The Highlander’s Enchantress by Violetta Rand

The Highlander’s Enchantress Series: The Highland Witch Series Book #1
on May 29, 2023
Genres: Fiction / Romance / Historical / Regency
Pages: 193
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If her cruel and domineering father were to be believed, Kali Bane is the worst of women. Defiant. Independent. Were it not for her beloved younger sisters, she would have sought her freedom long ago. When she refuses to wed an old, wine-soaked English lord, her father bans her to the McKay clan in the Highlands, warning them that she’s a witch.

There is no welcome at the McKay castle—only an aging laird prone to fits of temper who believes that Kali is, in fact, a witch. A sorceress. Here she is little more than a hostage, kept from sight from almost all but Adam McKay, the laird’s son, whose hypnotic green eyes make her long for something forbidden. It’s almost enough to make her abandon all thoughts of escape.

Kali is the only one who can protect her sisters from their father’s greedy machinations. But the longer she remains imprisoned in the McKay tower, the more Kali and Adam realize there are other forces at play. They’re both pieces in a silent, terrible game that could destroy everyone they’ve ever loved…including each other.

The Highlander’s Enchantress by Violetta Rand is book one in the Highlander Witch series. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Kali Bane is banished by her cruel father to the Highlands as payment for a long ago debt. She hopes to have escaped her wicked father’s reach, only to find that he has sent a missive ahead of her telling lies and slanders about her. The Mackay clan banishes her to a tower and forbids her to intermingle with them. But Kalie finds an unexpected friend in the Laird’s handsome son Adam Mackay. Can she deny her attraction? Will she ever be free of her father’s reach?

“She met his gaze then, her mouth suddenly dry. “If I ride with ye, we might be tempted to…” “To do this again?” He tugged her into his arms and slanted his mouth across hers. This time the kiss was urgent but tender, and she could not deny him, for her mouth opened instantly, her tongue seeking his, her sense filled with everything he had to offer – his woodsy scent, his raw power, the hint of mint on his breath, and everything else that force her to shut her eyes…” There are unexpected twists to the plot that I didn’t expect, and there are a number of steamy scenes. Violetta Rand passed away in 2023 and the romance world lost a magnificent author. I truly treasured her work.