Warrior Reborn by Melissa Mayhue – a Review

Warrior Reborn is the second novel of Melissa Mayhue’s Warrior series, which was a spinoff from her glorious Daughters of the Glen series.  Warrior Reborn picks up immediately after Warrior Redemption ended. Below is the official description of the book, which is followed by my review.       

Description:
Award-winning author Melissa Mayhue delivers once more with her second enchanting novel of the MacDowylt clan, featuring a captive Scottish seer who awaits the man from her visions to rescue—and love—her. . . .

Former special ops agent CHASE NOBLE has been searching his whole life for the place where he belongs. As a descendant of Fae, he senses fate has more in store for him. And he will not rest until he discovers what his true purpose is. When he travels back in time to medieval Scotland, he discovers his mission is to save a beautiful woman—the same woman he is destined to be with.

CHRISTIANA MACDOWYLT possesses the gift of foresight. Prisoner of her evil half brother, Christiana has visions that show her that only one warrior can rescue her—a man she is mysteriously drawn to. The only problem is, he’s in the future. Now she must rely on the magic of a fairy to transport him to the past. And when Christiana finally meets Chase, the sparks between them set off a smoldering desire. But will the magic that brought them together also tear them apart? 

Review:

Warrior Reborn opens with our heroine, Christiana MacDowylt, who surveys the scene, where most of her brother’s warriors lie dead, enabling her other brothers Malcolm & Patrick to get away free, with Malcolm’s wife Dani and Elesyria, a faerie, who is living with the MacDowylts.   That is how the first book ended, now Christiana must find a way to fool her evil brother,Torquil that she had nothing to do with Malcolm’s escape. 

Torquil, is the evil villain in this series; he is very powerful and almost impossible to kill.  He lays unconscious, but Christiana knows soon he will fully recover. As more of Torquil’s warriors are on the way to rescue him, she puts herself deeply into one of her visions, allowing her become almost comatose, when Torquil regains consciousness. 

This does work, as Torquil will believe Christiana, and despite his concerns of her betrayal, he knows he needs her.  For she sees visions of the future, and he uses her visions to benefit himself.   When Warrior Redemption left off, as they were escaping, Christiana had asked Elesytria to bring her the warrior she dreams about in some of her visions.  Of course, Elesytria does this, and finds Christiana’s soulmate in the present time.

Chase Noble is our hero, and he is the brother of Leah and Destiny Noble, from the Daughters of the Glen series. Chase is unhappy, as he travels to search for his soulmate that he dreams about, as well as where he feels he should belong. When a storm comes, Chase is suddenly whipped away through time to medieval Scotland, in the year 1294. When Chase regains his faculties, he finds himself being beaten by others, and an Irish man comes to his rescue.  Hall will become Chase’s friend, or as he calls himself, his brother, to help protect him.  There is something about special about Hall, that makes him to be a powerful and loyal friend to Chase.   They both go to work for Torquil, who is gathering all the men available to eventually lead them to destroy Malcolm, and all his family.  Torquil is determined to get revenge, not to mention he wants all that Malcolm owns, including Dani. 

Both Chase and Hall become convinced that there is evil in Torquil’s castle.  Then Chase meets Christiana, and knows she is the woman he has been searching for all of his life.  Christiana herself, knows Chase is the man she asked the fae to summon, however she thought of him as the man who in her visions was going to save her and help her escape Torquil.  Both Chase and Christiana turned out to be a wonderful couple.  Chase was such a great guy, happy now that he felt he was where he belonged, and with whom he belonged with. He was a strong warrior, and protected Christiana with his life, and finally showed her his love.  Christiana, who started to become dependent on Chase, began to realize that he was her soulmate.  She too was protective of Chase, and worried that if Torquil would find out that they were soulmates, he would kill Chase.  Only Christiana knew how evil, powerful, and dangerous Torquil was, not to mention his instability. 

It was an exciting finish, with Chase, Christiana, and Hall fighting insurmountable odds to survive.  Will they survive?  Will Chase save Christiana and claim his soulmate?  Will they finally be able to destroy Torquil?   Melissa Mayhue does not disappoint in this wonderful continuation of this series, and she does not leave us hanging to my questions.    We get to spend a little time with some of the characters from the first book, and we know that even without cliffhangers, the story will continue with these wonderful characters.  Not sure who the next book is about, we do have some great characters that Melissa can use…Patrick MacDowalyt, Hall, and Bridget.  Warrior Reborn was an excellent addition to the Warrior series, and I can’t wait for the next book.  I also want desperately to return to our favorites that we came to love in Daughters of Glen. 

Reviewed by Barb

Copy provided by publisher