Review: Powerful Men, Powerful Love, Powerful Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 30, 2013
Erin O’Quinn’s delightful five-star story, Cowboys and Kilts, takes the reader on an excursion to Scotland, along with Hugh MacPherson. He’s a Nevadan ‘cowboy’ on a pilgrimage to find the answer to the restless itch that has begun to plague him. As Hugh gets acquainted with his ancestral homeland, Erin makes it real for the reader as well, with her elegant and eloquent depictions of the singular beauty of eastern Scotland.Graeme Guthrie is more than the laird of Guthrie Castle; he holds a sacred charge, the care of ancient Pictish stones, all the family this Scotsman has. As Graeme prepares for the annual winter solstice intrusion of tourists into his near-solitary world, Erin reveals the Laird’s character through his pilgrimage to an even more isolated place than his home — his own heart.Powerful forces are at work when these two men meet, forces far more powerful than the driving desire that overtakes them, forces that will bring the clans back to glory if only, and only if, Graeme and Hugh can understand and solve the ancient mystery that has marked them both. Erin O’Quinn transforms this love story into so much more by infusing it with her own recognition that life consists in more than actions, a recognition that animates all her writing. For the reader who sees beyond the hot sex — and it is hot sex — there are truths to be discovered, just as there are truths for Graeme and Hugh to discover. Wherever Erin O’Quinn takes her readers, whether that be Ireland or Scotland or Nevada, whether it be modern times or ancient, the trip is always memorable and always delivers more than its initial promise. She can be my tour guide any time.