Highland Heroes: The Adventurer
Unaware that her parents have arranged a marriage for her, Lady Isabella Drayton is having a splendid time on her Paris holiday. She dines with the king at Versailles on her last night, and an enigmatic man gives her a necklace with an enchanted stone, telling her to guard it with her life and let it lead her to "the real MacAoidh." On her way back to England, Jacobite privateers capture her ship. Seeing the necklace and remembering its legend, they take Isabella to the remote, ancient fortress of Cape Wrath, Scotland, where Calum MacKay, also known as "the Adventurer," rescuer of banished Highland prisoners, is headquartered. Isabella's courage and spunkiness steal the hearts of Calum and his band of "hairy Scottish pirates," but even as she falls hopelessly in love with the roguish hero, the man her parents chose for her is searching for his missing fiancee. A fine Scottish plaid expertly woven of romance, history, and legends, the second book in Reding's Highland Heroes trilogy is sheer magic. Readers who enjoy such books as Connie Brockway's McClairen's Isle series and Diana Gabaldon'sOutlander(1991) won't want to put this one down.Shelley MosleyCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved