A Season in the Highlands: Unfinished Business/ Fall From Grace/ Cold Feet/ The Matchmaker/ The Christmas Captive

by Geralyn Dawson, Patricia Cabot, Pam Binder, et al.

Book Overview

A Season in the Highlands contains five romance stories from Jude Deveraux, Jill Barnett, Geralyn Dawson, Patricia Cabot, and Pam Binder. With some of the best romance writers represented, these tales... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Unknown Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739414887
• ISBN13: 9780739414880
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 532 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.

Customer Reviews

****SCOTTISH HEAVEN****

This book is for all of us Scottish fans. They were all great and on my KEEPER shelf. Worth buying and reading.

Good Scotish Read

This book is a good blend of modern stories and historical fiction. "A Season in the Highlands" delivered exactly what I want from a romance anthology, charming characters in unusual situations, and lots of happy endings.

I only wish all the stories were full length books !

This compilation was a joy to read. My only sadness was that each one of the tales was not a full length book. I was especially sad to finish Jude Devereux's story---I wanted MORE ! However, all of the stories, while different from eachother, paint a wonderful portrait of Scotland. I can't imagine anyone reading this book and not wanting to jump on a plane. Since we can't all rush off and book flights on British Air, reading "A Season In The Highlands" is the next best thing. You *will* enjoy it !

For Fans of Everything Scottish

These five novellas take readers on a journey to the Scottish Highlands - those who are not already in love with the heather-covered hills and strong Highlanders will certainly be when they finish this book. I am not usually a huge fan of anthologies but this book has changed my mind. These are great reads for the busy woman who doesn't have time to sit and read an entire book in an evening. UNFINISHED BUSINESSby Jude DeverauxContemporary RomanceNew York attorney Tyler Stevens has always looked after her young cousin Kristin Beaumont. When Kristin becomes ill and is unable to accompany her boss, tycoon businessman Joel Kingsley on a trip to Scotland, Tyler takes her place. There she helps solve a murder mystery hundreds of years old and finds the love that has eluded her all her life. While a few inaccuracies and improbabilities near the beginning of the novella might take the more discerning reader out of the story, this is a pleasant tale which should please devoted Deveraux fans. Those who are looking for her to return to her earlier brilliance will be disappointed. Despite the fact Deveraux's name on the cover will probably make this book a bestseller, her story is the weakest of the five.FALL FROM GRACEby Jill Barnett(rewrite of "Saving Grace" from 1993's HIGHLAND FLING Anthology) Historical Romance (1600s)When the branch of the tree Grace McNish is sitting in breaks landing her right on top of who she believes to be a dastardly McNab - sworn enemy of the McNish Clan - Grace believes it to be an act of God and hatches a plan to hold the unsuspecting (and unconscious) Highlander for ransom. Jill Barnett delights readers with her trademark humor in this novella set around the historic feud between the McNab and McNish clans. There's truly a laugh a minute in this charming tale complete with a female bagpiper who's partially deaf. I just love Barnett's heroines - strong but a bit awkward, smart and caring. Those of you who remember this story from the Highland Fling anthology should be aware this story is a COMPLETE rewrite. Although the basic plot is the same, many, many things are different. Warning: Don't read this in public unless you want to be victim of strange looks - you'll be laughing out loud for sure! There's rarely a better reading experience than a story by Jill Barnett.COLD FEETby Geralyn DawsonHistorical Romance (1886)Texan Rand Jenkins travels to Scotland to deliver Sarah Ross to her husband, the Marquess of Weston, and becomes the "Pied Piper of Pussycats" after stopping at the cottage of Annie Munro to ask for directions. Is Annie really a witch or just the local herbalist? One really wonders - even Annie who appears to have cast a spell over Rand as well. Annie doesn't know why the cats are attracted to Rand and he is getting mighty irritated. Of course, it doesn't help matters when he finds he's allergic to them. Geralyn Dawson gives readers yet another Texan meets Highlander story to savor as she did with Si

Fabulous

A Season in the Highlands" is one of the best compilations that I have ever read. Jude Deveraux tells the wildly romantic story of Tyler Stevens, a women who is too afraid to love, and Joel Kingsley, a man who has given up finding true love. When Tyler goes to Scotland to cover at work for her young cousin she and Joel clash and help a pair of seemingly hopeless Scottish lovers. I hated to see this story end. It was told in the best Deveraux tradition, with love and laughter. Jill Barnetts' story "Fall From Grace" about a highland lass and her captive `chieftain' was a revamped re-release and was the weak link in this compilation as far as I am concerned. It was however, a decent story just not as good as the others in the book."Cold Feet" by Geralyn Dawson has a Texan escort an estranged noblewoman back to Scotland and while there they fall for a mesmerizing hereditary witch. This was a great story with a great hero and heroine but there was a back-story about the noblewoman who the Texan took home that was not told. Very annoying, but a good story overall.In Pam Binders' "Matchmaker" A matchmaker throws a Scottish tea shop owner and her handsome American software mogul back in time to Queen Mary's Court. There they learn about the true worth of love vs. work. It was a great story and I would have loved it if it were longer.In "The Christmas Captive" Patricia Cabot links a runaway maiden and her doctor lord in a tale that frees the maiden from a "curse" and a hateful guardian.This compilation is worth the time to read and the money to buy. It is a great showcase for several fantastic authors.