Review: review of the kindling heart
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 13, 2014
I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to read this book and I did get all the other books from Ms. Carmen Caine from the highland heather and hearts series Scottish romance series but for some reason I have refrained from reading this book.  Maybe perhaps it is the cover of the book when in the other covers I can just see part of the guy’s face which I really like the mystery of not knowing totally what they look like and this one I can see his whole face which I much prefer the mystery.  So I guess I pre-judged this book already which was a stupid thing to do.The story is a good clean one with great lively characters and filled with a ton of action which made it hard to put the book down!  I am quite happy that there is no described sexual copulations between the hero and heroine instead being implied which isn’t to say there is no heat between the characters and this does leave a lot to the imagination.  The handsome loyal half-brother of the laird hero Ruan after saving his sister from a hellacious physically abusive brute of a husband is betrothed by his brother the current laird of MacLeod to an older large pregnant widow to seal an alliance of clans.  Unfortunately due to her untimely demise Ruan ends up with the stubborn, also physically abusive quiet, mysterious, pretty heroine Bree.  Their relationship is filled with all sorts of trials, tribulations, family squabbles, kidnapping, and intrigue which continually pull at their relationship.  Bree is just a fighter she fights against her step-father, mother, her real dad, and Ruan just pretty much everyone which at times was a little bit tedious especially when she fights Ruan a lot of the time but I admired her spirit and just loved her.  Ruan is just the perfect match for Bree despite the sometimes physical assault he deals with I sometimes wondered why Ruan would stay with Bree when all she does is fight him almost the whole time.I really enjoyed the way Ms. Caine can tell a story and really shouldn’t have judged this book by the cover alone.  Despite the claimer that this is Ms. Caine’s first book she ever wrote the history is different than the others in the series it still is a wonderful book.  I did however rate the book four stars not just for the cover but the fact that Bree fights Ruan constantly making me think that maybe she should have ended up with someone else?  I did still purchase plus will read the rest in the series and will get other works from Ms. Caine as well.