NUMBER: 38TITLE: Highlander Unbound
AUTHOR: Julia London
STARTED: May 22, 2005
FINISHED: May 25, 2005
PAGES: 390
GENRE: Romance
FIRST SENTENCE: In and around Loch Chon, they would talk for many years of how the fair Lady of Lockhart laughed like a mad-woman when her husband hanged her lover - on the very eve of her date with the executioner's axe.
SUMMARY: [From barnesandnoble.com] On leave from his Highland regiment, Captain Liam Lockhart comes to London on an urgent mission: to repossess the stolen family heirloom that could save his ancestral estate. He never dreamed it would involve surrendering his heart. But the beautiful and scandalous socialite Ellen Farnsworth sets his Highland blood aflame with a will as strong and reckless as his own. Though bound to Liam by a soul-searing passion, duty impels Ellen to commit a terrible betrayal.
Now, driven by passion, pride, and vengeance that know no bounds, this fearsome Highlander will reclaim not only his family's ancient treasure, but the one daring woman he was meant to love for all time.
REASON FOR READING: The book was the first in the series... I've already read the second and needed to backtrack a bit.
THOUGHTS: Not as good as the second book (Highlander In Disguise) but still pretty good. The plot and storyline were inventive, but I felt as if something was missing. The characters had chemistry but they way they were written just seemed "off" (for lack of a better word).
It was nice to see a woman in a romance novel actually take control of her own fate for once.
MISCELLANEOUS: The cover made the book a bit to steamy to read while on guard desk duty at the library... but I read it anyway.
KEEP/SHARE/CRINGE(?): I'll probably keep it.
RATING: 6/10 [Very Good]
CR: I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe
RN: No clue yet.
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