Choosing the Highlander (Highland Wishes) Paperback – June 18, 2015

Like some other readers, I’m not a romance fan because they are often trite, formulaic and have way too much repetitious and boring sex but this Highlander Series caught my eye as I was browsing Kindle Unlimited. I was feeling somewhat lonely from this year long pandemic and I guess I wanted to live vicariously though “someone else’s” romantic life. Sigh... so now I am envious of a book character named Constance..lol.My logical mind most assuredly reminded me every so often that such a man as Wilhelm could not possibly have existed during that brutal period of time but hey, they rarely exist in this time period either 😉 so I willingly plunged into this writer’s magical creativity and enjoyed the heck out of this story. The male hero, Wilhelm’s, amazing chivalry and intelligence became believable when the author began filling in details about his parents, his religious upbringing, his warrior self-discipline, his role as heir apparent and his higher education and political aspirations.The twists and turns are imaginative and the many nuggets of historical information are not only insightful, they add to the solid suspension of disbelief. I have enjoyed three volumes of The Highlander series so far but this one is my favorite probably because Constance, the independent, systems engineer, who has so carefully planned her life, is relatable to any woman who has worked hard at her career, has had endless meetings, male competition or project deadlines. When an unexpected event precipitated by her twin lands Constance not only in 15th century Scotland but on a pyre to be burned as a witch, her strength as a feisty, intelligent woman shines through. Her struggle between who she should be, the assertive 20th century woman or a more compliant, docile woman while facing a strong, sometimes overbearing and extremely handsome man from the Middle Ages while in his care with no one to turn to is also very convincing. Women are often put in this similar type of predicament today and we do what we must to survive.I hope the author continues more Highlander books with longer appearances of the magic wielding Frenchman. I would love to see a book where the heroine is postmenopausal, a worldly woman in her fifties or sixties like us baby boomers who aren’t dead yet! That would be pretty fun because once those wrinkles and gray hairs appear, holy Toledo, self perception and knowing men tend to like younger women can become challenging so we could use a heroine our age too..just sayin’ 😊

I really enjoyed this story you can easily see just how much work and care Ms. Gage puts into all her works,I Loved "Wishing for a Highlander" ,I just Adored Melanie and poor and very sweet "big" Darcy ( I always laugh when I think of Darcy's so called problem thou it's caused him a great deal of pain,and seemed to make the girls of his time run away but was the kinda " problem" that would had all the girls running to him NOT from him) ;) and while I was thrilled to have the chance to read the story of two very wonderful characters from the 1st book,having soo enjoyed Constance and the very wonderful Wilhelm who help save and protect Darcy and Melanie, I gotta say Connie through most of this book!She was more in her head than anything else and a story where the characters,especially there two leads spend more time in their heads thinking than with their mouths talking is really quite frustrating!!!! Especially when you have a woman who was a slow to get a clue as she was, dissatisfied with the present life the works towards and the engagement she'd orchestrated she's in Scotland to think things thru and after plunging over 500 years into the past and surviving almost being burned at the stake and being rescued by a incredible man like Wilhelm and all the rest she keeps fighting her feelings and instincts , for what? Her twin? Her family ? All of the 20th century? No, she keeps talking about That guy Milt ( the guy she didn't really want) and a life that didn't make her happy... A lot of things would have made sense to hold on to but after a while I was wanting scream at her for all this bs about Milt and Chicago ,a life and a man she didn't really want while an amazing man was pulling her towards him and she was resisting it for something she didn't even really want... I was extremely frustrated til almost 70% of the book when she finally started to get a clue... And if I didn't already completely love and adore Wilhelm I fell hopelessly in love with him when he asked her to "kindly relieve me of my virtue ".... O Wow!!!! A gorgeous,wonderful,kind,sexy,yummy Highlander who's all your and a Virgin??? I couldn't believe one those existed, one hand with Wilhelms's wonderful strength of character is not too hard to imagine on the other hand where/when you EVER get this situation? I bet even in the romance type stories where the characters are still in high school it's almost always the guys had some experience while the girl is a virgin between the two ...I just loved that moment!!! Wilhelm was everything you could ever possibly want in a man inside true to his own convections and yet open minded to learn new things and allowing others their own beliefs and intelligent and caring and forward thinking plus a sexy yummy loving warrior!!! Wow!! A complete package and them some ;)I'd love to learn what happens to Leslie and more stories in this series,thou Connie was on my last nerve most of the story I'm glad we both got there in the end...Only wish Ms. Gage could write me into a story like this and the let me go live with my own Highlander ;)

I read the series out of order: books 1, 2, 4, 3. This begins with what occurs so often with time travel romances. Modern women visit standing stones. One is a serious, driven professional while the other is carefree and a believer in whimsy, wishes and magic. Of course the serious one gets thrown back 500 years! For most of the book there seems to be no connection to the others, except perhaps the similarities of the men in books 1 and 3, since both are willing to learn more about the circumstances that brought their women from modern times. Then, just like magic (well, of course), a 20th century shopkeeper becomes the quasi-French entertainer that is sometimes part of a gypsy traveling troupe, sometimes a medieval shopkeeper, and is maybe more than that. Wait till you meet Duff in book 4. What is special about this story is the undeniable connection this couple has, so that even their differences and difficulties keep pulling them together. While there is a touch of steaminess, this story is sweet. We should all be so lucky to find our soulmates.

I brilliant read . I loved all the books in the series . Please write some more . Many thanks

It showed what love can do for two people in different times, its a good romantic story for all ages,

Wasted my money on this and 2 other books by same author thought they were rubbish.

A heartwarming story of time travel a few twists and of course a villain.It would have been nice if she could have let her sister know all was well after she went back in time.

A great story. I like the way this author writes a nice fluid read. Good characters and an enjoyable story. Well recommended.