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    Kilts & Kraken

    By Cindy Spencer Pape

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    Magnus, Baron Findlay, longs to bring the wonders of the steam age to his remote island home, but his hands are full fighting the vicious kraken ravaging the coast. When he's swept to sea during battle and washes up on the shore of an isle in the Hebrides, he is near death.

    Struggling to establish herself as one of the first female physicians in Edinburgh, Dr. Geneva MacKay is annoyed when The Order of the Round Table sends her north to care for an injured highlander. To heal him, Geneva escorts the handsome warrior home, just in time to defend the villagers from another onslaught.

    As the attacks escalate and they work together to fight off the threat, neither Geneva nor Magnus can resist the overwhelming attraction between them. But as their relationship deepens, a new threat arisesfrom within the village itself...

    37,000 words
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCarina Press
    Release dateJun 4, 2012
    ISBN9781426893841
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    Cindy Spencer Pape

    Cindy Spencer Pape firmly believes in happily-ever-after. Married for more than twenty-five years to her own, sometimes-kilted hero, she lives in southern Michigan with him and two grown sons, along with an ever-changing menagerie of pets. Award-winning author of more than 40 books, Cindy has been, among other things, a banker, a teacher, and an elected politician, but mostly an environmental educator, though now she is lucky enough to write full-time.

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    • 4/5
      I loved this story. Can that be my entire review? No? Fine!

      The world-building was tight and interesting. My experience with Steampunk is limited, but I fell right into this world and couldn't wait for more. I love that it was set in Scotland, rather than London as so many others are. The characters were well-developed. The storyline and conflict were interesting and compelling. I really wanted to know what was going to happen. Would they be able to work things out?

      I especially loved that hte heroine was a doctor in a time when women weren't. She was strong and confident in herself, which I enjoyed.

      Toward the end I think it..not necessarily fell apart, but became kind of rushed. I would have liked to see a couple extra pages so things weren't pushed.

      All in all, an excellent story.
    • 3/5
      As a favour to her father, Geneva, a very competent doctor, goes to check a man her father's friend found wounded. So she meets Magnus Findlay. It's a nice romantic story with krakens, magic, betrayal and love. It is short, but I think it wouldn't be better if it were longer.
    • 3/5
      A Fun Scottish Steampunk RomanceKilts and Kraken by Cindy Spencer Pape is one of the Gaslight Series Steampunk novellas and the third I've read. I enjoyed the two previous books more, as I found this one to be a simpler romantic adventure. The author still writes a good tale with interesting characters, good action scenes and intriguing Steampunk touches. While I enjoyed the Victorian London setting of the previous stories better than this one, set in Scotland, I still recommend Kilts and Kraken as a light, fun read.
    • 4/5
      Fantastic steampunk novella length story. Really enjoyed the magical, machinery and romance. Looking forward for more from Cindy Spencer Pape.
    • 3/5
      This is the third “book” in the Gaslight Chronicles series. This was okay, it was a very short story about a magic island and Kraken. The romance felt a bit abrupt to me, but I enjoyed some of the action and magic. This was another novella length addition to this series.Magnus is bound to a magical island but when he is injured by attacking Kraken and swept out to sea, his life is in mortal danger. Dr. Geneva MacKay is finally prospering in her own medical practice when The Order of the Round Table requests that she go to help doctor an injured Magnus. Geneva is annoyed but ends up drawn into the mysteries of both the island and Magnus.I liked the mysteries around the magical island and the inclusion of Kraken in this story. The main storyline was fairly predictable and I thought the romance between Geneva and Magnus was a bit too abrupt.Overall I haven’t been a huge fan of these shorter novellas in the Gaslight Chronicle series. They are just not enough story for this world. They are okay but not great. I am going to read book 4 since that is another full length novel and then decide whether or not to continue this series from there. I love the steampunk world created here and enjoy the characters, but the story in these novellas has been lacking.