An ambitious, time-traveling anthropologist.A tattooed warrior with a dark secret.Kara never lets anything get in her way. Time travel is dangerous, but that won’t stop her journeying a thousand years back in time, all the way to Pictish Scotland. Whatever the dangers, she’ll face them for the sake of her career.Drest has dedicated his life to protecting his people. As leader of their hill fort, … people. As leader of their hill fort, he can’t let anything distract him – least of all a beautiful stranger who keeps her origins a secret. After all, Drest has secrets of his own, and ancient Scotland is a treacherous place for warriors who show weakness.
But Kara and Drest cannot escape each other – or the centuries-old mystery that links them together. Can Kara learn to value love over ambition, before it’s too late?
Book 1 in the Stones of Scotland series. Read as a standalone time-travel romance, or read the entire series to learn about the true secrets of the stones.
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This story is time travel in a different way. Very original and well written. I love time travel novels and this one is written with a wild twist. Well rounded characters you will actually like and wish you could be friends with.
I could feel the excitement in Kara getting to travel to Scotland in the time of the Pics. I was a little jealous.
Drest is a hero you can actually love. He is really caring and gentle.
This is the first book I’ve read by this author but I will be interested in reading more of her books.
Good for the imagination.
I liked this novel because the plot was interesting, the interplay between the characters & historical events were realistic & believable. I could imagine myself in the story & felt good the way the characters’ problems were solved.
It needs a couple more passes through the crique stage as well as sentence structure here and there. The story is good but the relationship stilted and rushed. Their love story should develop more, with conversation, not smoldering looks. Who falls in love with someone just because his eyes are half closed and he grunts? Just sayin’.
This story takes place in a future where time travel is possible. Kara finds Scotland in the early 1000’s fascinating, but she finds the Drest, the warrior laird compelling. In this story, we find that Kara has more to do with the past than just visiting it. A future that is just as rooted in the past than in the future. I found the descriptions and accuracy of how the people lived at that time captivating. The deceit that all people, no matter what the time period, are capable of interesting as it played into the politics of a kingdom that history has already played out. The plot and story are well thought out and written. It shows as our main characters work towards a unseen goal that ends with both losing their hearts to each other.
Katherine Knight is an anthropologist and has joined a project to go back one thousand years to Ancient Scotland. She and four others go back thru time. Lucy dies during an attack and Michael is killed by Vikings looking for slaves. Two men went back to their time to get more weapons. So there she is alone but at a Pict Hill Fort but has the protection of Drest the leader.
Drest is the chief, shows no emotion, is stern and very good looking. He does his best to protect them but he could not stop a raid, Vikings, and his sister. There is enough tension to keep you reading. It entertained, amused you, and scared you a little. The writing was smooth and easy to read. The characters were fully developed and really interesting. This is a book for adults at least at the end. There are definitely some surprises. But it still needs some work not much just spelling the wrong word occasionally.
I received this ARC from Book Sirens and voluntarily reviewed it.
Kara is a PhD student about to go on the adventure of a life time to Scotland in the 800s. Her life is about to undergo some big changes. She’s also going to have to make one major choice…stay in the 800s with the love of her life or return to the current day where her mother, career, and friends are. Definitely, Kara’s times are changing!
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.