THE STOLEN MACKENZIE BRIDE by Jennifer Ashley is Book 8 in
the wonderful MacKenzies and McBrides series. While
I don't think any book will ever topple THE MADNESS OF LORD
IAN MACKENZIE from its status as my absolute favorite
Ashley book, THE STOLEN MACKENZIE BRIDE comes in as a very
close second. Set in 1745 Scotland, this book is about the
ancestor of the current (Victorian age) MacKenzies who are
featured in Books 1 through 7. Malcolm (Mal) MacKenzie is
the youngest of five Scottish brothers born to the Duke of
Kilmorgan.
Lady Mary Lennox is the daughter of an English earl who is a
strong backer of King George of England. She is placidly
engaged to a crony of her father. But Mal spies Mary
across a ballroom and is determined to make her his. Mary
quickly falls for the honorable and dashing young Scot, but
the turbulence of the political climate makes their
burgeoning love treacherous. I love the rough and tumble
Mal and his wild brothers. They epitomize the braw Scots
that romance readers adore reading about.
THE STOLEN MACKENZIE BRIDE feels much more strongly
historical to me than the other MacKenzie books with
its loving attention to historical detail. Caught up in the
turbulent times of Bonnie Prince Charlie, the events
leading up to the titanic Battle of Culloden are
thoughtfully and grippingly laid out as the compelling
backdrop against which Mal and Mary's love plays out. I
very much appreciate historical romances where more than
token attention is paid to the details of the period, so
this book is catnip for me. Ashley's THE STOLEN MACKENZIE
BRIDE has great depth, captivating me with a wonderful mix
of Jacobite uprising history and forbidden love. I hope
the next MacKenzie book is as satisfying and enthralling as
this!
The New York Times bestselling author of Rules for a
Proper Governess returns with an engrossing tale that
promises to delight lovers of Outlander.
1745, Scotland: The youngest son of the scandalous Mackenzie
family, Malcolm is considered too wild to tame…until he
meets a woman who is too unattainable to resist.
Lady Mary Lennox is English, her father highly loyal to the
king, and promised to another Englishman. But despite it
being forbidden to speak to Malcolm, Lady Mary is fascinated
by the Scotsman, and stolen moments together lead to a
passion greater than she’d ever dreamed of finding.
When fighting breaks out between the Highlanders and the
King's army, their plans to elope are thwarted, and it will
take all of Malcolm’s daring as a Scottish warrior to
survive the battle and steal a wife out from under the noses
of the English.
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