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. They now reside in Litchfield County, Connecticut.As a big fan of May McGoldrick’s historical romances, I’m sad to say that Highland Jewel was a bit of a disappointment. These prolific and popular authors have been the recipients of numerous awards for their work.
Together, Nikoo and Jim write historical fiction as May McGoldrick and contemporary suspense thrillers as Jan Coffey. Along with his writing, he currently teaches English and Creative Writing in northwestern Connecticut. Since then, he and Nikoo have written well over two dozen works of fiction and nonfiction. After being awarded tenure at a university in Pennsylvania, he found that the opportunity to write novels full-time could not be ignored. These days, she also conducts frequent workshops on writing and publishing and serves as a visiting author at middle and high schools.When their first son was born, Jim gave up a successful career in shipbuilding to pursue a PhD in Medieval and Renaissance literature.
Always a writer and teacher at heart, she gave up her engineering career to pursue writing full time over a decade ago. After receiving a degree in Mechanical engineering, for fifteen years she worked in shipbuilding and robotics, holding manufacturing and higher level management positions. Nikoo was born in Tehran, Iran, and moved to United States on the eve of Iranian revolution.
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