The Ranger (Highland Guard Series #3)

Highly Recdommended-A wonderful series!!

The third book in the series did not disappoint. McCarty brings the Elite Guard to life and has you feeling and cheering for them. The Ranger was his own man in every way. When I think of the Ranger I feel as if I knew him. This is a keeper series.

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Highly Recommended

For those of you who haven't read The Chief or The Hawk, this is a new take on our Highlanders, and a new take on Highland Warfare. Imagine "special ops in kilts." Now that we all have that lovely image in our minds, (I know I'm imagining a Navy SEAL in a kilt, and yummmm)..I'm sorry, where was I?

After William Wallace was killed, Robert Bruce finally steps up to the plate and looks at what is best for Scotland. In this series, he finds the best warriors in Britain, and uses their specialties; so about a dozen men, all trained in different skills, but trained to work together. It's not easy.

Arthur Campbell has a special skill of having heightened senses. He gets a feeling, he can hear things before others can, and he's a damned good fighter. He is also deep undercover, part of the Highland Guard loyal to the Bruce, but on the surface, he's working for the English. One night, Arthur accidentally saves a lass from an ambush by his men, and in doing so, seals his fate.

A year later, he is sent by the Bruce into his enemy John of Lorn's castle as a spy. And finds out the beautiful lass he'd saved was his mortal enemy's daughter! What happens next is such an intriguing, suspenseful ride that I almost wish it could also be marketed as a romantic suspense. Obviously it can't be as simple as boy meets girl, they fall in love, happily ever after. Oh no, it has to be not only are they on opposite sides of the war, but they can't even tell each other that much. Between the secrets, and the passion, and stress of remembering which side he's really on, Arthur is trying his hardest to keep Anna at a distance. But her father has asked her to keep a close eye on him. In other words, she follows him around til the men are poking fun at Arthur. One of the hardest parts in the book for me to read was where Arthur saved Anna and her brother from an attack, only to find out he'd killed 9 of his own men. My God, how does he live knowing he saved the enemy at the cost of his friends' lives?

At one point in the book, Anna has been utterly rejected by Arthur, who can't let her get close to him, and she agrees to marry a former suitor and potential ally. Her father sends Arthur with her as a scout, and Arthur goes crazy with jealousy. One of my favorite scenes happens after Anna tells Hugh Ross she'll marry him. I think that watching Arthur realize he's in love with her was wonderful, but being an alpha male, he pulled the whole, "I can't have you, but I won't let anyone else have you either" crap and it drive me nuts!

Anna is blunt, caring, feisty and sweet. She is the perfect match for Arthur who just needs someone to love and understand him. That his solitary existence has been to protect himself from getting close to anyone, that he's not a freak with unnatural abilities. He's just a man who loves a woman so much he won't do anything about it, so that when the war marches to her door, and her world falls apart around her, and she sees he's betrayed her, that maybe it will save her a bit of hurt.

I loved the way Anna was able to see through Arthur's exterior and love him despite his attempts at pushing her away. I loved how Arthur couldn't let her marry Ross. And I loved how Anna handled the discovery that Arthur was a spy and her father had him tortured.

I urge you all to read the author's note, because it's so full of the real names, histories and clans that Monica McCarty uses in her series. It's amazing how much

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Recommended

Loved it. Each book in the series has a life of its on.

Highly Recommend - you have to check out the Highland Guard Series!!!

The Ranger was very good. Not my favorite in the series but I still enjoyed it. I'm loving the Highland Guard Series!!!!

LOVE the characters!

These characters are so well written that you feel as if they are your friends. As usual Monica takes history and spins this amazing tale. The only problem with these books is that they end! Can't someone start a mini series about the Highland Guards? kinda like the Tudors? please??

Must read

Get the whole series you will love it. Once you start you cant stop never boring hot sexy and fun

*Must read for anyone looking for a Highlander book. The whole series is great

Great Highlander Series! Highland Guard #3

'Ranger' - Arthur Campbell was sent into the enemy territory as a spy. He has done a great job of this without being discovered. However, Anna brings out all his protective instinct even though she is the enemy.

Anna is her father's daughter. She believes she is fighting for the right cause and is helping in anyway she can. Her father wants her to get close to Arthur and find out if he is genuine. This creates a problem since there is a pull between them.

Will they cultivate love or destroy it?

Amazing

Great story!!! Loved it and look forward to reading more books by Monica McCarty. Highly recommend!!!!!!

Crazy about McCarty!!

I have read all of Monica McCarty's books. The love stories are beautiful. There is always suspense! When I start to read one, I can't put it down until I've finished it. Awesome writer!

Love It

I love Monica McCarty

February 2011, Highly Recommed - you will enjoy it!

I really liked the first book I read in the series and this book was not a disappointment either. The hero is great and there is humor as well. Not a lot of sex, but everything else makes up for it ten fold. I really really think you should read it!!

Its a great series!

I love that this book was meaty in a very good way! It was well developed and didn't feel rushed. Also, even though it was "meaty" it was not filled with pointless details that can make a book lag. It was the opposite; I was excited to keep reading and see what happened next between the characters and where everything would land towards the end. I would recommend this book to anyone and also suggest that you begin with the first book in the series since this is I believe, book 3.

an engaging historical romance

In 1307 in Scotland, Robert the Bruce assigns Arthur "Ranger" Campbell a special top secret mission. He wants Ranger to go undercover pretending to be in support of the British while spying on their enemy. Ranger knows if he is caught he will be executed.

During an attack, Ranger saves the life of Anna MacDougall. They are attracted to one another, but he knows he must not lose sight of his task. Instead he joins her English loyalist father's call to arms. As he keeps saving her life, her father directs her to spy on the Scotsman. Arthur, who hates her father, and Anna, who dislikes her father, fall in love, but open hostility has ignited between both sides making their desires unattainable.

The third Highland Guard medieval Scottish romance (see The Hawk and The Chief) is an engaging historical due to the star-crossed lead couple whose love may prove not enough to overcome the hostilities that engulf them and others. Both are moles as he spies for the Bruce and she spies for her father. Marvelous Monica McCarty magically moves her fans to the early fourteenth century with a thrilling Highland Guard tale.

Harriet Klausner

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