Review: 4 1/2 STARS!!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 4, 2014
4 1/2 stars!!!These are three stories set around the Winter Stone which was given by the Mother of Winter to the Guardians of the Old Ways so that through it's light all truths will be known.*ONCE UPON A HIGHLAND LEGEND by Tanya Anne CrosbyPresent day and The Cairngorms, 878Annie meets an old woman in a store who has given her an old stone said to bring the holder of the stone to their fate. She hikes off into the mountains and finds herself coming awake, after evidently nodding off, to find herself smack dab in another time. Callum comes upon her and takes her hostage until he can find out what she knows about the Stone of Scone. Will she stay or try to return to her own time? Tanya never fails to bring warmth to my heart with her writing. Her characters always leave me wishing I were there with them along the way. Follow Annie, Callum, and Biera as they find their truths in the stone with it's many colors.*MACALISTER'S HOPE by Lauren WittigScottish Highlands, 1321Fia is asked to go with Kieron to help heal his Laird. She feels she knows him but just can't place where. Kieron lost his heart to her when they were young and she showed him kindness. He is determined to make her his. With the small stone he holds dear, that just may happen. There are circumstances along the way that rear their heads threatening to keep these two apart but love really does conquer all. I also fell hard for Symon and will be purchasing his and Elena's story - THE DEVIL OF KILMARTIN.*THE OUTCAST by Glynnis CampbellScotland, 1542Biera, Guardian of the Winter Stone, appears at Lachlan's door confused at what she finds. A one legged man that doesn't resemble who she thought to find. She leaves the stone in his keeping having him promise to take the Winter Stone to it's rightful keeper then she just up and disappears. The next morning he is awoke by someone jumping in his bed and burrowing beneath the covers. He finds Alisoune who has been running from the townsfolk because they labeled her witch and want to burn her. This is a story of guilt and pain, hope, and the discovery of love. Glynnis has a way with her writing that leaves you gut laughing at her characters. I love when an author can pull that out of me.I'm so glad that these wonderful authors got together and wrote these stories around the Winter Stone. Scotland is full of magick and for those that believe it pulls at ones soul.