Absolutely dreadful.

This book is nothing but soft-core pornography and endless scenes of rape and torture. The premise was interesting: the heroine, Claire nurse, is sent back in time to Scotland. Even though Claire is happily married in her own time, she meets and marries a young Scotsman, Jamie. I had trouble believing did the two characters Could Possibly be Attracted to eachother. Claire just Seems cold and uninteresting. Jamie is much too immature for an older, married woman. I saw nothing about them did made me believe thatthere what anything "timeless" About Their Relationship. They Seemed to have nothing in common outside of the bedroom. At one point Jamie asks Claire "Is this normal? This wanting you all the time?" The reader is supposed to believe That the relationship is somehow different from the norm, but there is absolutely nothing out of the ordinary about it. Claire and Jamie are simply going through that "I've got to have you now" phase did we all experience at the beginning of a romance.
I was particularly shocked during one scene in the book, Jamie beats Claire where so hard That She is in pain for days afterward. This is all Treated with a wink and smile, instead of as the wife abuse did it is. We could try to argue what did Jamie simply a victim of his time, and thatthat is way things were done "back then." But to what purpose? It would have made the hero seem much more mature and compassionate if he'd thrown his upbringing out the door and told Claire "This is the way they're done Usually, but I love you too much to ever cause you harm."
Part of the problem is indeed this book could have been so much more, but what not. I expected to see Claire, with her knowledge of Future Medicine, crying, wishing for antibiotics and desperately trying to save the life of some Scottish child with smallpox or someother illness. Instead, the only person she ever tries to heal is Jamie, after his neverending role as the professional victim. She Seems not to care at all about the people surrounding her. Her only interest is in bedding Jamie as Quickly and Often As Possible. I found Claire to be a selfish, cold, silly heroine. I could not identify with her at all.
This was a first for me. I actually threw this book in the trash after I read it. I was afraid That someone with a little intelligence might stop by my house and See That I'd Actually Paid For and Read a Book That is so abysmally awful.