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Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780821774267
ISBN number: 0821774263
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Page Count: 384
Printing Date: May 01, 2003
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I am sad to see reviews on this book that are less than complimentary. Howell created a unique storyline in Highland Angel. It contains depth and realistic emotion. Having been a police officer for more than 20 years, I found the story to be genuine and compelling. People like the villian (Roderick) really exist, both past and present; and, there are heros in our world just like Payton and his love Kirstie. I've read all of Ms. Howell's books. It was nice to read something that wasn't based on the story of a man and women journeying and lusting while sitting on a horse. This was an excellent love story!
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I've never written a review before, but felt I had to about this one. As both a sexual assault nurse and a lover of historical romance stories, I found this book interesting yet a bit disappointing at the same time. I think I got through only about 4 pages when I was ready to put it down. I read historical & time-travel romance novels as much, if not more, for the history, as I do for the romance. It allows me a few minutes each day to escape to an earlier time, without all the modern day gizmos & sensory overload. When an author's words & tone are not consistent with that time period, all enjoyment is lost.
While I have no comment one way or the other about modern day political correctness, it has no place in 15th century Scotland, especially when you look at the social mores & values of the day. They did not view things as we do today. If this were a time travel romance, with the heroine being a modern day woman transported back in time, I could see it. But as it stands, I believe much of it was inconsistent with the views of the time. I did finish reading, and am glad I did, but overall, was still disappointed.
In the beginning, I liked the heroine's spunkiness, and found the situation Payton found himself in to be quite humorous. I like my fictional heroes to be a little less than perfect. However, I found the secondary characters to be much more interesting and well-rounded. I would love to read a book about Callum, as an adult in the 1400's, and learn how he was able to overcome the abuse. I applaud the author's use of such a theme as child sexual abuse. However, reading the book, I felt like I was reading the words of a modern day woman on her soap box, not someone from the 15th century. And no matter what time period, I have a problem with any person, real or fictional, discussing their sexual relationships with a child. Call me too old fashioned, but that really turned me off!
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very disappointing, I like spice,but to me it was porno, threw it out!!!!!!!
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If you have read the other Highland Series featuring the Murray daughters, you would already be familiar with Sir Payton Murray, supposedly the bonniest lad in the whole of Scotland. In Highland Angel, we finally get to see this revered knight meet his downfall in the form of a damsel in distress.
On his way to a rendezvous, Kirstie MacIye, who claims her husband just tried to murder her, approaches Payton. He listens to her story and was aghast to find out her husband's evil doings especially of finding out the abominable things he does to children. As a man of honor, Payton cannot help but offer himself as Kirstie and the abused children's champion. So he takes her and the children home and offers them his protection.
As to be expected, both feel a strong attraction for each other. For Payton, it is the very first time in his life that he had to work hard in seducing a woman. For Kirstie, she is frightened of her strong feelings for Payton partly due to her marriage vows and Payton's longstanding reputation for having bedded half the women in Scotland. She worries that he sees her as nothing but just another addition to his ever-growing collection of women.
HIGHLAND ANGEL, while brimming with sensuous love scenes, lacks the excitement that I enjoyed from other Highland books by Hannah Howell particularly the stories of Payton's kinswomen - Elspeth (HIGHLAND VOW), Avery (HIGHLAND KNIGHT) and Gillyanne (HIGHLAND BRIDE). Since reading Highland Vow, I've wanted to read Payton's story but this book unfortunately didn't live up to my expectations. Payton seemed rather jaded in this story compared to how he's been portrayed in the previous books. And Kirstie, although likable enough, just didn't endear herself to me. I was expecting some really funny verbal spats between them but they were sadly lacking. I found the children funnier than the main characters.
It's quite disappointing because the very first few pages seemed promising only to go downhill and then kind of pick up on the last third. I'm giving this 2.5 stars (extra half star for Gilly and Connor's appearance).
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I have never read any of Ms. Howell's other "highland" titles, and having read this one, I probably will not waste my time.
I have read some awful historical romances, and this one would have to fall into that category. It certainly doesn't deserve the distinction of being called "historical" and even stretches the line to being a period piece.
This is one of those books where it looks like the characters and plot line have abolutely no relevance at all to the location or time frame that the work is supposedly set. What is Scots about this story? Some obscure hints at fueds that any logical discusion could forestall [as it eventually does!] is the only nod to clans that the author throws out to us. Give me a break!
I get absolutely no feeling for Scotland or Scots at all from reading this book. Whether this is weak research or just weak writing I can't say.
I'm sorry, but this story is not even remotely plausible. No doubt sexual abuse and child abuse have been rampant throughout history, but the author's use of this topic sounds like she is jumping on a soapbox. She lost me very early on with the way she dealt with this issue.
If you enjoy stories that evoke the beauty and majesty of the Scottish Highlands, don't be taken in by the title as I was, and skip this one.
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