Review: Is Donal the man of Ellie's dream or is that just wishful thinking?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 14, 2013
Highland Seer combines the fun of a highland romance with a dash of paranormal activity. On a diplomatic mission Donal McNabb, arms master, is thrown together with Ellie MacKyrie, a female laird of a struggling clan. She has a sketchy seer's gift, the messages aren't clear, but she's convinced the savior for her clan is Donal. He has no understanding of the craft and little patience with her forthright manner.  Their conflict revolves around his belief he has nothing to offer this wildly attractive woman who stirs his heart. Her insistence that he is literally the man in her ambiguous dreams does nothing to improve his mood. (I rather like a grumpy hero.)  Danger is added to the plot by a nefarious individual lurking in the heather with designs on Ellie.If I had one quibble it's that it was light on the `seer'. Ellie's talent is so unspecific to be unnecessary to the plot. She's not sure what the dreams mean, warnings are vague. Her dreams could have been taken out all together and instead substituted for her instincts as a clan leader. A simple feeling that something was wrong, would have served the same purpose as nonspecific visions. Donal would have still been opposed to their union as he felt her position was far above his. The novel is still a fun read with a likeable hero and heroine and a few spicy sex scenes. Several interesting tidbits on the importance of whisky in the highland economy were pleasant additions to a romance novel.