Book 37: Highlander in Disguise

NUMBER: 37
TITLE: Highlander In Disguise
AUTHOR: Julia London
STARTED: May 17, 2005
FINISHED: May 21, 2005
PAGES: 374
GENRE: Romance

FIRST SENTENCE: They needed money.

SUMMARY: [From barnesandnoble.com] After Liam Lockhart failed to regain the beastie, he married the woman who stole the valuable artifact back from him. The quest falls to his younger brother, Griffin. However, Griff lacks funding to spend any time in London even with his using the home of his best friend's grandmother while she vacations in France. He borrows heavily from his neighbor whose usury interest will cripple the lad if he fails to remit within a year to fund his search for an unknown Amelia, who allegedly bought the beastie from Lady Battenkirk who had purchased it from Liam's wife.

Anna Whittington hopes that Drake Lockhart will ask for her hand in marriage, but he seems more interested in her beautiful younger sister. Meanwhile she wonders about this so-called wealthy Scot who asks questions about her cousin, Lady Battenkirk and anyone named Amelia especially since he looks so much like last year's wealthy Scot Laird. Anna investigates and learns that Griff is an impoverished fake. She blackmails him into teaching her how to seduce Drake, but soon desires her mentor instead; he finds the beastie means little now that he is deeply in love with his troublesome student

REASON FOR READING: I can't stay away from the romance novels for long.

THOUGHTS: I wish I had known this was a second in a series before I started reading it. Aside from that, this book was quite enjoyable. One reason I like this book is because Anna reminded me so much of myself. Grif was also a great character. A charmer who's not a skeeze. A man who's not afraid to have feelings. Gotta love it.

The side characters add dimensions that make the book even more complete.

Well rounded and well written, this is one author I will read again.

MISCELLANEOUS: Beastie!

KEEP/SHARE/CRINGE(?): Keep (even though it's Beth's)
RATING: 7/10 [Very Good]

CR: Highlander Unbound by Julia London
RN: I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe

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