Outlander

Outlander

Publisher: Arrow

Published Date: 1991

Pages: 863

Star Rating: 5***** I loved it and highly recommend

About Book: What if your future lay in the past?1946, and Claire Randall goes to the Scottish Highlands with her husband Frank. It's a second honeymoon, a chance to re-establish their loving marriage. But one afternoon, Claire walks through a circle of standing stones and vanishes into 1743, where the first person she meets is a British army officer - her husband's six-times great-grandfather. Unfortunately, Black Jack Randall is not the man his descendant is, and while trying to escape him, Claire falls into the hands of a gang of Scottish outlaws, and finds herself a Sassenach - an outlander - in danger from both Jacobites and Redcoats. Marooned amid danger, passion and violence, her only chance of safety lies in Jamie Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior. What begins in compulsion becomes urgent need, and Claire finds herself torn between two very different men, in two irreconcilable lives.

My Thoughts: This is where it all began—and what a beginning! In 1945, nurse Claire Randall is mysteriously transported back to 1743 Scotland, where she meets the dashing Highland warrior Jamie Fraser. The time-travel element intrigued me straightaway, but it was the emotional depth, the slow-burn romance, and the vivid Scottish landscape that completely won me over. I loved how real Claire felt—intelligent, brave, and completely out of her depth but never defeated.