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"Wonderful Paranormal Scottish Historical"

I just finished reading a good book from a few years ago that has paranormal elements -- CATRIONA by Jeanette Baker.  I had heard raves about Baker as a writer, and she *is* wonderful!  I couldn't resist this one because I love paranormals AND Scottish history.  The heroine, Kate, has "the Sight," and she has been having dreams/flashes about a woman who lived in 15th Century Scotland who looks just like her.  She travels to Scotland to find out about her ancestors & finds herself being able to "tune into" the life of this woman -  Catriona - in the 15th Century. In order for Kate to live a full, connected  life in the present, she must take care of the past by helping Catriona and  by discovering her own family roots. 

There are also actually two love stories -- Catriona's in the past and one for Kate in the present. 

I'm not doing the book justice with my description, but I would definitely recommend it, and I look forward to reading the other Baker books I was able to find.

Karen Witkowski Copyright © May, 2000

Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted April 22, 2002

Praised by Rendezvous as "a talented writer....[whose] theme and style are unique," Jeanette Baker dazzled readers with the magic of the Highlands In Legacy. Now, this gifted author rekindles the allure of Scotland with the thrilling tale of a woman in search of her past -- and the fierce passions that endure across time.

Kate Sutherland always felt out of place in brash and modern Southern California. But when she comes to her ancestral home in the Shetland Islands to seek a mystical guide who May shed light on her true heritage, Kate is plagued with visions of a life from five centuries past....A fiery young woman of royal English blood, Catriona Wells is determined to save her family from the deadly political clashes of 15th-century Britain. But Cat's cunning is no match for Scottish border lord Patrick MacKendrick. When this powerful warrior betroths her against her will, Cat must decide whether she dares to love him -- and to trust him with lives that are more precious to her than her own.

Meanwhile Kate, whose dreams rapidly take on a reality of their own, is caught between a present-day attraction to a charming Scottish historian -- and risking everything in Catriona's dangerous world of passion and bloodshed.