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Cursed Chattans

February 28, 2017 by sarah_jwh Leave a Comment

This review is for the second and third books in the Chattan Curse trilogy, The Scottish Witch and The Devil’s Heart. The first book in this series was a little too woo-woo with the curse bit, setting up the back story, and I think it got in the way of the rest of the story. The second and third don’t seem to have this problem, which makes them much more enjoyable. There are bits about the curse, but they are actively looking to do away […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Cathy Maxwell, Chattan Curse, Highland Romance, historical romance, romance

sarah_jwh's CBR9 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Cathy Maxwell, Chattan Curse, Highland Romance, historical romance, romance ·
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Neil’s Bride

February 15, 2017 by sarah_jwh 2 Comments

This review is for the audiobook of Lyon’s Bride, by Cathy Maxwell. It is the first in a trilogy about a family cursed by a Scottish witch. The Chattan’s are cursed to die if they fall in love with their wives, so Neil Chattan, known as Lord Lyon (but I don’t know why, it doesn’t seem to have been what his father was known as, so i don’t know if it’s his title?) hires a matchmaker to find him a bride he could never love, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Cathy Maxwell, historical romance, scottish curse

sarah_jwh's CBR9 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Cathy Maxwell, historical romance, scottish curse ·
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