Review: Worth the wait
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 16, 2014
“This Laird is Mine” is the second in “The Highland Bachelor Series” and follows the life of Jules MacIntyre whom we first met in the first book “A Laird for Christmas.” Jules has returned home to find both his father and brother are now dead and his home is deeply in debt. To make matters worse, the only woman he has ever loved Lady Jane Lennox has married another. As with any newlywed couple, they wish to see those they love also find happiness and to keep them from meddling, Jules creates a fictional wife, Claire.  However, when he receives word that Claire will be arriving with Lady Jane and her husband Nicolas Kincaid, Jules is first surprised, then angry at the woman who has assumed the role.Claire has not been given a choice. Married to Jules by proxy and blackmailed as her young wards held captive. She must get Jules to fall in love with her and then break his heart if she is ever to see the three young girls alive again. However, the heart has other ideas. Despite how they are thrown together, neither can resist the attraction they feel. It is only when both of them realize the depths of their true feelings that the threat that forced them together now pulls them apart.This was a wonderful read, full of rich characters and vivid history. In the end you will be moved as Ms. Russell once again leaves you with a journey that has run the gambit of every emotion. In addition she clearly sets the reader up for the stories yet to be told.