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"England and Scotland Unite!"
Reviewed by Viviane Crystal
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Posted June 26, 2004

Victoria Blackstone is about to be married to Lord Bothington, a notoriously brute to women. The year is 1296 and such treatment is automatically bypassed when political and financial benefits accrue through such arranged marriages. But what does one do with an independent-minded woman like Victoria who is refusing to Read more...

"Delightful debut book"
Reviewed by DeborahAnne MacGillivray
Posted November 29, 2004

Highland Wishes is a first time historical romance by a new writer Leanne Burroughs. As with all first writers, you see the small things she will learn to polish in time. However, what hits the reader immediately is her true love for the romance of the period. As a Scot Read more...

"A Breath Taking Historical"
Reviewed by Kristi Ahlers
Posted March 6, 2006

"Highland Wishes" is without a doubt one of the best historical novels I've had the privilege to read in a long while. Ms. Burroughs has taken great care in her research of the time period and location and as a result the reader is in for a fulfilling read that Read more...

"Terrific Love Story in Scottish Historical"
Reviewed by Marilyn Rondeau
Posted May 24, 2006

Newer author Leanne Burroughs sets HIGHLAND WISHES, her debut historical romance novel in Scotland and England, 1294. Along with an intensely passionate and sensual love story filled with memorable characters you will both love and hate, you'll find a plethora of historical particulars focusing on some of the famous Read more...

Summary

With the Scottish War for Independence raging against England, a young laird heads to the Scottish/English border to avenge his father's brutal death. After he kidnaps his enemy's daughter, he takes her to their two countries in the Scottish Highlands, where they wage their own battle as strife intensifies between the two warring countries. Highland Wishes is the story of two people whose future seems doomed by insurmountable differences. With hatred running rampant between their two countries, can they possibly vanquish former fears, torments, and sorrows, or bring each other to an awareness of self-assurance, happiness, and joy?