Series: Highlanders Through Time, #4
Tropes & Traits: emotional; forced marriage
Publication Date: 05.19.20
Genre/Setting: Time Travel
Rating: 5 stars!
As the youngest of four brothers in a powerful family, Ian McCaim is rather used to following in his brothers’ footsteps. This time that lands him in Medieval Scotland to reunite with his brother Greyson and await the arrival of the other two brothers so they can all time travel back to their home in present day New Orleans together. While the wait, Greyson saddles Ian with the task of using his charm on a neighboring laird, a man whose as-yet-unborn son is destined to play a key role in the Scottish War of Independence, but only if the laird is brought back to supporting the Bruce clan. This should be an easy accomplishment for Ian, but he soon proves incapable of behaving himself with the laird’s daughter.
Lady Mairi Kelbrue is used to receiving prolonged stares from strangers and familiars alike due to the odd birthmark on her cheek. So when she meets a handsome man at the loch on her father’s land, she is unsurprised to find him staring at her. But when he inexplicably kisses her, she’s shocked by the action, and by what she feels. She’d been planning to marry her childhood friend, if she could convince her father to agree to it, but she’s never experienced such feelings for him.
When Ian escorts her home and, honest to a fault, blurts out the story of what happened to her father, he and Mairi quickly find themselves wed. Ian knows he won’t be staying in Medieval Scotland for long and vows to keep his distance, but despite his best intentions, he can’t seem to stay away from Mairi. Soon the wife he never thought to want becomes the center of his desires, there remains a dark cloud over the newlyweds, even as they grow closer: what will happen when his brothers are reunited and it’s time to return home?
This was such a fantastic ending to a series I have thoroughly enjoyed. I loved Mairi and Ian together and loved that he was so unafraid to show emotion and she was so accepting of him. This was a lovely, fast-paced read and I’m very satisfied with how the series wrapped up. This was an excellent collaboration and I can’t wait to see what’s next from both of these authors.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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