A second chance…With her first love!
Lady Brenna Stewart is grateful to be saved from her burning carriage—only her rescuer is Laird Garrick MacLean, the man she once loved and lost! He seems determined to protect her from the unknown enemy pursuing her across the Scottish Highlands. But, bitterly hurt by his past betrayal, she needs answers. Why did he abandon her? And how can she keep her heart safe now, when the connection between them is as strong as ever…
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Review
Life has not been kind to Garrick MacLean since he honourably proposed marriage to Lady Moira Fraser née Stewart and she turned him down because he was in love with her younger sister Brenna. Years later, loss has shattered him and turned him bitter and overbearing. He's returning north to lick his wounds, not to save the woman he almost married from her burnt out carriage.
Brenna is grateful for his aid in saving her life, but quite rightly calls him out on his new (and much unimproved) attitude. She's been papering over her heartbreak since Garrick was presumed dead and I loved seeing her realise her own worth. Garrick, meanwhile, is irritated to find that he still has feelings. He's helping Brenna out of a sense of duty, and not because he's still in love with her. Of course. I wanted him to buck out of his self-loathing a little earlier and give a little more grovel, but he gets there in the end.
This is an excellently written novel that really does make you hate the English of the time. The complex clan alliances are sketched in enough detail to give realism without being confusing, and it was fabulous to see Moira and Rory again. There's a mystery to solve and it all comes to a heady climax in the historical version of a car chase!
Best enjoyed with your feet planted firmly on the ground, this Scottish historical romance has just a hint of romantic suspense about it.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book via Rachel's Random Resources; all opinions are my own
Jeanine Englert’s love affair with mysteries and romance began with Nancy Drew, Murder She Wrote, and her Grandmother’s bookshelves full of romance novels. She is a VIVIAN® and Golden Heart® Finalist as well as a Silver Falchion, Maggie, and Daphne du Maurier Award Winner in historical romance and mystery. Her Scottish Highland historical and historical romantic suspense novels revolve around characters seeking self-acceptance and redemption. When she isn’t wrangling with her characters on the page, she can be found trying to convince her husband to watch her latest Masterpiece or BBC show obsession. She loves to talk about books, writing, her beloved rescue pups, as well as mysteries and romance with other readers. Visit her website at www.jeaninewrites.com.
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