I love a book filled with adventure, passion and humorโwith a mandatory HEA, of
course. Add a medieval settingโpreferably in the Highlands of Scotlandโand Iโll
stay up way too late finishing the story!!
But I can only imagine how tough it must have been to actually live there in the
1450s: danger from brigands and other clans, blustery cold in the winter months,
the very real possibility of starvation, not to mention plague and pestilence.
And if that wasnโt bad enough, women and infants had a much higher mortality
rate during childbirth than they do nowโsome estimates are as high as 4% (and
that sounds conservative to me).
So Highlanders had to be a hearty bunch to survive, which got me thinkingโฆwhat
are some of the essentials all Highlanders need to not only survive, but to
thrive? Here are my top five!
Sons of Gregor
MacLeod #3
A betrothal. A betrayal. A love threatened by
treachery.
Laird Callum MacLean vowed to marry Maggie MacDonnell.
But when his father's apparent suicide makes him Laird of his clan, Callum must
unmask his father's killer before bringing Maggie into his dangerous new home.
Maggie's home isn't any safer. When Callum fails to return, Maggie does what
any resourceful Highland lass would do. She escapesโand finds herself toe-to-toe
with Callum, who's determined to fulfill his promise. Maggie can't bring herself
to trust him with her heart again. But with a traitor still at large, they must
rely on each other in every way, or their clansโand their loveโwill be
destroyed.
Romance Historical
[Sourcebooks Casablanca, On Sale: August 7, 2018,
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9781492654568 / eISBN:
9781492654575]
Alyson McLayne is a mom of twins and an award-winning writer
of contemporary, historical, and paranormal romance. Sheโs also a dog lover and
cat servant with a serious stash of dark chocolate. After getting her degree in
theater at the University of Alberta, she promptly moved to the West Coast of
Canada where she worked in film for several years and met her Prop Master
husband.
She and her family reside in Vancouver with their sweet but
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