Review: A sensous, sizzling story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 31, 2012
K.E Saxon has created a sensuous Scottish Highland story with a feisty young heroine and a bold highland hero.  This couple makes a great leading duo because they are so honest with each other and they both are forgiving fair people.Branwenn is betrothed to a Norman Lord and she hates the very idea of being with him.  Her betrothed has an unnatural liking for his young sister and Branwenn wants to escape his clutches.  She is a caring person and she asks her brother to marry the young sister of her betrothed to save her from betrothed's clutches. Branwenn then escapes aboard a boat heading to Ireland.  She never makes it across the sea because her ship is damaged in a storm tossed sea and Branwenn manages to wash ashore but to Scotland, not Ireland.  She makes it to a cave and finds herself on Callums's lands, a man she knows through her foster brothers.Callum discovers Branwenn and after she helps to nurse him to health she stays in his keep with his mother, grandmother and her foster brothers who discover her there later.  Branwenn at first does not want to stay in the keep so close to Callum, she falls for him quickly and she really does love the members of his family.Branwenn has the castle rooting for her and Callum and between Callums's grandmother, mother, foster brothers and Branwenn's own curious nature, she weaves a powerful hold on Callum.  She knows she loves him but she will not settle for a loveless marriage in light of the very emotionally close relationships she sees her foster brothers have with their wives.Callum is indeed besotted with Branwenn, but he is battling his own issues of trust.  His deceased wife was faithless and Callum's greatest fear is that he will succumb to a beautiful woman who will shame and cuckold him in front of his clan.These leads are both strong minded with strong opinions.  They can argue but they also communicate their doubts and fears with each other too.  They don't always listen as well as they should but they are not taciturn individuals who are passive when it comes to their futures.  They are both bold and go after what they want and that includes fulfilling their physical and emotional needs.This is a steamy romance with many good secondary characters.  This novel is a sequel. I never read the first books and was easily able to understand the back story and history of this couple.  The author does an excellent job of weaving their histories into their present circumstances.  I found this couple charming along with their family members.