Series: The Sisters of Kilbride, #3
Tropes & Traits: Forbidden Love; illegitimate hero; damaged heroine; sadistic villain
Publication Date: 05.28.20
Setting/Genre: Historical; Medieval Scotland, Isle of Skye, 1349
Rating: 5 stars!
Though her faith is indeed strong, Sister Coira has ulterior motives for joining the Abbey of Kilbride. She once worked in a brothel where she drew the unyielding notice of Duncan, Chief of the MacKinnon clan. Taking the veil was the best way to escape his cruelty and Coira has never looked back.
Coira's identity has already risked revelation given MacKinnon's increasing interest in the Abbey and its inhabitants. When Craeg MacKinnon, the chief's illegitimate brother and an outlaw with a price on his head, arrives grievously wounded at the Abbey, Coira knows she can't turn him away, even if it puts the sisters in more peril.
Craeg has always known himself to be inferior and ever since an attack from MacKinnon in their youth nearly killed him, he has been after revenge. He has spent years taunting his half-brother, stealing the clan Chief's ill-gotten gains and returning them to the poor. Craeg knows she is forbidden, but he cannot help the intense pull he feels toward Coira and she struggles with similar feelings for her handsome patient. With the arrival of the Black Death on the shores of Skye and Duncan MacKinnon's increasing fervor in his search for Craeg, there is every chance life will drastically change for both Coira and Craeg and their futures are far from certain.
This was a lovely conclusion to the series. I loved seeing women who were strong without being shrewish and a hero who was valiant and brave but also vulnerable. These two were lovely together and I'm looking forward to the epilogue novella as well.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Coira's identity has already risked revelation given MacKinnon's increasing interest in the Abbey and its inhabitants. When Craeg MacKinnon, the chief's illegitimate brother and an outlaw with a price on his head, arrives grievously wounded at the Abbey, Coira knows she can't turn him away, even if it puts the sisters in more peril.
Craeg has always known himself to be inferior and ever since an attack from MacKinnon in their youth nearly killed him, he has been after revenge. He has spent years taunting his half-brother, stealing the clan Chief's ill-gotten gains and returning them to the poor. Craeg knows she is forbidden, but he cannot help the intense pull he feels toward Coira and she struggles with similar feelings for her handsome patient. With the arrival of the Black Death on the shores of Skye and Duncan MacKinnon's increasing fervor in his search for Craeg, there is every chance life will drastically change for both Coira and Craeg and their futures are far from certain.
This was a lovely conclusion to the series. I loved seeing women who were strong without being shrewish and a hero who was valiant and brave but also vulnerable. These two were lovely together and I'm looking forward to the epilogue novella as well.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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