Swerve
Featuring: Captain Pennington; Lady Freya Sutherland; Lady Emma Spencer
494 pages ISBN: 1250179327 EAN: 9781250179326 Kindle: B0746M7X9W e-Book Add to Wish List
If winter isn't cold enough for you, try a Scots clan
celebration. This festive five-pack of historical tales
brings the season to life and stirs the romantic heart with
CHRISTMAS IN KILTS.
A HIGHLANDER'S HOPE by Terri Brisbin is a fourteenth
century novella about a widowed man who ignores the women
presented to him and travels to another clan to visit a
woman he secretly admires. She's not wife material though;
she's the village strumpet and midwife. Can there be any
future for them? The narrow minded folk around would seem
to think not. I really enjoyed this tale for its unusual
heroine and easy raunchiness.
Find your way around remote Castle Gleanngealla in A
HIGHLAND CHRISTMAS WAGER by Lecia Cornwall. When a sudden
blizzard forces a prosperous maid and her grandmother with
their escort to seek hospitality, the three unwed or
widowed lairds staying at the castle cook up a misogynistic
bet. Meggie feels more than uncomfortable under their
predatory gaze and the lady of the household, Catriona, the
laird's sister, is surprisingly unwelcoming. I have to
admit, I was hoping the women would run off together and
leave the men in the lurch. A good detail is how the cattle
and horses had to be cared for in the worst weather.
Bronwen Evans gives us A SCOT FOR CHRISTMAS which sounds
like the perfect present! A nineteenth century house party
mixes lairds and ladies, each with their own targets. Emma
has come up from London, at twenty-six considered on the
shelf. Her brother hadn't expected her to attend and
worries for her amidst the company; there is bound to be
some bed-hopping. Emma does fancy a particular man,
Dougray, but he is still in love with a ghost.
Lady Emma Spencer is, contrary to custom, travelling
without her maid when she gets abandoned in a wood with a
man who is hightailing it to Glasgow to stop his sister
from marrying. LEFTOVER MISTLETOE by Lavinia Kent shows
that Barran, nursing a war wound, is worrying about
compromising the lady, yet has a soldier's survival skills
and concentrates on keeping them alive in the cold.
SWEET HOME HIGHLAND CHRISTMAS by May McGoldrick similarly
deals with the legacy of the Napoleonic Wars which includes
orphans, widows and inheritance issues. Lady Freya
Sutherland is going to have to marry, but if she marries
the right man she can keep custody of her young niece Ella.
Captain Pennington, waiting to escort her on her Scots
journey, isn't sure the man she has in mind is a suitable
match. I particularly like the characterisation and details
of progress in this tale.
With all the fun and laughter in these adult romances you
have every excuse to celebrate Hogmanay. CHRISTMAS IN KILTS
looks like great value to me and I enjoyed every story from
these accomplished authors.
Tis the season to fall in love! These five bestselling
authors bring you great tiding of highlanders and romances
this holiday season!
A HIGHLANDER'S HOPE by Terri
Brisbin A village harlot who would never dream she could
have a different life meets a Highlander who visits for the
holidays and brings with him an offer and hope.
A
HIGHLAND CHRISTMAS WAGER by Lecia Cornwall When a
snowstorm forces a charming lass hiding a broken heart to
take shelter in a castle with three fine Highland lairds
just days before Christmas, there’s a game afoot—who will be
the first to win a kiss and maybe her heart.
A SCOT
FOR CHRISTMAS by Bronwen Evans She's ready to embrace her
life and future as a spinster, he's trying to have one last
hurrah before he gives into his family's wishes and proposes
marriage to his neighbor, but fate has other ideas when the
lady and the Scot meet at a holiday house party in the wilds
of Scotland.
LEFTOVER MISTLETOE by Lavinia
Kent What happens when a highlander finds himself
stranded, maybe kidnapped, with an English lady around
Christmas... maybe the mistletoe will help answer that
question.
SWEET HOME HIGHLAND CHRISTMAS by May
McGoldrick An encounter between an English officer and a
desperate aunt trying to keep custody of her young niece
leads to a little magic during the holidays.
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