Self-Published
Featuring: Lord Erroll Rushton; Miss Eve Crenshaw
389 pages ISBN: 1499168586 EAN: 9781499168587 Kindle: B071VQN2KV e-Book Add to Wish List
TO TAME A HIGHLAND EARL is book one in Tarah Scott's
MacLean
Highlander series. I love unconventional first
meetings between a hero and heroine, and Lord Erroll
Rushton meets Miss Eve Crenshaw is a most unusual way.
Having a rake annoyed because he thinks some young woman
maligned his reputation is highly amusing, and having a
woman get the drop on him when he sneaks into her room is
priceless. This first encounter sets the stage for all
other dealings between Lord Rushton and Eve.
I love the irony of Erroll trying to get out of an
impending wedding, and ending up trapping himself in an
engagement to a woman who is not interested -- in marriage
or him. I like that Eve never allows herself to be cowed
by Erroll, and that he ends up respecting her for that
independent spirit that also drives him crazy. The
physical attraction between Eve and Lord Rushton is
intense, but their other feelings for each other are in a
constant state of flux. Eve's mind fascinates Erroll and
keeps drawing him back to her time after time, in spite
of his misgivings. While Erroll develops a respect for
Eve, it takes her a bit longer for her to appreciate
Erroll's finer qualities. Erroll has to work for Eve's
favor, and it surprises him how much he wants to put in
the effort. The sexual tension, verbal sparring, and
erotic clinches make this a compelling story.
The quantity and varied quality of the supporting
characters, ready to help or hinder Erroll and Eve's
relationship, lends this story a slightly Shakespearean
quality. Erroll and Eve both have to contend with
meddling fathers and Eve's designing younger sister
Grace, but Erroll also has determined amorous exes to
fight off. It's interesting to see what almost succeeds
in driving this hero and heroine apart, and what draws
them closer together. Lord Rushton's evolution over the
course of the book is a big part of what makes TO TAME A
HIGHLAND EARL such an arresting read for me.
TO TAME A HIGHLAND EARL is a fiery romance between two
dynamic personalities and their perilous courtship. Lord
Somerset really caught my interest in TO TAME A HIGHLAND
EARL, but unless Grace does some heavy-duty introspection
and makes some changes, I'd like to see him wind up with
somebody else. I look forward to reading Tarah Scott's
next book.
A man torn between two worlds. Both need him… neither wants him. Groomed for a life amongst the English aristocracy, Lord Erroll Rushton is unexpectedly thrust back into his father’s Scottish world when the Englishwoman he compromises refuses to marry him. No gentleman breaks into a lady’s bedchamber...but then, no lady sleeps with a pistol under her pillow. Miss Eve Crenshaw will marry for love or won’t marry at all. When London’s most notorious rakehell breaks into Eve’s bedroom in the dead of night and compromises her beyond repair, she plans a daring elopement that shocks even the earl.
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