Review: Great Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 10, 2014
Mairi McFadden makes a deal with the pirate Captain Phin Lockwood to find her brother Grant so she can convince him to return to Scotland and take care of his responsibilities. Their people are counting on her to bring their laird back and she’s determined not to let them down. When Phin was captured by the King and ordered to bring in the Scottish traitor Grant McFadden in exchange for his own freedom, his friend Sebastian arranges to lead Mairi to him to ask for his help. Phin has no choice but to use Mairi to lead him to her brother, but the more he gets to know this courageous young woman, the harder it is to mislead her into thinking he will help her, rather than capture her brother and turn him in to the king. As the story unfolds, Mairi meets with her brother several times and begins to realize that he’s not going to acquiesce to her demands to return home. Instead he tries to embroil her in his schemes against the British, including the people she’s beginning to care for. Mairi has to make some difficult decisions, she’s torn between the only family she has left and the people she’s grown to care for. I really felt for Mairi, who was so conflicted between her life as it once was, and learning to accept the reality of life as it had become. There were a few tense moments of adventure for Mairi, and Phin as well, but there was a wholly satisfying conclusion that wrapped up the story nicely. I enjoyed seeing some of the characters from The Notorious Lady Anne in this story as well; it was fun seeing them again.