Review: review of my highland lord
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 24, 2013
At first this book was very difficult for me to get involved into because of the extraneous letter which took a while for me to even get through it.  In fact I ended up rereading the letter and first chapter a few times attempting to understand the relevance of it.  The story did eventually pick up and get more interesting.  I couldn’t help but really admire the hero Kiernan MacGregor the handsome Scottish hero and abductor of the irritating heroine Phoebe Wallington.  As a matter of fact I really couldn’t stand her or her strong resistance to Kiernan.After the incessant letter the story starts off interestingly enough with Phoebe the heroine who is reading a letter from her father in a friend’s carriage.  Phoebe is kidnapped by Kiernan the hero while being mistaken for someone else.  After this fault Kiernan attempts to make it up to Phoebe and devises a plan to save her reputation by marrying her which isn’t all bad and quite gallant of him.  Phoebe despite her strong attraction to Kiernan opposes the idea of marriage to him and most of the book drags on monotonously until after she consents and marries Kiernan.  Even after being married Phoebe still refuses to acknowledge or even show any respect to Kiernan that it made me think that Phoebe is just a shrew.  I mean come on Kiernan had a lot to offer Phoebe besides being wealthy and the son of a duke; he’s titled a Marquess but he was really a nice and up-standing guy trying to do what is right.  Plus, Kiernan more than proved to Phoebe despite his odd way of showing it that he really loved and cared for her.  In a sense I really felt sorry for Kiernan and felt he deserved better while at least someone who wasn’t fighting him throughout the whole book.All things considered I really did enjoy the story. Ms. Tarah Scott did do her research by using the Cato street conspiracies which made for a riveting backdrop to the story.  Even though the story took a while to get into, Phoebe was a most annoying heroine and I couldn’t stand her.  I still rated it four stars and will probably read another book from Ms. Scott.