Reviewer: Tracy Tempest in the Highlands by May McGoldrick
Series: The Scottish Relic Trilogy #3
Also in this series: Much Ado About Highlanders, Taming the Highlander
Publisher: Swerve
Publication Date: December 6th 2016
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Miranda MacDonnell is on the run. When she inherited a mysterious relic from her mother, she had no idea the dangers it would bring. Now hunted by a relentless foe who will stop at nothing to find her, she has one choice: stow away on the ship of the notorious privateer, Black Hawk.
Rob Hawkins, the half-English privateer known as Black Hawk, has a mission from the Tudor king to find and kill the rogue commander, Sir Ralph Evers. To complete his quest, Hawk must find Miranda, a young woman Evers is pursuing. Caught in a tempest, he is shipwrecked with a "boy" who demonstrates an uncanny ability for saving him. Cast away on the mysterious Isle of the Dead, Hawk realizes that the "boy" traveling with him is actually Miranda MacDonnell and having her means that Evers will come to him. What begins as a ploy —using her as bait—soon changes, however, as he falls in love with her.
Ancient forces are at work, drawing the four possessors of the relic’s power to the Isle of the Dead in the Outer Hebrides for a final battle where good must overcome the forces of evil in this spectacular finale to the Scottish Relic Trilogy.
Miranda MacDonnell is on the run. When she inherited a mysterious relic from her mother, she had no idea the dangers it would bring. Now hunted by a relentless foe who will stop at nothing to find her, she has one choice: stow away on the ship of the notorious privateer, Black Hawk.
Rob Hawkins, the half-English privateer known as Black Hawk, has a mission from the Tudor king to find and kill the rogue commander, Sir Ralph Evers. To complete his quest, Hawk must find Miranda, a young woman Evers is pursuing. Caught in a tempest, he is shipwrecked with a “boy” who demonstrates an uncanny ability for saving him. Cast away on the mysterious Isle of the Dead, Hawk realizes that the “boy” traveling with him is actually Miranda MacDonnell and having her means that Evers will come to him. What begins as a ploy —using her as bait—soon changes, however, as he falls in love with her.
Ancient forces are at work, drawing the four possessors of the relic’s power to the Isle of the Dead in the Outer Hebrides for a final battle where good must overcome the forces of evil in this spectacular finale to the Scottish Relic Trilogy.
Miranda has the gift of sight. She inherited this from her mother via an ancient relic that gives her this power. She’s on the run from a man who wants her dead so that he can have the power of the stone. She knows from a vision that her mother had before she died that Rob Hawkins – knowns a Black Hawk, is entwined with her future. She stows away on his ship but when a storm sends him overboard Miranda jumps in to save his life.
The pair end up on an island and for a time Rob still believes that Miranda is a boy named Gavin. When he figures out she’s a woman he’s stunned but it doesn’t change the fact that he admires her greatly for her strength and perseverance. They are plagued on the island by one disaster after another which causes the two to become closer and eventually fall in love. Unfortunately the man who wants the power of all four stones has found them on the island and will stop at nothing to get the stone from Miranda as well as two other women who hold stones of their own.
This was a much more exciting story than I expected. I knew it was the culmination of everything that had gone on in the two previous stories but it was more fraught with danger than I anticipated. Miranda, thankfully, saved Rob’s life a time or two and he saved hers as well – without the help of sight. I loved that their shared circumstances brought them together. They were perfect for each other and I loved seeing their feelings for each other grow by the day.
The parts of the story that involved the power of the stone and Sir Ralph Evers who wanted it all for himself was blended so well into the story. I didn’t feel like there was any disconnect between the romance and the stones. It was very fantastical and magical but done very well. A great end to a wonderful trilogy.
Rating: 4 out of 5
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