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The Immortal Highlander

Karen Marie Moning

480 pages

A steamy, high-stakes paranormal romance where an arrogant, stripped-of-his-powers immortal meets his match in the one mortal woman who can see him.

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What it feels like

Reading this book feels like stepping into a hidden, dangerous world pulsing just beneath the surface of everyday life. The narrative moves at a brisk, addictive clip, driven by the crackling, high-heat tension between an impossibly arrogant immortal and a fiercely independent mortal who refuses to be easily charmed. The mood is unapologetically steamy and steeped in mythic danger, balancing laugh-out-loud banter with moments of genuine, life-or-death urgency. As the layers of the hero's invulnerability are stripped away, the emotional texture deepens from playful seduction into a surprisingly tender exploration of trust and mortality. It is a perfect escape for readers who devour fated-mate tropes, alpha heroes brought to their knees, and lush, magical world-building.

Mood
  • steamy
  • magical
  • urgent
  • swoony
Tone
  • playful
  • sensual
  • sassy
  • dramatic
Pace
brisk
Themes
forbidden attraction · vulnerability of mortality · hidden magical worlds · reluctant trust · fated mates
The writing
Descriptive and banter-heavy, blending modern conversational sass with unapologetic, mythic sensuality.
The arc
Moves from defensive banter and reluctant proximity to profound vulnerability and fierce, life-altering devotion.
Who it's for
Readers who crave high-heat paranormal romance featuring arrogant, larger-than-life alpha males and the sharp-witted women who bring them to their knees.
Content notes
  • explicit sexual content
  • fantasy violence
  • peril
  • dubious consent elements

About the book

With his long, black hair and dark, mesmerizing eyes, Adam Black is Trouble with a capital T. Immortal, arrogant, and intensely sensual, he is the consummate seducer, free to roam across time and continents in pursuit of his insatiable desires. That is, until a curse strips him of his immortality and makes him invisible, a cruel fate for so irresistible a man. With his very life at stake, Adam’s only hope for survival is in the hands of the one woman who can actually see him.

Enter law student Gabrielle O’Callaghan, who is cursed with the ability to see both worlds: Mortal and Faery. From the moment she lays eyes on this stunning male, Gabby is certain of one thing: He could be her undoing. Thus begins a long, dangerous seduction. Because despite his powerful strength and unquenchable hungers, Adam refuses to take a woman by force. Instead, he will tease his way into Gabby’s bed and make her want him just as he wants her.

Now, no matter how hard Gabby tries to avoid him, Adam is everywhere, invisible to all but her—perched atop her office cubicle in too-tight jeans, whispering softly from behind the stacks of the law library, stealing her breath away with his knowing smile...all the while tempting her with the promise of unimaginable pleasure in his arms. But soon danger will intrude on this sensual dance. For as Adam’s quest to regain his immortality plunges them into a world of timeless magic and the deadly politics of the Faery queen’s court, the price of surrender could be their very lives. Unless they can thwart the conspiracy that threatens both mortal and Faery realms...and give them a shot at a destiny few mortals ever know: glorious, wondrous, endless love.

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