Review: a short but sweet historical
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2011
Humiliated and called barren, Aigneis is discarded by her lord husband, who has told his men to take her and make sure she never returns to him. Taken away into the night, naked and already severely beaten, Aigneis is dumped to the ground, and just as the men are about to finish her lesson, Breac rescues her.Breac is at the right place at the right time and finds himself Aigneis' savior. For her, it is hard to believe a man, a stranger at that, would step in to protect her. Most of her life, she has been betrayed by men, from her lover to her husband to her father, but with Breac, she finds a different kind of man. Breac is that hero who is the protector; he is kind, gentle and caring. There is no way he could abandon Aigneis.There is still a lot about her Breac doesn't know, but as trust, love and passion grow between them, her past is soon no concern to him. He only wants to love her and have her with him always. This is the type of hero who can make a reader melt. Breac is 10 years younger than Aigneis, and he has a much simpler past than she does. But for all that, for every worry or obstacle Aigneis or her past puts in his way, Breac wants her and will have her.I really enjoyed this novella. It's set in medieval Scotland and has a paranormal slant to it. It wasn't a long read but had a good story overall, with a nice balance of heart and heat. To me, parts of the story were almost sad as well as sweet. I really wanted Aigneis to say yes to Breac and to what he had to offer. She finally found true love, and despite the age difference and her imperfect past, I wanted her to have the future she felt she was unworthy of but desperately wanted anyway.This novella also appears in the anthologyUndone (Brava Historical Romance).The Storm trilogy is where this novella ties in. I haven't read these but just looked them up and put them on my wish list:A Storm of PassionMistress of the Storm (Storm Trilogy)A Storm of Pleasure (Storm Trilogy)