Review: review of the winter stone
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2014
What a fabulous compilation of three novellas with a central theme of a magical crystal winter stone given by an old woman to a keeper and guardian of the stone to bring people and their destinies together written by three wonderful medieval historical romance writers Ms. Tanya Anne Crosby, Ms. Laurin Wittig and Ms. Glynnis Campbell.  In each story the main heroes, heroines and even the minor characters were just very well-developed that I wish they were full-length novels as opposed to novellas.  I  just loved how each author was able to bring their own style of writing in these novellas put them all together in one book but still be able to blend the story lines  very well together and quite harmoniously with each other.  That I think all writers should work together and do this really what an ingenious concept!I own and have read several books from Ms Crosby.  I do like most of the books she has written especially her highland brides series and her newest novel highland fire.  So I knew her novella once upon a highland legend was going to be good!  Plus there was a small mixture of her newest novel highland fire in the fact that some components like the keek stane/crystal and the idea of a guardian and keeper which seemed to inherit the keek stane was an integral part in the story.  Even though Annie the beautiful 22nd century modern Scottish American heroine finds the crystal in a shop and is gifted with the stone while browsing around the store waiting on her cousin.  Plus, the stone is instrumental in bringing Annie and Calum the past Pict barbarian handsome hero together.  I was a bit surprised with the story having not only the mysticism of the winter stone but an added fantasy element of time travel and was quite pleased that Ms. Crosby writes a good time travel as well as her historical Scottish romances.I have only read one book from Ms. Wittig the devil of kilmartin and was quite pleased when reading her novella that it was a kilmartin novella bringing back a few of the familiar characters from that book like Symon, Elena and the beautiful Fia or Fiona.  Fiona is all grown up now in this novella working as an herbalist healer and the new handsome highland warrior hero Kieron.  Kieron uses the winter stone to help Fiona in believing in herself, believing in Kieron and lastly discovering the love that she has always felt for Kieron.  After reading MacAlister’s hope I now will definitely read her other novels as well!I have only one of Ms. Campbell's book lady danger which I have yet to read but after reading her novella the outcast of a broken hearted wounded handsome hero Lachlan who loses everything his knighthood his leg and his spirit until the winter stone finds him the unique spectacled inner beauty heroine Alisoune that I definitely want to read lady danger soon and anything else she writes after reading this.  The only thing that bothered me was I don’t think Lachlan should have destroyed the stone to set it and make it jewelry.  Even with this one minor little issue of mine I rated the book five stars will keep it in my library to read again and can recommend it!