Reviews for In the Warrior's Bed

The average rating for In the Warrior's Bed based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-12-14 00:00:00 Steve Ciupa My Review We first meet Cullen McJames in In Bed With A Stranger, Brodick and Anne's story, in which he is Laird Brodick McJames' younger brother. Full of laughter and love for his brother and clan, he takes great pride in teasing Brodick as his relationship with Anne develops from that of an arranged marriage into a union built on love. From the very beginning I just knew that Cullen's story would be amazing and I was right! I've been waiting and waiting to read this book so I could savor it without interruption, certain I would love it every bit as much as In bed With A Stranger. Much to my delight, I loved it even more! As Cullen watched, his older brother became a different man when he fell in love and started his own family. Cullen had begun thinking that maybe giving his heart to a lady wasn't such an awful thing after all. However, he also knew that an arranged marriage between himself and Bronwyn McQuade, daughter of Laird McQuade, would help ease tensions between the feuding clans. Then one day, while he was out riding, he spotted beautiful young lass riding on horseback just across the border - NOT on his lands. Her plaid gave her away as belonging to Clan McQuade but that didn't stop him from crossing the border and approaching her. This is where the trouble - and the excitement - begins. There's something so special in Mary Wine's writing. Her characters come to life on the page, their lives become ours, as do their hopes, dreams and desires. Cullen is such an amazing man; devoted to his clan, full of laughter and simply loving life. If I had to choose one character in all of my reads who I would really want to spend my life with, I think it would be him. He made me smile with his naturally easy going way. And his sensuality, both in and out of bed, makes him one sexy Warrior. Indeed, he is truly drool-worthy. Bronwyn was a great character - refreshingly real in her actions and reactions to being swept away by Cullen, and not under the best of circumstances. She is loyal to her clan but can see where that loyalty will get her nowhere. Her evolving relationship with Cullen was both heartwarming and entertaining. She was his perfect match in all ways. I truly enjoy Mary Wine's stories and am anxiously awaiting Bedding the Enemy and To Conquer a Highlander

Review # 2 was written on 2010-03-17 00:00:00 Dorothy Smith After realizing that the last 7 romances I read were all written before 1993, I craved something newer. Mary Wine's In the Warrior's Bed is not a bad book, but it lacks that extra something that makes it memorable. Actually it's memorable for one thing: they didn't get the cover right. If you're anal-retentive like me, this will bother you. As much as I dislike them, a headless torso cover would have been preferable. The heroine is supposed to be blond, and the cover depicts a black-haired woman. (And let's not talk about the inaccurate plaid [grumble, grumble:]). You can't blame the cover artist because the heroine's name is Bronwyn and most Bronwyns in Romancelandia have black hair. Plus the author doesn't give a physical description of her heroine until page 69 of this trade-back, and then it's only to briefly describe her honey-colored hair. If one is writing a romance novel, there is no shame in giving a physical description of your character by page 10. Anyhoo, onto the actual book. We've seen this plot before: two Scottish clans are feuding, and the hero abducts the heroine, schtupps her silly and they fall in love, while the evil-doers do their bad thing and try to separate them/kill them. In the Warrior's Bed falters when the main characters are not together, so fortunately, they're together a lot. Cullen McJames is a sexy, masculine hero, but I couldn't really understand Bronwyn. Her loyalty to her family is noble, but not reasonable. They treat her like a slave, humiliate her and want her dead. Here's this hunk with a brogue who wants to treat her like a lady, take her away from her violent clan and give her lots of orgasms. But of course, she just has to fight him every step of the way. As this is a Brava romance there will be no mention of manhoods, manroots or members, but c***s will be constantly stirring in kilts. For the first half of the book, Cullen is in a constant state of priapism, even when the heroine is nowhere to be found. I thought the guy should have called his doctor because we've all heard what those commercials say about 4 hour erections. The love scenes are very sexy; the good guys are good and the bad guys are eeevilll! Plus, there's lots of blood and killing and the book ends nice and violently, so that's a plus. I gather this is the second novel in a series, so one day I may pick up the others out of curiosity because Ms. Wine's writing style is to be admired. Still, it took me two weeks to finish this 277 page book, as I kept putting it down and reading something else. I'd give it 3 stars, which rates about a high C+. Not bad, but not a keeper.