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Highlander Series (Veronica Wolff): Book 1
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SHE'S BACK IN TIME...
Lily Hamlin has finally realized that her life isn't as perfect as she once thought. Lily hopes that making a pilgrimage to Scotland, a land she's only heard about in lullabies, will help her to find her place again. But while exploring the Highlands, she discovers an...
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Characters/People edit
- Lily Hamlin: From the 21 century, artist, raised by her grandmother,
- Ewen Cameron: 32 years old, 17th captain and chief of Clan Cameron, father died when he was young, married Mairi young, has son named John,
- Robert MacMartin: from the 20th century, was 15 when he came to Scotland, given the MacMartin name but raised with Ewen,
- Donald Cameron: Ewen's uncle, Ewen's father's brother,
- Rowena MacPherson: wants to marry Ewen, vain, will do anything to get Ewen, even kill John,
- Gormshuil: Old woman with pale blue eyes, people use her name as a curse, they call her a witch,
- Fergus: Gormshuil's husband, bought her a tea cup, dead,
- John Cameron: Ewen's 10 year old son, raised without a mother,
- Mairi Cameron: Ewen's wife, John's mother, died in childbirth, whore, vain, hated being married to Ewen,
- Kat: helped raised Ewen and John, old woman, 15 years older than Ewen,
Quotes edit
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“Och, lass, you could talk the hind legs off a donkey.”
Ewen Cameron -
“Aye, empty barrels make the most noise, Lochiel.”
Donald Cameron -
“’Tis a stout heart that’s made braver when touched by grief.”
Ewen Cameron -
“Och,” Rowena spat, “you’re a braw coo, aren’t you?" “A coo? What’s a…a cow?” Lily leaned hard into Rowena. “Did you just call me a cow?”
First Sentence edit
The teacup slipped from her knotted fingers and landed in the saucer with a sharp clink.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
Chapter 1 - 30
Epilogue
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 4 in Highlander Series (Veronica Wolff). (standard series)
Followed by Sword of the Highlands.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Veronica Wolff (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Group
Country: USA
Publication Date: February 2008
ISBN: 978-0-425-21899-0
Page Count: 280
Publisher: Penguin Group
Country: USA
Publication Date: February 2008
ISBN: 978-0-425-21899-0
Page Count: 280
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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