Once he figured out she was a girl, not a boy, meh…. ( )

While I thought the plot had too many similarities to the first book and Joan and Cam's bond was a little too quick, it was still a sweet story. One thing I didn't like was how both this book and the first had villainous women. Hopefully later books in the series have some male villains and the conflicts aren't centered around pitting women against each other. But I especially liked that Joan and Cam were able to overcome their fear of childbirth together. ( )

He saves her from thieves and she nurses him back to health, she's disguised as a boy but is quickly found out and the lustiness begins. Romantic read as they travel through Scotland then try to navigate their relationship.
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I was mightily disappointed with this story. The blurb sounded very good and I'm a fan of the author, but this story lacked in characterization, passion and flow. The plot was way too predictable and boring.

Once I encounter all these problems with the story, I'm in constant struggle to finish it. In the end, I'm hard pressed to recommend it. In fact, I'm giving up on this series and probably won't read the third installment.

Melanie for b2b

Complimentary copy provided by the publisher ( )

I have been enjoying this series over the weekend. I unknowingly read them out of order (3, 1, 2). This book takes places approximately 20 years after the first book, An English Bride in Scotland. While I have enjoyed the other two books of the series immensely, this book dragged for me. I felt like it was too similar to An English Bride in Scotland.

That being said, I still enjoyed the book. Joan and Cam were likable enough as our leading characters, even though I would have liked to see a little more character development. I did not like the communication problems that arose between them once their journey from England to Scotland was complete. But that only lasted for a short time, and it did not seem to be prohibitive of their sexytime. So when they couldn't communicate with words, they certainly did so with body language.

We also meet the girl posse in this book - Joan, Murine and my favorite, Saidh. Saidh's book, The Highlander Takes a Bride, is probably my favorite of the series so far. I would recommend this series to anyone who is looking for a light and entertaining read. It is not a factually detailed with respect to the time period and setting, so don't go into thinking you are gonna to have any historical events to reference. I would also recommend not to read them all together because the similarities will stand out more. Otherwise, I'm a big fan. ( )