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Call Of The Highland Moon (2008)

by Kendra Leigh Castle(Favorite Author)

3.66 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1402211589 (ISBN13: 9781402211584)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Sourcebooks Casablanca

series

The MacInnes Werewolves

review 1: Setting: Lock Aline of the Highlands, forest/clan land (60 acres of wilderness aka Hunting Grounds) of Scotland – Iargail (means Twilight) the estate of the Alpha; ‘Bodice Rippers and Baubles’ romance bookstore, Kinnik’s Harbor, little town on edge of Lake Ontario, Northern New York; Wolf at the Door pub, in Tobermory, Scotland; Theme: a destined love; wanting to protect the weaker; tasked with protecting an other worldly artifact; finding the inner strength needed; Characters:Gideon MacInnes: father’s heir – to be alpha and Guardian; as oldest son, had faithfully trained and learned to take over, but when his father stated about to step down, he felt a need to escape… left Scotland, traveled around the US, found (like Dorothy) that there’s no place like h... moreome. But attacked by 3 wolves, at the beginning of a snow storm… as wolf, killed one, scared away two injured, injured himself… trying to drag self back to hotel, and catches whiff of cinnamon and lemon and he follows the traces, until he finds himself at ‘her’ doorstep; like most of the weres, avoids human women – not wanting to find their mate among them, knowing most are too weak to change;Carlotta ‘Carly’ Teresa Silver: owner of Bodice Rippers and Baubles; of large, nosy, loving, Italian family – has moved a town over in her bid for independence; petite; curvy; made friends; doesn’t cook – prefers take out; finds a large dog (doesn’t want to think it is a wolf) as leaving shop, as storm starting… and she manages to get it into her car and home, where she dresses its wounds, and he adoringly lays his head in her lap… and she wakes up the next day with a naked man in her bed (the wolf joined her after she fell asleep, and returned to man shape);Duncan MacInnes: father; Pack Alpha and Guardian of the Stone; enforcer of the Sacred Dictates; lost his wife/mate when she insisted he try and turn her – she was not strong enough; strong; opinionated; loving; protects the Stone, runs a bread and breakfast / cottage sort of retreat – mostly for visiting weres;Gabriel MacInnes: carefree, younger brother; left Iagril to find his own way, opening a bar, seducing as many women as possible; returns home as needed; glad he is not the oldest;Malachi MacInnes: cousin; raised by a madwoman; wants power, and has thrown his lot in with the Drakkar, not knowing their intention of disposing of him once he serves his purpose; sends out new weres to kill Gideon; expects to take over the Pack, once father and sons disposed of;Moriah MacInnes: Duncan’s sister, Malachi’s mother; crazed; likes taking and turning young men to be her consort… until she tires of them, and kills/eats them – yuck; pushes Malachi to obsession;Regan O’Meara, owner of Decadence, bakery and Celestine Periwether: Carly’s best friends; Regan, especially, pushes her to get out there… to take advantage of Gideon… to open herself… she helps out Gideon (with warmth, clothes, food, and Carly) when Carly pissed at him – and believes he is telling the truth about being a were. Mario and Luigi the Lackey: named before the Mario Brother’s game; Carly’s brothers; have scared away potential boyfriends since her youth; try it on Gideon, but he stands up to them;Mordred Andrakkar, a Drakkyn: lord; wanting to set up the Drakkyns and lords over Urth (earth), starting with conquering the weres; Drakkyn – what the werewolves might have been, what the weres sprang from, their past, and future – their masters?;Jonas, Morgan, Marcus: recently converted weres/Drakkyns – with medallions; under Malachi’s orders – but really under Andrakkar’s orders; Jonas a wanted criminal/murderereStone of Destiny, aka Lia Fail: from Egypt (Jacob’s pillow on the night he’d dreamed of his ladder – pedestal of the Ark of the Covenant) , to Ireland (the stone from which Excalibur had been pulled), to Scotland; placed under guardianship of the weres by Saint Columbia in the 16th century – to protect the stone/portal from the Drakkyn who would misues it; St Columba crowned the first Scottish king atop it, lost to English in the 13th century – though the English got an imitation; Summary:Carly and Gideon are drawn together… and in spite of the logic saying keep their distance, pain will result, I must leave her… they succumb… very romantic, sexy connections.Hiccups – when Jonas makes himself known to Carly – and she determines that Gideon lied when he told her there was no danger in their association – she doesn’t let him back in after he had tried to track Jonas… she angry that he lied, and did not allow her to count the risk… after they reunite, and he insists he needs to stay and protect her (though he still plans to leave her when she is safe)… a few more days of sex and loving… of getting in deeper… of meeting her family… and then they are attacked… and while Gideon fighting off two, Drakkar Jonas comes in back, and almost gently bites Carly… but is killed by Gideon… Gideon takes an unconscious Carly to Scotland… where his father is missing… he is torn between Pack duties and his need to care for Carly… and on the night of the full moon, must leave her to shift and probably die to protect the Stone… and though a great deal of pain, Carly figures out how to slip into this new side of herself… and she rushes to Gideon’s side… who is trying to save his injured father, and stop the Drakkar – pushed to reach deep when he hears Carly’s howl… killing one Drakkar, pushing the other two back through the portal.And Gideon and Carly are happy together… father staying Alpha, able to spend time on both sides of the ‘pond’… and the Drakkar threaten that there are other portals… hmmmmMemorable scenes:When finds injured wolf / that she convinces self is a dog / on her doorstep.. “She knew what was going to happen, and she was powerless to stop it. She swore she could almost hear the music as every last one of her damned heartstrings was plucked at once. Carly crouched beside it, pity welling up inside her, and reached out her hand.”The Mordred, changing into his Drakkyn form, threatens: “You will all bow to the Andrakkar before you die, miserable arukhin, shame of the Drakkyn. Urth is ripe for conquest. And you have forgotten how to fight your masters. A shame… but one, I think, I will recover from.”And Gideon, bolstered by a Carly’s howl showing she had survived the conversion, drew deep in himself, and found a Lia Fail power – his birthright… their strength – and defeated Mordred.
review 2: When I first opened this book, I did not expect to be pulled into the pages the way I was. I could barely put the novel down when I started. Usually when I finish reading a supernatural romance, it blurs with others from the same genre, this one, however, stands apart. I love how Carly takes the werewolf home with intentions to keep him as a pet.Thank you Kendra Castle for giving this plot life.Heann less

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