were working together even while they had conflict for the good of their clan. It was funny, hot and fast paced. I can't wait for the next book in the series. I hope its Sin.
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Summary: Unusual Heroine
Review: It is said that Braden MacAllister, English baron and proud Highlander warrior, can fell an enemy with a single blow -- and a woman with a single kiss. Maggie had heard all these stories and more, but she had loved Braden MacAllister with her whole heart and soul - ever since she was a little girl. Only, she knew that the man, Braden was not the young boy who was her hero - he had grown up to be a man who she knew could never love her - plain ole Maggie with her ugly brown shoes. Maggie had tired of seeing the people she loved killed because of feud that should have no reason for being - having lost two of her six brothers she vowed she lose no more! She had convinced the woman from both feuding clans to join them in their quest to make the men stop the feud by refusing them loving (sex) and cooking. The men thought that if anyone could convince Maggie of her folly it would be BRADEN MacAllister - for no woman alive could resist him - and had they known how Maggie had always loved him there would have been no doubt in their minds that he could convince her to yield and have the women return to their men. As much as Maggie's treacherous body wanted to succumb to Braden - she would will herself to refuse him. She knew who he was - A MAN WHO LOVED WOMEN - ALL WOMEN! Maggie & Braden's story was a definite change from the norm proving that every woman is not "the most beautiful woman" the hero was ever laid eyes. What was interesting about this was that having grown up with Maggie - he had never known 'who' she was but it took a journey that they might not return from to show him that she really was so special that he would forever more be ruined for any other woman! This was another fine offering from the pen of Kinley MacGregor showing a depth of emotion and that was quite refreshing in that our heroine wasn't 'drop dead gorgeous' and our hero could see her for who she was! The secondary character of Braden's brother Sin was a real tease and I can hardly wait to read his story! The trademark witty dialog was humorous and the very descriptive sexual yearnings of what they'd like to do and when they finally did get around to doing 'it' was hot! Good read!
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Summary: Wanted: Highlander!!!
Review: Maggie & Braden's story was a joy to read. Though this is a Historical romance it brings out the realistic fact that every woman is not "the most beautiful woman" the hero was ever laid eyes on and just because they are "just plain, average" looking and have ugly brown shoes does not mean they do not deserve to find love. Maggie has loved her hero Braden all her life but knows she will never have him because he LOVES all women and could never be faithful to just one, especially someone who he's never even noticed. Being the strong-willed, independent woman she is, when Maggie is faced with the possibility that she may not live to see another day and after having had a taste of Braden's kisses, she goes after what she (and all the woman of Scotland & England) desire-some of Braden's good loving. Although Braden, being the handsome rake that he is, is shocked by the desire "bucktoothed" Maggie stirs him in, he is determined that he will never fall in love nor can he make love to Maggie because he knows she deserves a man who can. The only problem is-now that he has had a taste of Maggie, his body wants no other. I've read all of Kinley MacGregor books, with the exception of "A Pirate of Her Own" and this is the best thus far. This author also writes under the name "Sherrilyn Kenyon" Fantasy Lover & Night Pleasures are both 5+ stars.
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Summary: Abysmal
Review: Maggie ingen Blar was fed up with the bloodshed of her family and people, the result of an overlong clan war with the neighboring group. So she came up with a viable plan to put an end to the problem. Organizing the women of not only her clan, but also their rivals, they had separated themselves from their men. In doing so the men would not enjoy any of the privileges of marriage, until they agreed to stop their foolishness and declare peace. What she didn't count on was the men sending the one man she, and most women, had a special weakness for. Braden MacAllister, the most devastingly handsome warrior to tread in her path, could deliver the fatal blow to her well-laid plans. He figures a little charm and sweet talk ought to do the trick, but Maggie proves to be made of sterner stuff. So he may have to pull out the big gun, so to speak, to convince her to give up. This was my first perusal of a Kinley MacGregor novel, and after reading some of the glowing reviews of her work, I could hardly wait to try one out. This has to be the worst kind of disappointment, when you're expecting something really wonderful, and it turns out to be, well...really bad. The premise sounded okay, although rather thin in the plot department. But I really thought the humor I had heard so much about in her books would prove to be the glue holding the story together. However, the humor seemed really forced, as if the author was trying too hard to make it funny, so the result was contrived. The characters are one dimensional, and there was nothing present here to engage my emotions and make me care what happened to them. In fact, this story was just plain boring, and I couldn't get past page ninety-seven. I skimmed ahead to find the section where he, ahem...pulled out the big gun, and even that was rather boring. There's nothing here to recommend, and this is my first, as well as my last, MacGregor novel. I have to say I am baffled by the dismal quality here, because she also writes as Sherrilyn Kenyon, and I thought the book FANTASY LOVER was quite good.
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