Highland Sinner by Hannah Howell Book Review by Miranda Fraser ISBN: 978-0-8217-8001-8 Being that this is the first romance novel I have ever written a review for I want to address the naysayers who think romance novels are just about sex. You are wrong. I have read many romance novels, and the best ones, have some sex, true, but are also filled with epic adventures, wonderful settings, and couples so well written that they draw you into the story until your very heart aches for them! Or perhaps that's just what a great author and a good story can do? Either way I stand by the Romance genre whole heatedly, and Hannah Howell is one of my favorite authors in this genre!
This novel is part of a series, but not in the sense that you have to read them in a particular order. But rather that there are other novels that include similar characters, the same family name, and perhaps more information to the secrets each book has a little of. The series can be best found under: The Highland Series (The Murrays). I have read many of Hannah Howell's novels, several within this series (without realizing it), and this one struck me as being particularly different. Not in a bad way either. Most of Hannah Howell's couples are hilariously witty with the other, their banter makes for hours of laughs. This however was softer with a darker story surrounding them. In comparison to other novels, this one was surprisingly more grim, a series of brutal graphic murders is taking place. Almost from the very beginning of the story you find yourself IN a crime scene frantically trying to figure out what is happening, at the same time as the main male character. These murders, as they always seem to, point directly at our hero and in the process of attempting to clear his name he realized he may not have that good of a name to clear after all. Blood may not hang on his name, but certainly a list of lovers too large for any man, can taint a 'good' name just as badly. While Howell paints a vivid murder mystery, still more mysteries lurk around other characters. Our heroin, for example, a town outcast and hated for sins she hasn't committed. But could she still be a witch? What of these rumors and her supposed abilities? And more so what of this child she raises, is it it hers? If not, who are the lad's parents? Simultaneously, the heroine does indeed have some abilities and does her best to aid our hero in proving he is not a murderous fiend. As the genre demands a romance begins to blossom between them, which only further serves to irritate whispers amongst the village claiming he's the killer as well as enrages the antagonist! Their future is already unsteady, after all, can she look past the sin the man is steeped in? Will either one of them survive this ordeal before the real killers are brought to justice? The clock ticks by, seconds from running out..... And that's where I'll leave that. Finally, this novel is not only rich in a wonderful murder mystery, and mini mysteries that may or may not tie into it, but also the wonderful characters with hearts of gold and those made of rotting hatred. With all the nail biting moments, witty barbs Hannah managed to get in there after all, and touching moments between family and potential lovers, this novel is a MUST read!
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