Review: Quick hot romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 7, 2011
Even though I love stories about hot Highlander men as well as stories about the Fae and otherworldly creatures, I was reluctant to read a story that combined the two. So, LAIRD OF DARKNESS sat in my TBR pile for quite a while before I finally said to myself that I needed to read it or just erase it.  I finally picked it up last night and was surprised at how quickly I became invested in the story and the characters.Duncan MacDougall is half-fae half human who can't truly sleep or relax for the otherworldly creatures seek him out during any night time slumber. His half-brother, and sworn enemy, has a magical object that protects him, and Duncan wants it. Bad.  He wants it so bad that when Duncan stumbles upon his brothers betrothed as she travels to her new home Duncan kidnaps her and sets a ransom: the object for the fiancée. Only, the fiancée is more tempting than any magical object, and Duncan isn't so sure he wants her to leave.LAIRD OF DARKNESS was a short read so everything happened rather fast. It was surprising to me that even though events and emotions moved at such a fast pace I completely bought into it. I didn't roll my eyes and say "Pa-lease." I loved the character of Lady Alana. She didn't appear to be a cookie cutter wannabe of the Highland Romance genre. She's not a virgin and, boy!, does Duncan have a few things to learn from her.  The sex scenes are hot.Although I loved the chemistry between the characters, I'd get thrown off a couple of times by the choice of words used to describe things...especially when it came to bedroom scenes. I get the author is trying to use authentic words used at the time, but it was kinda jarring to read some of the words.Even though I was reluctant to read a story that combined Highland romance with the Fae, it worked out nicely.  I do think that A LOT was left unexplained about Duncan's Fae heritage. Also, things just seemed to be left hanging in the air about what would happen next between the half-brothers.