Review: ..hey, it's written by Diana Gabaldon - - 'nuff said!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 23, 2014
What a lovely teaser to keep Outlander addicts frothing at the mouth yet appeased for a bit longer, while we wait for book #8 to hit the stands.  And this Novella is nothing less than remarkable in the usual DG fashion.Michael Murray, son of Ian and Janet Murray...nephew to Jamie and Claire Fraser and older brother to Ian Murray...is recently widowed and still grieving for his deceased wife - - and now has just lost his father as well.  After burying his father in Scotland, Michael is returning to France and his Wine partnership with his Uncle Jared, escorting Joan MacKimmie [Laoghaire's daughter], who is traveling to a convent in Paris to take her vows.  The year is 1778 and Michael cannot help but feel responsible for seeing Joan safely settled, and therefore is reluctant to not stay in touch with her.Comte St. Germaine (yes, he's back!...don't'cha love it?!?)....mistakes Joan as the daughter of Claire Fraser, whom he has a vendetta against and kidnaps her for his own unscrupulous plans.This is a fast paced and intriguing story told in the delicious narration and dialogue that only Ms. Gabaldon can produce... once again plunging the reader back into the fascinating world that isOutlander.  It compelled me like a hypnotized drone, to openThe Outlandish Companionand reacquaint myself with various characters, Gaelic grammar and British slang, Magic, Medicine and White Ladies.  And now I have no choice but to begin this Saga from it's beginning....for the 4th time.  I impatiently count the days until June 10th.