Highland Historicals #8/The Moray Druids #2
Kerrigan Byrne
Historical Romance/Paranormal/Fantasy
Published in 2014
H/h - Niall Thorsen/Kenna de Moray
Setting: The Highlands, Scotland, 1066.
Read in July, 2014.
My rating: 
[spoiler alert]
Indecent, The Moray Druids book 2, too, features a sexy
berserker hero, Niall and another druid princess, Kenna of the De Moray
family. This was also of the funniest installments of Kerrigan’s
Highland Historical novellas that I’ve read so far. The combination, for
me, was a complete page turner!
In book 1, Insolent,
we’re introduced to the De Moray family, one of the most ancient family
of Druids and Witches in the Highlands. Right now, there are only 3
surviving members who are fighting an insane battle to save the world
from a coming apocalypse. Malcolm is the King, whose power lies in the
element of earth. His sister, Morgana, the h of book 1, wields the power
of water. Kenna, their cousin, can manipulate fire. An ancient tome
called the Grimoire is what they’re trying to hide from an evil trio,
the Wyrd Sisters. These three were once a part of the De Moray family
but have gone astray when they surrendered to the dark and evil magic to
enhance their powers. Now they seek the Grimoire, which holds the
secrets of the universe; everything that you can think of, to use it to
bring about said apocalypse and ultimately, to rule the world.
When
Morgana met Bael, he was fighting to die, ending a long, miserable and
unwanted existence as a berserker. Morgana was certainly not looking to
be mated or falling in love. But while saving herself from a band of
marauding Vikings, she came across Bael’s badly battered body. She heals
him and instantly, his beast decides who it wants and for what purpose.
When all was said and done and they’re mated for good, the world was
still at danger from the Wyrd Sisters. Kenna and Bael have already ‘met’
the sisters and fought to save themselves from their evil magic. With
Malcolm’s help, they even fend off an attack on their keep. When it’s
revealed that Kenna has the book and is protecting it from somewhere
unknown, we’re left to contemplate of what was to come next.
I
liked that story quite a lot, especially Kenna and Bael’s instant
attraction and communication that, to me, never once felt out of place.
I
was eagerly waiting for Indecent, which turned out to be Kenna’s book.
But first, we’re introduced to the H, Niall. A berserker born to a very
noble family, Niall has had the upbringing an exact opposite to that of Bael’s.
Yet, he isn’t any less lethal and predatory than him. When he and his
rowdy band of Vikings decide to invade a nearby abbey for gold and such,
he had no idea of the scenery waiting for him there; a dreamy vision of
a pair of generous breasts. Yup, that’s what caught his attentions
right on the spot. :p I already knew that I was going to enjoy this a
lot.
Then there was Ingmar, one of Niall’s men. I’ll leave you to find out about him, but ye Gods, he was a joker!
The
second thing Niall notices was that the girl with the pair of breast
that made him so hard was being punished by the Mother Superior.
Apparently, they think she’s a witch and needs to be whipped to save her
soul. Niall is enraged to see her treated this way. The blood on her
wounded body does the job though. His berserker beast is out and it
decides that it has found its mate. Oh boy!
For Kenna, the
punishment wasn’t that bad for she knew the nuns to be rather ignorant,
not having much idea of her inherent power. But when this huge (and
good-looking) Viking, looking all angry on her behalf, fills her vision,
Kenna knew she’s in trouble. Then when, his berserker beast snaps her
right from where she was bound, from in front of all the nuns who were
staring agape and takes her to her room without any directions to mate,
Kenna also understood that she needs to use this to her convenience.
Because, for Kenna, sex means power. The vitality of a man’s body can
enrich her own, leaving her stronger than ever. This man exudes so much
potency that she figures the only way she can help heal her wounds and
do something about the mess around her is by having sex with him.
Oh
well, I wasn’t unhappy per say but I thought it was way too early for
any such intimacy. And it leaves Niall undoubtedly mated to Kenna,
though she is very reluctant to accept him at first. The reason behind
it surfaces soon enough when Malcolm ‘drops by’ (or rather Kenna sees
him through the fire) to update her about Morgana and Bael and to learn
of the state of the Grimoire at the moment. He’s also exasperated, and a
little disgusted, that the hated berserkers are taking over his family,
f... er, mating with the females left and right. What is the world is
coming down to, seriesly? Malcolm is annoyed as hell, yet when the time
comes and every help is needed for their cause, Malcolm is shrewd enough
to know that they can do a lot with the combined power of two mated
berserkers.
After Niall comes to learn of what is to come, he
decides he’d do whatever it takes, and gladly, to claim Kenna as
his, so that she accepts him as her mate.
When
finally, the Wyrd Sisters pay a ‘visit’ to the abbey in search of the
book, Kenna is faced with a life threatening situation. On the one hand,
she needs to save the Grimoire, yet on the other, Niall’s soul is in
danger of being banished. What a druid princess, who was given the
sacred task of guarding the Grimoire with her life, would do in this
situation? Read and find out!
I was quite ecstatic when Morgana
and Bael later join the party alongside Malcolm. And though the
apocalypse had not yet been averted, Kenna and Niall come to terms with
their fate quite happily, love blossoming after what they’ve been
through together in such a short span of time.
Ingmar was there too
and as crazy and conceited as he is, I kept wondering, would he be
given his own story? That is something I’d love to read!
Now I’m looking forward to Malcolm’s book, Incarnate, which will definitely stage the big showdown... or so I’m hoping for. 4.25 stars and recommended!
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