Surrender (A MacKinnon's Rangers Novel Book 1)

Fans of "The Last of the Mohicans" will love this adventure/romance! "Surrender" is a refreshing break from your current Brit-set historicals. This book is highly evocative in every sense: writer's voice, plot, emotional gut punches -- a true page turner! I was in the mood for something different and "Surrender" delivered.

The hero is super sexy and incredibly strong/powerful. The heroine is sympathetic and believable -- a lady brought low and dragged into danger, she rises to the challenge with considerable mettle.

"Surrender" has found a permanent place on my keeper shelve.

Book one in the MacKinnon Trilogy was a wonderful historic romance. Lots of suspense and plenty of tender lovin'. I felt like I was there amongst the characters. Who wouldn't want to "surrender" to Iain, the sexy, hot, totally alpha H. Annie is great as Iain's love. The secondary characters were great as well. Definitely a keeper!

Another excellent Pamela Clare book, this time set in a time period few authors write about. The details she includes are stirring and bring the period to life.

I wish more historicals would be about time periods other than Regency England. Ms. Clare does a great job in breathing new life into historical romances. It seems that the only books I see in bookstores now are Regencies and I'm so sick and tired of reading about Regency England and rakeshells and ditzy heroines that if I pick up another Regency in the bookstore, I'll throw it against a wall. Why can't other authors write about colonial America?

Ms. Clare brings the French and Indian War into life and I'm so glad she did it!

I used to enjoy a good Regency but with so many other authors writing about that time period, it gets very tiring. I can't wait for the other books in the series and I'm sure they will be equally wonderful! Oh, and the shaving scene, I found that very erotic and sexy! Well done, Ms. Clare.

Intelligently written!!!! Mostly romantic and some pretty hot scenes, witty, charming and beautiful. I never ever write reviews (even though I've read thousands of books for the past 30 years) but because I think this author is a rare find and is not justly being noted in the "Historical Romance Genre" here are my 5 stars. I now have written a whooping 3 reviews and they are all for Mrs. Clare's books.

Surrender held my attention like few other books have done. Iain and Annie were both characters I immediately felt emotionally attached to, the book is non-stop action and I was so caught up in their suffering and their celebrations that I couldn't stop reading until it was done. Ms. Clare's descriptions pull you right into the scene and into the characters. I highly recommend this book.

Ms. Clare has written a story that blends a highly sensual romance with a period in American History unfamiliar to most readers. Concentrating on pre-Revolutionary Colonial America, Ms. Clare gives us characters that are human, flawed and leap from the page with life. One of her many strengths is a villain who cannot be viewed as totally evil. He demonstrates compassion and other admirable qualities.

I highly reccomend "Surrender", the first in a trilogy, to lovers of both romance and history

This author really did her research. I was very impressed with all the detail. There was a little too much of the war aspect though. I'm not a big fan of slicing and shooting.

One thing I found that was quite weird was that Annie's father was supposedly the most honorable man and her uncle was the most despicable. It left me wondering how this came about that two brothers could be so different. I would have liked to hear about their history. Lord Wentworth was a fantastic character and was not the typical one dimensional villain. He should probably have his own book where he battles his inner demons and becomes an honorable man.

This story blended scottish and celtic, historical with spice. Those were all very original ways of telling a spellbinding story. It's one of those stories that stay with you and hopefully there will be more to come.

I really enjoyed Pamela Clare's contemporary books and on that basis bought three of her books set in the mid-18th century, trusting that I would enjoy them as well. Afraid not. For a start, the ridiculous, purported Scots accents are so distracting that I just ended up annoyed. I could not find much sympathy for Iain and his brothers and did not feel any pull of attraction to him. The over-done analysis of British (e.g. Scottish and English) contemporary politics was a bit puerile and simplistic. I realise that it's popular in American cinema to make the baddies Brits but this was just very thin and unsupported, IMO. Frankly the heroine just did not fit in the timeframe and again the background she was given seemed pretty one dimensional to me. This just wasn't for me. I am sorry that this book was such a disappointment but there were too many jarring, inaccurate and overdrawn themes in the story and characters about whom, frankly, I did not give a damn.

Iloved Surrender. The plot ,characters and story are fresh.

The love scenes hot. Iain and Annie are wonderful. The story pulled me in and I didn't want it to end. I can wait for Morgan,Connor and Josephs'stories.If your looking for a great historical to read

Buy this book!

This is a really great book, that simply transports you back in time. Iain MacKinnon is an awesome hero, that you just fall in love with. I can hardly wait for Pamela Claire's next two books in this series!

The writing in this book is extremely repetitive. Terms and phrases like "Mercy!", "bonnie," "bairn" and "she felt tears prick her eyes," were worn out to the point of eye rolling. Worse is that there was too much talk of rape. Our heroine is annoying and repeatedly feels guilty about EVERYTHING! She was also almost raped twice in the book. The first time she was almost gang raped. Our hero is likeable for about the first and last 100 pages. In-between that, he was angry and rude. For example, the first time they had sex was after he was told she was with another man. Iain came to her, enraged, to "claim her" as his own. It was also the same day that she was almost raped. I did enjoy the last 100 pages or so, but the above issues left a bitter taste in my mouth. This is the 3rd book I have read by this author and they keep going down hill. If you want to read a GOOD book by Pamela Clare, read Naked Edge....I am so far unimpressed by her others.

It's refreshing to read historicals with good detail, but this author went too heavily into the violence of the time. I want to read about ROMANCE when I pick up a romance, not grisly scenes of the heroine being branded with a hot iron, the heroine being beaten, or the hero being flogged. The sex is quite explicit, but this in no way makes up for the extreme graphic violence. I can only give this book two stars, and doubt I'll re-read it. Good colonial adventure, bad romance.

while I liked Pamela Clares other series i didn't like this one. For me it wasn't the heroine almost being rape two or three times or the violence in the book. It was the heroine herself. She was so stupid. About 100 pages in I couldn't stand her. This may be wrong and I'm sorry but I was kinda hoping she did get rape. That was how much I didn't like her. I didn't even finish the book even through I need to finish it to make a character guide for my blog I just don't think I can. I also don't like Ian or his brothers. It will be a long time before I finish the series.

Another thing that got me mad how how men kept falling for her Every page the Author had to mention how beautiful the heroine was. Makes me want to gag. I was also hoping her uncle had banned her face instead.

I'm Sorry Mrs. Clare. I love you but not this book or series.

I'm surprised that there hasn't been more discussion about the similarities between SURRENDER and the OUTLANDER series.

1. Both stories feature a handsome Scot from a prominent family in the U.S. in the second half of the 1700's.

2. Both men are incredible leaders who are beloved by their countrymen.

3. Both men are forced by threats to join forces with the British who are their sworn enemies, especially after Culloden.

4. Both men fall in love with Sassenachs (English women) who are healers.

5. In both novels, the British commander, who is the enemy, helps our hero.

The romance is good, although very predictable. My favorite character was Joseph, who was Iain's Native equivalent.

I like Ms. Clare`s writing style and have really enjoyed her I-team series.