This is the story of Victoria McKinnon, sister of Thomas McKinnon from another Lynn Kurland favorite (My Heart Stood Still). It is a tale that stands on its own, yet has plenty of references to other Kurland books that will make you want to re-read to get the full story...A thoroughly engaging read; fun and an opportunity to appreciate anew quotes from the Bard.

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OF COURSE the hero-lady is going to fall in love with the big, burly Scot warrior/ghost. OF COURSE he hates everyone in her family from the beginning of time. OF COURSE he is going to fall in love with her. It's been done, it's been done, it's been done! Then why did I like it so much?!? Probably because it is so well written that I could smell the woods,feel the drafts in the castle and taste the warm ale in the pub! Great read!

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My first Lynn Kurland novel. I adored the story including time-travel and ghosts as well as comedy! This is the story of Connor MacDougal and Victoria McKinnon and their romp through different times while falling in love. Connor is one of my favorite characters of all Lynn's books. This story prompted me to become hooked on her stories.

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This book was good and different in a way that is hard to explain. Most books have one problem/issue/mystery and it is over when that problem/issue/mystery is resolved. This book kept going. One issue is resolved satisfactory, then you realize there are still seventy pages left. So it moves into the next issue...into the next issue, etc. It was a different experience. With some books you get to the end and think "well, that was good, but I wish there had been a little more." This one has that "little more." It is a bit cliche, but funny and warm hearted at the same time. I enjoyed our ghost hero and his lady heroine. It is a bit slow going in the beginning, but I hung in there and found I was pleased by the end.

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I have been dreaming about Connor since I read this book...yummy!

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I'm only giving this one a middling grade, partly because it is so formulaic.
But perhaps I am being unfair in two ways. 1, I don't much care for time travel stories, and 2, I started it without realizing the novel is the middle of a series.

From back cover: When Victoria McKinnon's brother offers to finance her production of Hamlet, she leaps at the chance. She can't imagine anything better than staging Shakespeare's masterpiece in an honest-to-goodness English castle. There's just one problem: the place is haunted by a grumpy, gorgeous Highland warrior, who's furious that anyone dares to invade his home.

Connor MacDougal has no intention of relinquishing his authority over Thorpewold Castle to anyone, let alone a McKinnon. But when he catches a glimpse of the beautiful intruder, suddenly he can't help but wonder why it's taken eight hundred years into his afterlife to find the love of a lifetime...

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It's nice to visit old friends sometimes. It has been awhile since I ventured into the magical worlds of Kurland and I found I still thoroughly enjoy it! She is still way too wordy, somewhat silly but always wonderful fun.

The story line in "Much Ado..." is very much the same as is has been throughout the entire Piaget/MacCloud series with the hero (in this instance Conner MacDougal) and heroine (Victoria MacKinnon) jumping through time on their quest for true love. In previous books, Conner was portrayed as a nasty, rather unlikeable character and Victoria the overly brash and headstrong sister to other main characters. Here, we find them both completely changed, Conner cries and Victoria's insecure. While we understand Victoria's about-face (after all, we all experience those self-doubting moments - even the most determined of us) but Conner's weeping jags just cannot rise to believable if we are to also accept him as a hardened medieval Laird. Aw well, one reads Kurland for the fantasy after all and THAT part never disappoints!

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I have read several Lynn Kurland books and am a great fan. I love the time travel books but this is the first one I have read that involves a ghost. I was drawn in to the characters of the book, both real and sepctral. Some were quite different than expected and there were twists and turns that kept you guessing. I enjoyed this book and look forward to my next Kurland novel.

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