Review: Winning Her Highland Warrior (Time to Love a Highlander #3)

Winning Her Highland Warrior (Time to Love a Highlander #3)

Maeve Greyson

Blurb:

So many things in the past she wants to escape—except one.

Satia St. Clair, a street smart, socially aloof, microbiologist, is literally immersed in her research at a Highland loch when a crumbling ledge tosses her into its murky depths without her diving gear. The last thing she expects is for a 14th century Scottish warlord to pull her to safety.

Not only does he save her, but Kane Macpherson half believes her to be a faerie queen. After all, myth and folklore surround An Lochan Uaine. But even when common sense wins out, something about the beguiling lass demands she be treated like the special woman he instinctively knows she is. And he swears to protect her from anyone or anything. Which could be a problem when she makes the mistake of sharing her otherworldly knowledge of events yet to happen, and it gets back to his liege, Robert the Bruce. Kane soon realizes the greatest danger to Satia is herself. He’s in peril, too. Or at least, his heart is. Fae queen or not, this green-eyed beauty not only possesses the second sight, but the power to capture a man’s heart and soul without even realizing it.

Satia is so drawn to Kane it frightens her. But the last time she let what amounted to nothing more than a stupid infatuation blind her common sense, the lowlife maggot pirated her research, published it under his name, and made her the laughingstock of the scientific community. She refuses to be conned again. And when she discovers a critical link to her cancer study while in the past, she’s determined to get it back to her time. Her best friend’s life and the lives of so many others depend on it. But that means ignoring her heart and leaving Kane behind. Hopefully, just for a little while, but possibly forever.

A string of foster homes taught Satia to never let down her guard or believe in anything silly as love, but Kane makes that so hard to remember. And even worse, when she reverses her trip through time and takes the cure back to the 21st century, home doesn’t feel like home anymore. She doesn’t belong anywhere and mourns the chance at a life she should never have left behind.

Now all she can do is hope to make it back to her Highland Warrior and win him all over again. That is, if the 14th century will let her come back.

Themes:  Historical Scottish, Time Travel

Rating:  4 stars

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Review:

I have got to tell you I have read quite a few time travel romances, especially ones set in medieval Scotland, especially since the Outlander craze began, but one of my favorites has become this new series by Maeve Greyson for sure. The series is only loosely connects by the concept instead of being one connected by characters or locales, but I have enjoyed meetings the new characters in each story and seeing each couple tackle their own issues and finding their own ways to handle their differences. Satia is on a mission to clear her name academically so that she can return to work researching cure for the cancer that almost killed her foster sister, the only person she’s ever really loved in this world.  When she almost drowns in the loch while collecting samples and suddenly finds herself flung into the past, into the arms of a strapping and sexy Highlander she has no idea just how important Kane will come to be to her.  Kane rescues the gorgeous lady of the loch but knows immediately there is something different about her despite her protestations.  From her clothing to the way she speaks and behaves, not to mention the way she seems to be able to give details of the present and future no one she know, and he knows he needs to protect her at all costs from enemies and friends alike.  As they spend more time together, working to get Satia safe and find her a place in her new world, Kane begins to love the beautiful stranger and he fears she will leave him as abruptly as she arrived.  When the time comes for her to choose between the love of her sister and this new and untried relationship with a man, will Satia trust in the love he offers or will she return to her time and leave him a broken man.  Oh boy I haven’t met two more broken characters that were prefect for healing one another in ages. Satia was a foster kid that bounced around from a lot of bad situations and the only person she ever connected with was her foster sister, who she almost lost, so she has focused her whole life on keeping her sister alive and well.  The only time she trusted a man—thinking she loved him—he ended up almost tearing her life apart, so trusting Kane is almost impossible, despite how much she feels for him and the way she wants to offer herself fully to him.  The turmoil was real for her, leaving her ripped apart more than once, but I loved her strength and determination in the face of any challenge.  She was clever, sassy, sweet, and when she did open her heart, despite it being a bad situation, she showed that she could be a woman to match Kane if he pulled his head out of his ass.  Kane was such a good guy for most of the story so when he became an asshole I was totally shocked, but I loved the dichotomy that Maeve gave him and showed us that even the bravest and most stalwart of men can be broken by those they offer their hearts too.  He was intelligent, courageous, resolute, considerate, caring and gentle and the most unlikely of moments but when those he cared about were in danger he stepped up to kick butt.  I loved the passionate fire these two generated when they were together and more often than not the heat was enough to have kept a whole house warm through a Highland winter.  I am loving this series and hope it continues for a long time because the magic of Maeve time travelers is beyond entertaining and the love they find with their Highlander warriors is inspiring.

*ebook provided by publisher (via NetGalley) for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review.  No compensation was provided.