Highland Redemption by Lori Ann Bailey is book Two in the "Highland Pride" Series. This is the story of Brodie and Skye.  I have read the previous book in this series but feel this can be a standalone book.
Brodie and Skye were once childhood friends but a slight misunderstand pulled them apart.  Brodie loved Skye but doesn't think he is good enough for her and when a chance to better himself comes up he takes it.  Skye also loves Brodie but he up and left her when she was going through a really hard period in her life. When Brodie had come back from a mission he was on he learned that Skye's father died and that she was gone.  Now some years later she is saved by Brodie...bring him into her life again.  But they both are in danger...and not just in fallen in love again.
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I had such a good time reading this book. Brodie still loves Skye, in spite of the fact she broke his heart. When they are forced back together by fate, the chemistry steams between the two.

I was sorry to see this book end, I could have happily kept reading about Skye and Brodie. A great romance and good amount of suspense tossed in.

4.5 stars
While spying for Clan Cameron, Brodie Cameron rescues a lass who’s being kidnapped, only to realize it’s Skye, the woman who’d broken his heart several years ago. He needs to get her to safety as quickly as possible as there is a price on her head but the price on his head is higher than the one on hers. Skye finds herself staring into the eyes of the man she once loved, Brodie Cameron but he left not to return. She’s grateful to be freed, but she’s promised to another.
A well written, very well paced book that kept my interest all the way through & I was loathe to put it down. The characters are well developed & I was able to relate to them. Set during the same time as the English Civil War the author conveyed the upheaval that was also happening in Scotland. The book also reflects the violence of the time & the rivalry between clans. I’m thoroughly enjoying the series & look forward to more
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Highland Redemption (Highland Pride) by Lori Ann Bailey is my first book by Lori and will be one of many.   NetGalley gave me this book for an honest review and it was wonderful.   Brodie aka The Raven is a spy for the Royalists trying to keep loyal to the King.  Skye is his first love and his only love who he thought lost to him.  I hated to put the book down ..it was filled with danger, intrigue and tons of feels... Will  they get to their HEA and outsmart the Convenanters.  YES

Lori Ann Bailey has another hit with Highland Redemption.  Brodie and Skye grew up together as friends, then lovers truly in love.  He would disappear without explanation leaving her alone and lonely.  One time she saw what she thought was Brodie with another village girl, but it was really his cousin Lachlan proposing to Maggie (of the first in the series Highland Deception).  

Brodie was away on a spying mission as The Raven, when Skye’s father died.  Her uncle, the MacDonald, took her home with him preventing Brodie and Skye from being together.  They were not married at the time, just in love.  Through some serious manipulation, they were kept apart and not allowed to speak.  To make it worse, each were told the other did not want to see them.  

Now in the present, Brodie rescues Skye from a kidnapping.  During their travels to his home so he can protect her, a price is put on her head by an enemy clan leader.  It seems everyone is now wanting her for the bounty on her head.  Brodie does not feel it right to keep her with him while he is the Raven.  He believe his spying with only bring her more harm.  

The trip to her former home, now his home and they time spent together allows them time to open those old wounds and talk about what went wrong with their relationship.  The honesty and trust that rebuilds between Brodie and Skye is precious and sweet as those old wounds begins to heal.  There is a lot going on around them that could continue to keep them separated.  Their HEA comes about in a way that makes up for the past and those who kept them apart.

Although part of the Highland Pride series, Highland Redemption could be read as a stand alone.  The first, Highland Deception, would be a good book to read if you have not already.

Two childhood friends, in love and separated by families. Meet up again, when she is kidnapped. Brodie is a spy and he has to leave all the time for missions. He is really good at it.
I enjoyed reading about Skye and Brodie, the way they feel for each other. The descriptions and dialogue are great and fit the actions nicely. The characters are so life like and vital. Ross is a dear friend until Brodie is afraid he will hurt Skye and they get into a brawl. The plot has intrigue, danger and betrayal, Neil is Ross and Brodie's friend but he betrays them. I adored this book, especially when they are looking at the puppies, from the description, they sounded cute. Exciting, action and lots of love 
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Highland Redemption book two of debut author Lori Ann Bailey's Highland Pride Series is a story of misconception, plots, and undying love. The setting finds our hero Brodie and Heroine Skye in the midst of the great tensions between the Royalists and the Covenanters. Brodie and Skye find themselves back in each others arms after 16 years apart due to untold truths and the pain of broken hearts.

In the midst of the turmoil between the Royalists and Covenanters Brodie Cameron "The Raven" inadvertently saves a woman from the clutches of kidnappers while on a mission intent on ferreting out information to help his cause. When a turn of fate brings Skye into her lost loves arms after 16 years apart she is overwhelmed with anger and resentment. Brodie is in shock staring into the emerald green eyes of the only woman to have held his heart, the same woman who left him. At a crossroads Brodie takes the only plausible option and heralds Skye away on his horse away from unknown dangers as plots thicken around them.

Madly in love after almost two decades apart both characters refuse to speak their hearts throughout the plot leaving simple misconceptions unanswered. Page by page the you will find yourself hanging onto each word waiting for one to speak their true thoughts and feelings allowing answers to ring through. An alliance placing Skye's life in grave jeopardy result in both characters finding themselves back in their childhood home surrounded by memories. As the days pass and walls fall down between Brodie and Skye their everlasting love for each other cannot be denied. 

Danger for unknown reasons surround both Brodie and Skye in their sanctuary of love. Unknown to Brodie sky is betrothed to form a powerful alliance with another clan. The same alliance puts Skye's life in grave danger from a powerful enemy seeking to destroy all chances of the alliance from happening. Unkown to Skye Brodie is the powerful and notorious Raven and spy that has reeked havoc for over a decade never caught or identified. Secrets and danger pull them apart, yet love keeps these two characters together eternally.

Highland Redemption is an enticing light read that will keep you reading with secrets, unknown dangers, and unforeseen futures.

The usual issue I have with romance novels is that they focus too much on the romance and not enough on the plot line.  This book had the opposite problem.  A good romance has a nice balance between a steamy romance and an engaging story.

I really liked the two main characters and loved the romance between them.  The issue that I had was with how the intimate scenes were written.  The writing style changed completely during these sections.  It was almost as if they were written by a different person.  The intimate scenes were boring to read and I kept getting distracted by the change in language.  The words became flowery and all of a sudden there were a shit ton of unnecessary descriptive words.  Here are a couple examples:

“His lips covered hers, scattering the wayward thoughts like swirling leaves on a brisk fall day.”

“Her fingers wove in and out of his thick hair, the silky strands tickling the place where her fingers met.”

Usually I look forward to the intimate scenes but this time I couldn’t get through them fast enough to get back to the main plot.

I really liked the main story line.  It has a strong plot that is fairly believable.  Its got action, adventure, and love.  I also have a soft spot for romances set in the highlands.  I don’t know what it is, but it just makes such a great location.  Plus the men are always so amazing!

Overall I liked the book, despite the overdone intimate scenes.  I would recommend it if you like Scottish romances.

This is the second novel by Lori Ann Bailey and I think she has great promise as an author. This series is set in 1640’s Scotland during a time of great turmoil between the Royalists and the Covenanters. I have not read the first book in the series and I think that may be what caused some of my questions about people in this book. There are some things that, to me, just aren’t plain and it makes me question their plausibility. I enjoyed the story, I just didn’t understand some of the character backgrounds and standing within the clan.

Skye MacDonald (or is it, Cameron, because her father was a Cameron farmer) is the niece of the MacDonald Laird. Skye was named for the Isle of Skye where her mother’s family lived. Skye’s mother was the daughter of the previous MacDonald Laird and the sister of the current one. Skye and Brodie were childhood friends and Brodie looked up to Skye’s father very much. The two spent most of their time together and friendship turned to love. Skye loved Brodie with all of her heart, but when Brodie began spending more and more time away, she began to wonder at his commitment to her. Then, when he disappeared during the worst time of her life, she was bereft and when her uncle came to take her back to Isle of Skye with him – she went.

Brodie Cameron is the cousin of the Cameron Laird. I’m not sure what his family ‘job’ as part of the Cameron clan is, but it sounds as if they are farmers. Brodie spent as much of his time as possible with Skye and her family. He loved Skye and felt as if her father was a second father to him. He wanted to marry Skye and make a life with her, but he didn’t feel worthy of her – especially after overhearing a conversation between Skye’s father and her uncle. So, when an opportunity to better himself arose, he took it. He became “The Raven” a spy for the Royalists. Sadly, that caused him to have to be away from home for long periods of time and didn’t allow him to explain those absences to Skye. When he returned from an important mission to find Skye’s father had died and Skye had left, he was inconsolable.

Five years later, Brodie rescues a young woman who is being abducted, only to discover that the woman is Skye. Both of them realize their love has never died and they also realize that neither of them is free to act on that. Argyle, a staunch Covenanter, has put a price on the head of The Raven and Brodie would never expose Skye to that. Skye’s uncle has betrothed her to the third son of another Laird in order to form a political alliance. 

Brodie is taking Skye to safety when he discovers that Argyle has also placed a bounty on Skye’s head – dead or alive. He cannot understand why Argyle has placed the bounty, but he will do all in his power to keep her safe. How will they manage to get through that time and keep their hearts intact and not betray their clans and alliances?

This is a lovely story of love and redemption. I hope you will enjoy it.

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Highland Redemption is a lovely story about what happens after we've found love and let it slip through our fingers.  So many of us have experienced this - where life and lies and misunderstandings got in the way and tore us apart from someone who held our heart.  Afterwards, we try to piece ourselves together and create some kind of life we can tolerate.  But how often do our thoughts stray back to that lost someone?  How many times do we wonder what we would do differently if given another chance?

The story of Brodie and Skye rings so true for all who have gotten that miraculous second chance.  To fight so much harder than we ever thought possible, to not have to go through that piecing together again.  Because when you find the love of your life, there is truly no going back.  

Highland Redemption was gripping and had me unable to set it down until I reached the end.  What stops me from giving this book a five-star review, however, is the lack of depth to some of the emotions.  The fear and the love and the rage at others are all fully developed, but there is just a passing notation of anger at each other, confusion over the misunderstandings that took them on separate paths.  And the MacDonald, so central to the story, is barely included in it and not allowed to develop, either.  I feel like he would have added a special layer to the story had he been more involved.

Overall, I did enjoy this book and highly recommend it to anyone looking for a light, enthralling weekend read.

Skye and Brodie fell in love but the secrets that Brodie kept tore them apart. It’s the old tale of men keeping things to themselves because they want to protect their women, but of course that doesn’t work and it ends up tearing them apart. So now Skye is set to marry another man but she gets kidnapped and Brodie happens to be there and he saves her. They finally talk about things that came between them. 
	
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This novel was a nice read. It is the story of two lovers who are separated based on misunderstandings and secrets. However, when they come across each other five years later, they love they has never truly disappeared. Skye is a MacDonald and lives with her uncle. He decides on a marriage for her, even though she knows it will be at most friendship. Love has hurt her in the past. She is kidnapped and who saves her, Brodie Cameron, the man who broke her heart. Brodie is a spy known as the Raven. He has only loved Skye, but his duties as a spy impacted their relationship. He is currently trying to determine who a traitor is and Skye's uncle is one of his suspects. He keeps Skye with him to protect her, even though he does not understand why she broke his heart all those years ago. He tried to see her, but was turned away. His feelings return, but it cannot be more than that. His life as a spy is too dangerous and he would never risk Skye's life. But the passion they have is still there. Skye is able to open up to Brodie about how he hurt her, but Brodie keeps quiet about his activities, until Skye learns the truth. Still, with men still trying to kill Skye, Brodie will do everything he can to keep her safe, but will it be enough? Will Skye and Brodie allow the past to keep them from the happiness they should have had?