Series: The Murrays, #9
Traits & Tropes: forced proximity; heroine seduces hero; mostly celibate hero; unconventional heroine; scarred hero & heroine
Publication Date: 04.29.14
Genre/Setting: Historical; Medieval; Scottish Highlands, 1472
Heat Level: 6
Rating: 4.5/5
Narration Rating: 3.5/5
Fiona MacEnroy has been hiding away in her family’s keep to avoid an unhinged suitor who refuses to take no for an answer, but she’s sick of being cooped up and decides to take a brief ride to get out for a bit. Of course, she is thrown from her horse and subsequently captured by a contingent of well-trained warriors who take her along to their isolated keep. Scarglas is famed as a dark place, home of the rogue MacFingal clan, yet Fiona feels oddly safe there, and increasingly drawn to its scarred, gruff laird.
Ewan MacFingal is captivated by Fiona, but he’s been tricked by beauty before and is determined to keep his distance this time. He plans to ransom Fiona back to her kin to boost his clan’s weakened coffers and protect them from the enemies that surround them. As such, he cannot afford to be distracted by the woman even though she seems to return his passions. When secrets begin coming to light and enemies emerge against both of them, Ewan and Fiona must learn to trust each other to overcome the threats they face.
This was a perfect, classic Highlander romance for me. It was just the escape I wanted it to be, and I loved the fact that it was Fiona pursuing a reluctant Ewan and convincing him to take a chance on a relationship again. There’s nothing particularly profound going on here and that was exactly what I was looking for. The steamy scenes were frequent and rather well done and they served to emphasize the connection between Ewan and Fiona and its growth as their relationship developed so none of the scenes felt like gratifying filler even though they were frequent. I loved that our hero here is almost celibate and is seduced by the heroine and I even enjoyed the side characters, though there were many, and I had no trouble following everything even though I’ve not read all of the books in this series and haven’t read them in order. I listened to this on audio, so the dialect didn’t have a chance to annoy me and I found this to be an enjoyable and engrossing comfort read. After forgetting how enjoyable this author can be, I’ll be reading more of her work now.
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