Karen Marie Moning is one of my favorite romance writers. This series is what opened me up to time travel and the idea of paranormal romance. It's probably because of this that is holds such a special place in my heart. I have read and reread this series countless times and still am never disappointed. ( )

To tell you the truth I avoided these time travel romances but then I came across The Highlander Series and now I am hooked. These books are hot, romantic, spell binding and the men are gorgeous. The story lines are so creative and enthralling you just want to keep reading. ( )

Sassy, amusing, and hot, hot, hot. Loved it. ( )

This is a not-to-be-missed book by Karen Moning; a great travel time romance; Both characters are strong. Dialogue was flavorful.....and funny. There's enough humor and heartache to satisfy every reader. The setting is very romantic and the time travel and "magical/mystical" elements adds to the intensity of the love story. ( )

Although one of my all time favorite paranormal romances is in Moning's highlander series (Spell of the Highlander), the rest has been sorta hit or miss with me. Thus I have yet to read the complete series. Still, since the girls over on the PNR discussion board here are always raving about the twins, Drustan & Dageus, I knew I was gonna have to get to their stories. KOTH is Drustan story, and since I found it for a good price, I gave it a shot.

TOTAL hit!

KOTH starts off back in 1500's Scotland. A witch has determined that, some day soon, the wife of Laird Drustan MacKeltar would be the cause of her son's demise. Since her son, being a good man, made her promise not to harm the as yet unmarried Mackeltar, she devised another plan to get him out of the picture. She had some traveling gypsies put a curse on him that will cause him to sleep for eternity.

Jump ahead to present day and our erstwhile heroine, Gwen Cassidy, is on a mission. While vacationing in Scotland she has decided now is the time to rid herself of her virginity. But it's tough going and when she leaves the tour group of seniors she's vacationing with for a nice quiet hike, little does she know that events are about to converge that will grant her desires beyond her imaginations!

While hiking, her knapsack tumbles off a ledge and when she attempts to retrieve it, SHE ends up going for a tumble as well. Falling into a hidden cave, she finds herself face to pecs on one hunky sleeping beauty. Much to her further surprise, she ends up awakening the sleeping laird of old!

Naturally sparks fly immediately and when Drustan demands she take him to his home he quickly find he's not in Kansas anymore! When they reach his lands, he discovers everything he knew is lost to time. Knowing something isn't right, in desperation he talks Gwen into entering into the magic circle of stones with him sending them back in time to just before the events occurred that caused his eternal sleep.

One problem for Gwen, he's forgotten her and naturally does not trust this woman who claims he's taken her virginity- which of course he has! Gwen is desperate to get him to believe, because if she doesn't he will be lost to her, and those he loves most will be destroyed. Of course, they eventually do change history. Unfortunately, the witch is still determined to stop the Mackeltar's marriage- no matter what the cost.

Lots of twists and turns in KOTH and man is it great escapist reading. Not only do we get the magic of paranormal romance, which you know I just love, but we also get the historical setting, and best of all- all kinds of sizzling sexual attraction! ( )