Review: Not great
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 3, 2013
I read the first book by this author,Highland Healer (Highland Talents)and quite enjoyed it except for the last part. I was willing to try the second book and took a chance despite the lack of reviews and despite the price. Firstly let me summarise by saying that the h is the 'laird' of her clan and she is a widow. Her clan is weak and vulnerable because most of the men, including the old laird and her husband were killed at Flodden. They are left with mainly young men who don't have the skills to protect themselves. The H comes with a group on behalf of their laird wanting to sign a treaty with the h's clan and they discover what a vulnerable position her clan are in.***Spoilers***The h is a seer and thinks (she isn't sure of his face) she has seen the h in her visions and she throws herself at him (several times) and wants him to stay and train up their men because he is the arms master for his clan. I really didn't enjoy this storyline because I felt the h should have had a bit more dignity. The H was very quick to refuse her and it made her come off as desperate, even though he says he's attracted to her. I'm not a fan of relentless pursuit of H's by the h's. In this book she is made to seem desperate even though she is beautiful and the Laird. The other big problem with leaving this storyline to drag on for so long (nearly 3/4 of the book) is that when they eventually 'fall in love', I was left wondering when that had happened. The H was so busy fighting the h off that there was no time for them to get to know each other or for love to develop.I will say that the last 10% wasn't bad but it felt like a little too late.