Review: Disappointing
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2013
I got into this series when I read the freebieThe Highlander's Hope - A Contemporary Highland Romance, that book was the best of the lot and as I said free. i then went on to readA Highland Home - A Contemporary Highland Romance, which wasn't so good; great hero but painful h. I had high hopes for this book but from very early on I realised that I was bound for disappointment.Basically our h is a specialist security systems consultant and has been brought in to do the security for the jewel called The Highland Hope (the foundation for the story in the first book). The main characters from that book are building a museum to display the jewel and other stuff and need top class security. The H is a computer genius and has to work with the h to get everything in order. We met the H in the last book and he was intriguing enough from that book, in that he was gruff, a loner and badly burnt by a previous relationship.The h initially is light hearted, a flirt and keen for a casual relationship with the H. I'm not sure why she grated on me from the beginning. I think maybe it was her whole approach that came across as men usually do, in for casual sex but no lasting commitment. She came on to the H pretty strong and was forward. It all changed when the H became interested in her too and he decided to get involved even though he was wary of getting hurt again. They both fall in love very quickly and it gets serious after a short time. They share their past hurts and disappointments in previous relationships.***Spoilers***Of course then in all goes to hell when the h's brother gets kidnapped and the h decides to shut the H out. Despite everything she knows about the H, she decides to deliberately hurt him. From then on I knew that the book wasn't going to redeem itself from it's rocky start. They break up and when the h eventually tells the H what's happening, he tells her he'll help but it's over between them. He won't risk another chance on their relationship. I eventually skimmed through the last 35% with more of the 'I love you but I can't risk it' crap going on and on an on and on. OMG I though it would never end. I'm not sure who I disliked more, the h or the H. In the end I simply didn't care and I swear that a relationship like theirs had no chance for an eventual hea.As is my habit, I gave it 2 stars instead of one because it was riddled with grammar and spelling mistakes.Read at your own risk.