MY THOUGHTS ON "SEDUCED BY A HIGHLANDER" BY PAULA QUINN

"SEDUCED BY A HIGHLANDER"

BY PAULA QUINN

Published:  September 1st 2010 by Forever

Details:  Mass Market Paperback, 352 pages

ISBN:  0446552372 (ISBN13: 9780446552370)

DESCRIPTION (from Goodreads)

SINS THAT CAN'T BE FORGIVEN

Tristan MacGregor is famed throughout the Highlands as a silver-tonged seducer and an unrepentant rogue. Bold and charming, he's dallied with many women, yet none as mysterious as the lass he steals a kiss from at king's court. Little does he know this beauty is one of his clan's greatest enemies.

PASSION THAT CAN'T BE DENIED

Isobel Fergusson has despised the bloodthirsty MacGregors ever since they murdered her father. She's horrified to learn that the handsome stranger she kissed is of this clan. But Tristan means to possess her at any cost and Isobel's body turns traitor at his touch. Can a man she's sworn to hate be the only one she can ever love?

A BIT ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Winner of the 2009 Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence for Best Historical RomanticTimes Magazine finalist for Best Scottish-set historical.

It's been a long road.


I've always loved stories. I was fortunate to have a mother who not only read to me, but made up tales of her own. My luck continued as I grew up. Fourth grade was one of my favorite years as a student. Some things you just never forget, like Sister Joseph Anne and her original stories about the adventures of Jane and Fifi at Avocado Green. I could have sat at my desk for the next ten years and listened to her.


When I was eleven I had the supreme audacity (and confidence) to submit my own masterpiece, a short story, to a science fiction house. To my disbelief and dismay, my story was rejected. Not one to be disillusioned by a mere, We're sorry, but this is CRAP, I submitted yet another manuscript, this one a full length paranormal. Rejected again. What did they know, anyway?

It didn't stop me from writing. I wrote poems, plays, and short stories. But I never submitted any of them again. They were the children of my loins! (Sure I thrived on the dramatic, but doesn't every pre-teen?) I couldn't bear having someone critique them.

An avid reader, I read The Exorcist and Jaws before the movies came out. After all, what could a producer show me on screen that could compare with my imagination?)

My favorite genre in reading was science fiction, but something was always missing. Enter my other first love. When I was fourteen I met the boy who would become my husband. By then, I was already a hopeless romantic, (I just didn't know it yet) so the poor guy didn't stand a chance. Then one day he kissed me. Aha! That's what had been missing from my library! A knee-melting, heart-accelerating kiss! I bought myself a black and white composition notebook and poured my heart out into sonnets, which I read to my sweetheart while he yawned. But who cares if I brought him close to unconsciousness? I had found my niche! Romance, ah, sweet, scintillating romance! Life made sense. I finally understood why I always had to have a Ken doll to go along with my Barbie.

Happiness. Bliss.

Then reality came a' knocking. I wrote because I loved writing. The thought of making it my career hadn't crossed my mind. (And those rejection letters tucked deep beneath my stack of journals, calling out, remember me? Remember me? Well, they didn't help either.) I had to get a job. One that paid real money. My life took a different turn, one that I affectionately call, The Joys And Why Can't You Just Put The Toilet Paper On The Roll Thingie Of Motherhood. Yes, I married my knee-melting kisser of a boyfriend and had three beautiful children and a zoo, complete with a Lhasa Apso, a Chihuahua, a brand new beautiful Cockatoo named Marley, and lots of finches, keets, and fish.

I still wrote. I happily clicked away at my keyboard, page after page, content to share my stories with my mom and my best friend before sealing each manuscript in a colorful plastic envelope and retiring it to my file cabinet. Fortunately, I took them out every so often and read them to my husband late at night, after the kids went to sleep. He never yawned, but he did fall asleep on several occasions.

But he was always my champion. (Would a romance writer marry anything less?) And he convinced me to submit my work.

No. I can't. Ok, just one.

My brother-in-law, George (I miss you so very much) hooked me up with a great agency who-What? Are you kidding? loved my book! Unfortunately, the agency didn't handle historical romance. (Did I mention I love history? Don't even get me started.) So, anyway, they loved me but, We're sorry. Goodbye and good luck.

In rides my champion once again. My husband forced, yes he forced me to send my book to another agency. They loved my work again! Hey, what is this, the Twilight Zone? Lord Of Desire was sold to Warner Forever, and the rest is history. (Did I mention....Oh yes, I did.)

The moral of my story is:
Ladies, always keep your eyes open for a champion. They do exist.

All right, so there wasn't supposed to be a moral, but I'm a romantic. Oh yes, now I'm a novelist too!

MY THOUGHTS

I read Ravished by a Highlander not long ago which is the first book in the Series Children of the Mist and I loved it.  That was the first book by Paula Quinn that I have read.  I was thrilled to get the chance to review the second in this same series called "Seduced by a Highlander" and I have to say that I enjoyed it just as much.  Paula is a wonderful writer and has a great way of describing the characters.  You get to know them, hate them and learn to love them and feel their disappointments and accomplishments through her words.  I felt the story flows nicely from chapter to chapter you get plenty of details and it was a great romance.   I really have enjoyed this series so far and felt that this book has made a great addition and I am looking forward to the next in the series.  I will be reading more of Paula Quinn's books.

 
ENTER GIVEAWAY FOR THIS BOOK

Children of the Mist series featuring the grown children of Callum and Kate, and Graham and Claire. The series begins with Book 1 Ravished By A Highlander followed by Seduced By A Highlander, Tamed By A Highlander, and finally, Conquered By A Highlander.

Click to see a detailed Family Tree of the MacGregor and Grant clans. Family Tree

I would like to thank the author Paula Quinn for another wonderful book, Forever~Hachette Book Group and Anna Balasi for supplying me with this book to review.

I was provided this book from the author Paula Quinn, Forever- Hachette Book Group & Anna Balasi through Book Blogs. This review is of my own honest opinion on the book that I have recieved from this company free of charge to do this review and that in no way influences the way I do my reviews. I am under no obligation to give a positive or negative review. All reviews are of my own thoughts and should not influence a non-purchase on any item soley based on my reviews as these are only my own opinion.