Warrior's Redemption (Warrior #1)
by Melissa Mayhue
Blurb:
Will the
magic of modern romance help him defeat an evil ancient power?
MALCOLM
MACDOWYLT sees himself a failed warrior, haunted by the death of the woman he
married to become laird of Clan MacGahan. Neither his Viking heritage nor his
claim to descend from Norse gods can restore his confidence in his ability to
protect his people. His sister is held captive, her life in jeopardy, and his
Magically powerful half brother wants him dead. The last thing he needs is more
responsibility, but that's exactly what he gets when his Faerie mother-in-law
arrives seeking justice for her daughter in the form of an enticing woman from
seven hundred years in the future.
DANIELLE
DEARMON has waited fifteen years to discover the life she is supposed to live.
She just never dreamed she'd end up in the thirteenth century with a handsome
Scot bent on saving everyone but himself.
With the
lives of those most dear to him hanging in the balance, Malcolm sets out to
battle a powerful evil Magic, only to learn that the redemption he seeks exists
only in the arms of the woman he loves.
Review:
Warrior’s Redemption
is the first in the new series by Melissa Mayhue. Time travel, Fey magic, Norse gods and
Scottish Highlanders all come together in an explosive meeting of past and
future, myth and fact. Never having read
anything before by this author, I was thrilled to find a lot of my favorite themes
in writing all together. Malcolm and
Dani are fabulous characters and the blending of their lives into one is done
so well as to be seamless. I’ve never
come across an author who could combine all these themes so artfully and produce
such a wonderful love story.
Dani has lived her
entire life feeling just a little out of step with everyone around her. The stories of the Faeries have always
resonated with her, leaving her begging them for their help and offering devotions
to them as a way to implore that help. The only time she’s ever felt even a
little bit like herself is when she’s in the kitchen. Finally she decides that using the magic of
Samhain is the only chance she has of reaching the faeries. But when she finally makes
contact with them, she wakes up in a whole new world.
Malcolm, dealing with
the guilt he feels over the death of his first wife, is surprised when his
mother-in-law, a suspected Faerie, arrives back in his life. Convinced finally that Malcolm isn’t to blame
for what has happened to her daughter, she decides to use her powers—combined
with the magic of Samhain and the blessings of her goddess—to offer Malcolm the
reward of his Soulmate. Sent to the
stone circle, Malcolm finds a beautiful but mysterious young woman, Dani, in the
circle on the brink of death. Taking her
back to his keep, Malcolm is immediately caught by the passion and emotion that
Dani brings out in him.
The two wrestle with
their feelings and the truth about Dani’s origins, but in the end they are
unable to resist each other. Giving in
to their passion they are caught in the evil machinations of Malcolm’s half-brother, who is determined to see Malcolm and all his siblings pay for their
lives. Trapped in the circumstances that
could lead to their deaths, Dani is forced to rescue Malcolm and herself if
they are to have any chance of a future together.
I love Dani’s spunk;
she is such a lovable and exciting character to read about. Being from the future, Malcolm doesn’t really
know how to handle Dani’s fire, more used to 13th century women being
meek and submissive. Dani frustrates
Malcolm and confuses him, but she brings out all the tenderness inside him,
giving him something to live for other than his duty. As they work and love together, both Dani and
Malcolm finally begin to accept what the Goddess knew all along. That they are meant to be together and they
can’t let anything or anyone come between them.
I thoroughly loved
Malcolm and Dani’s story and as the beginning of a new series this book hits
all the important points and was a home run. The myth and magic in the story give that
extra bit of spice, but at its heart Warrior’s Redemption is about just
that. The redemption of a man’s soul as
he accepts that he isn’t all powerful, but he is strong enough to protect those
he loves as long as he believes in himself.
Dani is the one woman that could bring him to trust in himself again and
she is determined to make sure that he knows it. There is obviously a lot going on in this
book, but it is so well weaved together that you are never left with moments of
confusion or feeling like you’ve missed something. I can’t wait to read more in this series and I
am looking for to the evil Torquil being vanquished once and for all.
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