Beyond the Highland Mist

Title: Beyond the Highland Mist
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Series: Highlander (Book 1)
Genre: Romance, Time Travel



In anticipation for Shadowfever, I picked up another of Karen Marie Moning's books. Her series before Fever has gotten really good reviews and I finally picked up the first book. I could see both the similarities and differences between this and the Fever series, and loved it for both.

Adrienne lives in the 20th century until one day she just doesn't. She is transported seemingly out of the blue and ends up in the 1500s. She is forced to take on a new identity and immediately marry a beautiful man. Adrienne does not like beautiful men due to a horrible experience in her past which has left her quite scarred.

The Hawk is renowned for his sexual skills. He isn't overjoyed at getting married, but has been ordered to do so by the King. When he finally meets his wife, he is overjoyed. She is just what he would have picked for himself in a wife if he had been given the chance.

The two are put together as part of a Fae plot to get back at Hawk. Adrienne fights Hawk just about every step of the way, sure that he is going to break her like her previous fiance. Although, she cannot help her self from falling in love with this caring man and his land.

As in the Fever series, I felt a little thrown off initially by all of the Fae words and names, but it seemed less significant in this book. I always enjoy a good time travel novel and this one was no different. The time traveling aspect, while important, didn't play a front role. The couple were afraid that Adrienne would disappear any second (and she does at times), but she doesn't have much getting use to in acclimating to her new surroundings and time.

Adrienne and Hawk are well matched. I highly enjoyed all the little things he does to win her heart and feel saddened each time she shoots him down.

Adam Black, as much as I despised him, was also a well written character. I couldn't help but feel my skin crawl every time he came around. There was something in the nuances of the writing that really made him feel alive and disgusting.