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To Tame a Highland Warrior (Highlander, Bk 2)
To Tame a Highland Warrior - Highlander, Bk 2
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Only her love could gentle his savage soul... — A WOMAN'S TENDER TOUCH — He was born to a clan of warriors of supernatural strength, but Gavrael McIllioch abandoned his name and his Highland castle, determined to escape the dark fate of his ancestors.  Hiding his identity from the relentless rival clan that hunted him, he called himself G...  more »
ISBN: 53430
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reviewed To Tame a Highland Warrior (Highlander, Bk 2) on + 50 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 17
The Highlander Series
1. Beyond the Highland Mist (1999)
2. To Tame a Highland Warrior (1999)
3. The Highlander's Touch (2000)
4. Kiss of the Highlander (2001)
5. The Dark Highlander (2002)
6. The Immortal Highlander (2004)
7. Spell of the Highlander (2005)
8. Into the dreaming (was originally part of the tapestry anthology)
scrapnangel avatar reviewed To Tame a Highland Warrior (Highlander, Bk 2) on + 27 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 13
This is the second book in the Highlander series. The story of Grimm and Jillian. Grimm we first meet in Beyond the Highland Mist, where he has a minor roll. Here we learn Grimm's story. Grimm is a Berserker, a race of legenday Scottish warriors. Not understanding what he is, and believing it will lead him to madness and possibly murder Grimm spends years running from himself and a clan, the McKanes, that has vowed to hunt and destroy the line of warriors. Enter Jillian, Grimm's true mate. He however is afraid he will bring her nothing but pain and death and pushes her away at every opportunity. The first half of the book is simply Grimm's struggle with accepting who he is and Jillian's love.

It wasn't my favorite of the series. It was good, but probably the least exciting. I still recommend this book because it is just as vital to read if you plan on catching the entire series. She has a fabulous way of combining celtic mysticism and historical romance without feeling forced. This is a wonderful series.
reviewed To Tame a Highland Warrior (Highlander, Bk 2) on + 4 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
This is my favorite book of ALL time. Karen Marie Moning outdid herself in this book, showing Grimm to have this beautiful longing for a woman he's known his entire life. The sexual tension between these two is thick enough to slice glass! :)
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Helpful Score: 2
Not much of a plot and a lot of similar scenes repeated for the first 200 pages: Gorgeous man with terrible secret thinks he's not good enough for amazingly beautiful and rich nobleman's daughter. Keeps pushing her away. Lots of physical descriptions and plenty of passionate scenes. The Celtic and Viking legends are interesting and Moning can tell a good story, but this one didn't hold my interest. I started this series with The Dark Highlander and it's still my favorite of the bunch.
pear2apple avatar reviewed To Tame a Highland Warrior (Highlander, Bk 2) on + 22 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I think these Highlander books start off very slowly. They all have a similar theme, the man (or woman) has some secret that he/she thinks is unworthy of the other's love. Always underestimating their bond to each other. However, I really want to know the full fae story to see how it relates to the Fever series, because I read that first. The end is always good and the book is quite steamy.
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reviewed To Tame a Highland Warrior (Highlander, Bk 2) on + 20 more book reviews
A little slow to get started. It was hard to like "Jillian" at first. "Quinn was a gem of a character, but "Grimm" lacked depth. There was an interesting twist toward the end however.
princessdiana34691 avatar reviewed To Tame a Highland Warrior (Highlander, Bk 2) on + 361 more book reviews
yahoo! sexy, wild...gotta love those highlander fellas....
ASJ avatar reviewed To Tame a Highland Warrior (Highlander, Bk 2) on + 341 more book reviews
The second book in the Highlander series. Just finished it last night. It was quite good. I think I liked the first one better. Grimm is a wonderful character. I enjoyed is self struggle to come to terms with what he is and how he views himself. I thought the last third of the book really picked up actionwise. Enjoy it is good, quick read.
blackrainbow79 avatar reviewed To Tame a Highland Warrior (Highlander, Bk 2) on + 9 more book reviews
For a romance I was shocked. It's kind of like a mushy book with a little darkness, aot of love, supernatural happenings, true love and some SERIOUS crushing.
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This is only the second historic romance I have ever read. Even though the book description was super cheesy, it actually wasn't bad. It read like any other romance novel with a slight variation on speech on some vocabulary.

Grim was a nice solid alpha male, brooding and all. He could be a bit of a whiner but somehow he still came off as pretty sexy. It was probably due to his interactions with all the side characters. Their teasing added to Grim's character. I really liked the friendship between Quinn and Grim. Jillian was pretty spirited which made it fun. I was expecting to see more of an ice-princess act and was glad we didn't. The banter between Grim and Jillian was entertaining. I would have loved to read more about how Jillian's parents got together.

It was a quick, fast read with a predictable but interesting plot. Of course I'm sure historians everywhere are rolling in their graves due to all the inaccuracy (clothing, looks, etc...), but if you aren't picky on that it was an enjoyable book.
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I really enjoyed this book. Great story...
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Romantic fantasy, hard to put down read.
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Wonderful! With excerpts of her other Highland books at the end.


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