The Legend Mackinnon: A Novel

By Donna Kauffman

Book Overview

Three centuries ago in Scotland a curse was born of the long-standing feud between the Claren and the MacKinnon clans. Now, generations later, destiny has decreed that three women, the last of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553579231
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Fanfare
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.9" x 0.8" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Loved it!

Donna Kauffman has the magic touch. She can weave a timeless story like no other. Known for writing category romances for Loveswept, she is now writing single titles.TLM was a book I could not put down. It's a magically story of 2 rival Scottish clans who's destinies are forever linked. 3 beautiful independent cousins, unknown to each other, are about to meet. And at the same time these Claren cousins, Maggie, Cailean, and Delaney Claren meet they also come face to face with 3 brothers from the rival MacKinnon clan. The catch is the Clearn cousins live in 1999 and the MacKinnon men lived 300 years ago. You will be enchanted with Duncan the ghost, the immortal Rory, and Alexander who was sent thru time to the future. Together they search for the key to release a curse put on their clans three centuries ago. I can guarantee whoever picks up this passionate romance will not be disappointed. There is a little something for everyone in this multi-faceted romance, including contemporary, historical, time travel and paranormal. It's a great read! Pass it on!

I *loved* everything about this one. It's pure fun

Within the pages of this book you'll find not one but three terrific love stories all bound together with a skillful paranormal thread. Normally I feel short-changed when a book concentrates on more than one couple but that wasn't the case this time around. Because each love story is so entwined with the plot and all of the characters continue to interact with each other once the focus shifts from their romance I never felt that cheated. All three heroes are a bit on the "arrogant alpha" side but meet up with heroines who are more than their match. You'll find lots of humor and passion but no weak kneed, simpering heroines here. I highly recommend this one to paranormal romance lovers who are looking for a fast paced romance. It worked on all levels for me, the picky paranormal reader.

What an original idea!

I have always enjoyed the paranormal and I have always enjoyed Scottish love stories. Reading the two together has been a favorite of mine since I started reading historical romance so long ago. BUT I have never had the pleasure to read a story involving six main characters including a Ghost, an Immortal and a Time Traveler, not to mention a seer thrown in for good measure! Each couple was as different as night and day but as strong as one another. This book has everything and the most important part is that it works! BRAVO!

Magical, Enchanting, and full of Suspense

The Legend MacKinnon is a wonderfully written novel. It brings back the world of the faeries. Three 17th century Highlanders are cursed into purgetory until they right the wrongs done. Duncan, (my favorite) has died along with his betrothed in North Carolina after she tried to avoid the marriage by running away. He didnt care about her feelings just wanted peace between their clans. Because of his selfishness he has become a ghost who every Novemeber returns to the mortal world for 31 days. This never bothered him until Maggie Claren comes along. She needs him, he comes to realize he needs her too....... Rory,the immortal, has been roaming the world for 300years trying to find a way to "die" When he meets THE CLAREN KEY aka Cailean Claren, he is not sure if he really wants to die or become mortal again. Alexander, the time traveller, has been trying to find the portal that will take him back to 17th century. He returns to his castle in Scotland to get some rest only to find Delaney Claren and her two cousins looking in the Castle for the "key" 300 yrs ago Rory had been cursed by his betrothed who was had otherworld powers. since then all MacKinnon/Claren couples have come to horrid endings. These three cousins(heroines) come together to find the Legend and see if they can reverse it. This book is so good you wont want to put it down. Ms. Kauffman draws the reader in like a magnet. You wont want to miss it.

Complex otherworldly romance

Three hundred years ago, the plan for peace between the two Scottish clans was a simple one that would have worked. Three MacKinnon brothers (Duncan, Rory, an Alexander) were to marry Claren clan members, thus, binding the two groups through marriage and children. However, just prior to the wedding, one of the grooms vanished. Each clan blamed the other and for the next three centuries the feud intensified. Late in the twentieth century, Maggie Claren flees from her dangerous former fiancé to an isolated cabin she just inherited. There she meets the ghost of Duncan. At the same time, her cousin Claren meets Rory, who is afflicted with wearying immortality. Another cousin, Delaney, finds Alexander, an individual catapulted from the past. Apparently, someone placed a successful curse on the three MacKinnon siblings and only an unknown key can break the spell. As the three couples fall in love, the feud between the clans seems over or perhaps history is to repeat itself by starting the conflict over again. THE LEGEND MACKINNON is an extremely complex otherworldly romance that would collapse under the trio of tales if attempted by anyone with less talent than the gifted Donna Kauffman. Instead, the story line with the three prime sub-plots dexterously binds into one dramatic main tale that the audience will devour. The six lead characters are fully developed (no easy trick) and their motives read loud and clear. Any reader who relishes an elaborate but entertaining paranormal romance that feels real needs to peruse THE LEGEND MACKINNON, which may be the start of the legend Kauffman.Harriet Klausner