Series: Prince Charlie's Angels, #3
Traits & Tropes: slow burn; fake relationship; suspense/danger; forced proximity; enemies to lovers
Publication Date: 05.25.21
Genre/Setting: Historical; Scottish Highlands, 1746
Heat Level: 3
Rating: 3.5/5
Brogan Grant, highly trained Jacobite soldier and illegitimate son of a clan chief, is a ferocious fighter but only narrowly escaped Culloden with his life. Now he’s on the run along with a few other fellow Jacobites and his encounter with a lovely lass in disguise leads him to suspect she may be spying for the English, especially given that she comes from an enemy clan. He admires her bravery, but fears for her safety traveling alone in an increasingly treacherous Scotland.
Lady Fiona MacBean serves as messenger for Prince Charles Stuart, using many disguises in her travels to transmit information across the Highlands. She has no intention of abandoning her mission, so Brogan joins her to ensure her safety. Now the two find themselves working together to see the Prince to safety, risking their own lives and hearts as well.
This book had quite a lot going on and was well-written. The action scenes and tension of the main characters being on the run sometimes held my attention but felt tedious at others. There was a lot of time spent on the logistics of travel and that slowed the pacing quite a bit. The main characters took a while to meet and even longer to wind up together, but even after they did, there were so many separations and so much emphasis on their relationship only being temporary that it got really old for me. This was rather too much of a slow burn with too many false starts for these two. Brogan was too high-handed in his behavior toward Fiona at first but did at least show great growth as he came to know her and her capabilities better and treat her as an equal. Fiona did grow a bit but not enough to make me really like her. Brogan’s vulnerability was endearing, especially given how everyone in his life had ultimately left him behind, but I never felt like Fiona really reciprocated that vulnerability or the depth of feeling he had for her and the romance suffered for it. The plot line with the childhood friend/lover Fiona received orders from also struck me as slightly odd and felt rough and unfinished by the end, their scene taking away from developments with Brogan. Some of the plot line with regards to intrigue and such also felt like they were never really resolved, and I couldn’t really tell how those points were advancing the story. Overall, I enjoyed the forced proximity and banter between the main characters, but I wanted more romance, less separation, and a bit less of a slow burn.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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