title: Kiss of the Highlander (The Highlander Series, Book 4)
author:  Karen Marie Moning 
description: Rife with unexpected plot twists, Druid lore and sparkling humor, Moning's latest time-travel romance (following The Highlander's Touch) returns to the Scottish Highlands for another romp between an ancient laird and a modern lass. Gwen Cassidy's hopes of finding a man crumble when she realizes that her much-anticipated tour of Scotland is a senior citizen expedition. Frustrated, Gwen decides to hike the breakneck hills of Loch Ness alone, and she ends up falling down a ravine and awakening Drustan MacKeltar, a Scottish lord who has been slumbering for 500 years under a gypsy's spell. Although Drustan is bewildered by the modern century, he is not puzzled by his feelings for Gwen. Her passionate heart and brilliant mind intrigue him, and he enlists her aid to return to the 16th century. Once back in Drustan's time, their struggle to save his people alters history and results in a surprising denouement. There's much that's fun here, both in characters and situations, but detail-oriented readers may be distracted by the novel's many anachronisms: for example, Gwen has coffee in bed in 1518 even though coffee wasn't available in England until the 17th century. Nevertheless, Moning's snappy prose, quick wit and charismatic characters will enchant. (Sept. 11)Forecast: Morning has just three titles under her belt, but her fan base is growing steadily. This paranormal, time-travel romantic comedy will appeal to Donna Kauffman aficionados as well as readers who enjoy mixed-genre romances.
zlib_text: Kiss of the Highlander
  
  Karen Marie Moning
  
    
  
  Contents
  
  Prologue
  
  Chapter 1
  
  Chapter 2
  
  Chapter 3
  
  Chapter 4
  
  Chapter 5
  
  Chapter 6
  
  Chapter 7
  
  Chapter 8
  
  Chapter 9
  
  Chapter 10
  
  Chapter 11
  
  Chapter 12
  
  Chapter 13
  
  Chapter 14
  
  Chapter 15
  
  Chapter 16
  
  Chapter 17
  
  Chapter 18
  
  Chapter 19
  
  Chapter 20
  
  Chapter 21
  
  Chapter 22
  
  Chapter 23
  
  Chapter 24
  
  Chapter 25
  
  Chapter 26
  
  Chapter 27
  
  Chapter 28
  
    
  
  "I cannot believe God plays dice
  
  with the Cosmos."
  
  —ALBERT EINSTEIN
  
  "God not only plays dice.
  
  He sometimes throws the dice where they
  
  cannot be seen."
  
  —STEPHEN HAWKING
  
  HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND
  
  1518
  
  Prologue
  
  Contents - Next
  
  "The MacKeltar is a dangerous man, Nevin."
  
  "What are you going on about this time, Mother?" Nevin looked out the window
  and watched the grass
  
  rippling in the early morning sun beyond their hut. His mother was reading
  fortunes, and were he foolish
  
  enough to turn around and meet Besseta's gaze, she would interpret it as
  encouragement, and he would
  
  be lured into yet 