Review: Rebbie the Rebel Highlander - Sweet and Kind
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 5, 2014
In Vonda Sinclair's Highland Adventure series, men are gentle, kind and gorgeous.  Robert "Rebbie" MacInnis, the Earl of Rebbinglen is no exception.  He loves to wander the country, he likes the ladies, he is a very loyal friend but doesn't want to settle down with a wife.  However, he is haunted by his one night's encounter at a country inn with a beautiful lady 7 years ago.  He was going upstairs to his room, slightly soused, when the lovely young lady placed her hand upon his and thus this story was born.Background: Lady Calla Ferguson, at age 18 and married for two years to the Earl of Stanbury desperately needs to become pregnant.  When her cruel husband told her she had one month to become pregnant or she might go flying out the window, she was terrified.  When he informed his servants that she was unstable and might fling herself out the window, she feared he was setting her up for an "accidental" death. When Calla's maid suggests that Stanbury may not be capable of getting Calla pregnant and that Stanbury may have killed his two former wives, Calla's worst fears are confirmed.  Her maid goes on to suggest that Calla find herself a virile young man to have relations with and hopefully she will become pregnant and have a babe.When Stanbury takes Calla with him on one of his gambling sprees and leaves her alone at the inn where they are spending the night, Calla decides to do the unthinkable and seek out a young man for her needs.  She decides upon the handsome, dark haired Rebbie who is drinking with one of his friends in the public parlor of the inn.Seven years go by, Stanbury has died leaving Calla and his heir, Jamie, penniless.  Calla has taken a job as a companion to her cousin and Jamie is living with relatives.  Calla's small wages go toward paying off Stanbury's gambling debts to a man named Claybourne, but the amount due is 50,000 pounds.  The truth of the matter is that Claybourne would much rather have Calla and that is his primary goal.At a house party at Draughon, home of Lachlan and Angelique (from "My Wild Highlander"), things begin to come to a head.  Although Rebbie and Calla spent one night together 7 years previously, neither of them knew each other's names.  When Rebbie shows up at the house party, Calla realizes she has a huge problem.  When Rebbie recognizes Calla, he is more than interested in pursuing a further relationship with this lady who has haunted his dreams for the past few years.When Rebbie finds out his father has betrothed him to Calla's cousin, the fat is in the fire.  Circumstances contrive to throw Rebbie and Calla together until they find themselves on the run from Claybourne and have no choice but to hide out at one of Rebbie's estates until he can figure out how to keep Calla safe.  Of course, Rebbie doesn't realize that Jamie is his son.  Calla is terrifed to tell him lest she make him angry and wants her son to be able to keep Stanbury's title and so on and so forth.  What will Rebbie do when he finds out about Calla's deception?Sweet story, but  for me, there was too much emphasis on sexual details and the constant thoughts of sexuality from Rebbie's POV.  The books that I have read in this series have similar storylines but I did like the sweet steadfast Rebbie.