"A past worth giving up the future for"

It is 1052 A.D. and Euan Donald, Lord of the Isles, has lost his betrothed. Not through death, as he lost his first three wives, but because she ran off and married another. Though Euan doesn't consider this a great loss, it leaves him in need of a wife. His former alliances has left him with only a daughter and he still needs an heir. So, he heads for the mainland to see about stealing one from the clan his ex-betrothed belonged to.

Janet Duval is in Nairn, Scotland, to purchase Scottish whiskey for her American-based firm. While walking back to the inn with her friend Morag one night, the fog closes in around them. When the fog clears, it's not the Scotland of 2001 that meets Janet and Moreg's gaze, nor are the Highlanders who literally sweep them away any they are familiar with.

Euan is drawn to Janet at first sight and even after he discovers that Janet isn't one of the Hay clan, he still finds himself wanting to keep her. But will he be able to? For even though Janet finds herself more and more enamored of this warrior and his time, she's still not sure she won't return to the future if given the opportunity.

WARLORD is a choice time-travel romance that does well in a short format. Janet fairly quickly out-grows her inferiority complex with the help of the honest admiration of Euan. Euan is a fine hero and this is really quite an engaging love story. I liked the way the misunderstanding was handled.

Sensuality--NC17. Plenty of descriptive sex; crude language; oral sex.

Reviewed by Flora Bell
Posted April 1, 2002

Summary

In the year 1052, Euan Donald rules the Highlands with an iron fist. When a rival clan chieftain fails to deliver his betrothed to him, Euan decides to take matters into his own hands and acquire a bride the old fashioned way--he'll go steal one... Present day: Janet Duval is in Scotland on business. One minute she is leaving the local pub after having dinner and drinks with a friend and the next she finds herself being chased--1000 years in the past--by a heavily-muscled, grim- faced warrior hell-bent on possessing her.