Time For A Highlander (Real Men Wear Kilts)

By: Maxine Mansfield

Narrated by: John McNee

Forty-five-year-old history teacher Bethany Anne Anderson wasn't supposed to die on her dream vacation to Scotland. Someone else was supposed to rescue the child from the falling druid stone. But she's perfectly fine with moving on to the hereafter. She has loved ones waiting for her. Then Tobias Morie, better known as Fate, steps in. Her intervention has changed the future. Before she can move on, she must first help him correct one of his own mistakes. That's fine until she wakes up in 1643 in the body of 20-year-old Lady Elspeth Frasier. Worse, she's engaged to the very handsome, very young, very virile Quinton MacLeod. But that's not all Fate demands. She must give the Highland laird the heir he'd originally been denied.

Quinton MacLeod loved once. He won't do it again, even if he had time for such nonsense. With the Highland lairds divided between loyalty to their beloved country and the English king, he seeks only peace - in his keep and in his heart. But raised in England and a ward of the enemy, his beautiful new wife has strange notions of education and cleanliness that cause chaos within both. There's also the matter of her very unlady-like views on the marriage bed, which, come to think of it, he's more than happy to overlook. If only he could trust her.

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This is a beautiful story the best i have listened to in many years ...sadness and sorrow , hope and real love, and a bit of everything to make a pulling story thrown in, and with intrigue and suspense and a look at real life in ancient times included . And i wish only to hear more stories from this author. A award for the best romance with a fresh difference.This story really hit the heart strings and leaves you with eternal hope to look forward to..

Outstanding - Very Steamy

This story is amazing. I loved it. It does have some very colorful language in a few parts of the story, but I overlooked that because this story is truly outstanding. This is the first time I’ve heard this narrator and I thought he did an excellent job bringing this author’s words to life. I highly recommend this audiobook.

Time travel and Scots a good combo

Middle aged school teacher Bethany Anne Anderson goes to Scotland to escape her ex only to be a hero and find herself back in time to fulfill another's life. A rough yet tender Highlander Scottish Laird Quinton MacLeod, is marring a woman he does not want only to find that she is completely different than what she was just a few days ago. Throw in a frustrated "fate" and a plot to take the Laird's land and you have an interesting story.

I liked the premise of the story. I liked Maxine's writing style and I even liked the plot to a point. I really liked the action, Laird Quinton and McLeod clan! However, I did not connect nor liked Bethany. She played the "victim" card through out the book rather than rising up and claiming victory over what happened in her past and that kept her from fully engaging in her new life. She was so preoccupied with her past life and its tragedy that as a reader I felt sorry for the Laird for never fully being loved and wanted. His unconditional love for Bethany (even though he knew he was not loved as deeply as he loved her) was his greatest character trait and made me love him as the hero. Even the ending of the book was about her and her past, not her and Quinton's love. I kept hoping that Quinton would find another woman because I did not feel that Bethany deserved this real man in a kilt.

I liked the way John McNee read the story, but the recording sounded like he was in an empty room and there was room echo which was very distracting at times. I have never listed to a book with this kind of performance.

Note: I have never read Maxine Mansfield before so I was not ready for the level of the steaming scenes. Just a note for those who would like to know. If that kind of stuff does not bother you, you will like it.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this honest review.