"Scotland, 1344
She believes men are not honorable nor are they kind-until she meets one that changes her heart forever.
Betrayed by lies told before her birth, Aishlinn is raised by a harsh and cruel stepfather. Her life is forever changed one horrifying night when she is forced to flee England for the safety of the Scottish Highlands. Rescued by a fierce band of highland warriors, Aishlinn soon learns that honorable men do exist. She finds a strength she never knew she possessed and it will be tested to the limits when she is forced to make a heart-wrenching decision…allow the English to kill those she loves, or surrender for the crime she committed.
She is everything he never knew he wanted in a woman….
As a fierce highland warrior, Duncan McEwan has survived numerous battles, bed countless women, and survived a horrific storm at sea. He has scaled mountains and even survived hand-to-claw battle with a cat-o’mountain. But none of that could have prepared him for how his life forever changed one fateful spring day when he rescued a lass from a freezing stream. He will do anything to keep her as his own and will risk everything to keep her out of the hands of the English."
My Thoughts:
This was a quick read book of around 250 pages. Normally I feel like a good story needs more than that to truly develop, but this one was okay at that length. This was the first of Suzan Tisdale’s books for me, and although it was an interesting story line, it could have used a better content editor and a better line editor. There were too many things that didn’t make sense to me, things that a good beta-reader or content editor would have caught, and too many grammatical errors.
First, let me talk about the
positives. I loved the Highlander’s. Suzan Tisdale did a good job portraying their
brash and rowdy personalities while also showing us how devoted they were to
their clan. There were numerous times
throughout the book that I found myself smiling. Duncan McEwan was a great alpha-male, strong
and masculine but also tender and protective.
Wanting to know more about the other men might make me want to pick up
another book in this series. And I have
to admit that “Laiden’s Daughter” had an interesting plot line!
As for the negatives…. Hmmm….
Where do I start? First of all, I found
Aishlinn to be rather confusing. She rides
a horse for days with no food or water?
Then she sleeps through most of her journey to the castle. And I get the fact that she believed she was
plain and ugly because that is what she was told by her step father and step
brothers her whole life, but didn’t she ever come into contact with other human
beings? Quite frankly, I got really
tired of her calling people liars when they told her how beautiful she was. Then she is naïve and frail and thinks of
herself as an unworthy scuttle maid one moment and the next moment she is a
rough and tough battle queen!
And who was Baltair and how
did he know Aishlinn should escape to Scotland where she will find “her people”?
Perhaps this is explained in another book in this series? I don’t know.
And did English soldiers wear red coats in the 1300's?
My Ratings:
Wasn't sure whether to give this 3 or 4 wine glasses, perhaps it should be 3 1/2.
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