Just as things are getting interesting, in a blink we’re back in the highlands and the late 1840s once more. The novel visits Caroline before her nuptials, and she is revealed to be Cinead’s biological mother. Queen Caroline of Brunswick, who was often rumored to have more than one illegitimate child by the time of her divorce from King George IV, becomes a major player on the scene. We open almost thirty years in the past and revisit a plot point from Highland Crown, as another piece in the evolving mystery behind Cinaed’s origins is revealed. Parts of it work beautifully – specifically its peeks into the early British suffragette movement and into the family life of the heroine – but the romance just doesn’t come together. While the first book in the Royal Highlander series, Highland Crown, balanced romance and action perfectly, Highland Jewel loses its way, leaning heavily upon action sequences, and giving us a hero who moralizes for too long.

Beautifully written, as usual, the McGoldricks are masters of history and romance.As a big fan of May McGoldrick’s historical romances, I’m sad to say that Highland Jewel was a bit of a disappointment. Highland Jewel has characters who engage the readers' hopes and dreams for a well-deserved, if sometimes rocky, journey to happy-ever-after.' - Romance Junkies 'Readers will enjoy Highland Jewel and its intrigue and romance. Fans of romances with mystery, accurate historical intrigue, and magnetic characters will thoroughly enjoy this installment.' - Publishers Weekly 'Complicated and enthralling.

Beautifully written, as usual, the McGoldricks are masters of history and romance.' - Romance Reviews Today, 'Fast-paced and filled with political unrest.

Fans of romances with mystery, accurate historical intrigue, and magnetic characters will thoroughly enjoy this installment.' - Publishers Weekly 'Readers will enjoy Highland Jewel and its intrigue and romance. Fans of romances with mystery, accurate historical intrigue, and magnetic characters will thoroughly enjoy this installment.' - Publishers Weekly 'Readers will enjoy Highland Jewell and its intrigue and romance. Fans of romances with mystery, accurate historical intrigue, and magnetic characters will thoroughly enjoy this installment.' - Publishers Weekly, 'Fast-paced and filled with political unrest. 'Fast-paced and filled with political unrest.

Highland jewel by may mcgoldrick