A book that opens with action on the high seas as Kennon Cameron and his crew are coming under attack as the crew and himself battle against the pirates his mind races as to how to survive, what of his men, was there a traitor. Fighting for his life he sees a man who he thought was someone he could trust but now he has taken his ship and his bounty. Not giving him or anyone a choice he throws himself off into the depths of the ocean.
He later washes ashore on what you think is a deserted island, only to find out that a woman named Divana Campbell lives there and has for a few years. Mostly alone after her family past from smallpox. Her village expected her to past as well but she survived. You will find throughout this book that she is a survivor.
Nursing him back to health she finds out that he is a Sir and when they finally leave the island after some more trouble, they make it back to his people. Happy to see him he still has an English Sgt. After him. He is once again injured and she comes to nurse him back to health again.
Once again, the story takes another change when Kennon prepares to take to the sea to find the man who stole his ship and right the wrong that was done to him. What he does not expect was for Divana to have stowed away. Here the story takes even more of a twist and you really won’t want to put the book down. Without giving anything away you will not be disappointed in this book at all. Full of action and Divana is always in the middle of something. A very good book with wonderful characters.

I don't think Amy Jarecki has written a book I didn't love. This story is no exception. It's steeped in history, amazing characters and always full of action. Kudos Amy! You've done it again.

Attacked by pirates Sir Kennan Cameron nearly dead he washes ashore on a deserted Scottish island, Hyskeir. Divana Campbell has lived on the island for two years, abandoned by her family she knows saving the man who washed up on her shore maybe her only way off the island. Divana comes from a poor crofter’s family who could not even afford shoes. Kennan is grief stricken and he’s determined to escape this island and back to his clan, his father laird Cameron and to seek revenge. The two grow closer while they’re on the island, he feels he owes her for she saving his life an he’ll save hers by getting her off the island an offering her home with his clan. She cannot her imagine life without Kennan and follows him everywhere he travels. What an adventure these two have, and a love they can no longer deny and defy convention to be together. A great story and one I’m sure you’ll enjoy! I voluntarily read and review this excellent book.

I really wanted to love Highland Rogue. I liked it just fine, but didn't love it. I think I never felt connected enough to the characters to have that "must know what happens next" feeling. It was a good read for a busy week when I didn't need to think about things too much.

Superb swashbuckling adventure on the high seas!

Kennan is firmly established as our hero right from the very first pages. He escapes traitors and pirates, survives icy waters and marauding sharks, and washes up on exiled Divana's secluded island barely alive. After she nurses him back to health, he devises a plan that will get them both rescued and returned to the mainland, only to meet up with yet another threat that has them on the run.

This story was reminiscent of the great Errol Flynn movies, filled with warmhearted heroes and soft but strong heroines. Kennan is torn between his revenge against the pirate, his duty to his clan, and his growing affection for the entirely unsuitable Divana. Through it all, he's every girl's dream hero, a man of courage and conviction who will stop at nothing to see justice done.

Divana was a delightful change to the usual romance heroine. Her beauty isn't perfect, her history initially makes people afraid to be around her, yet her bravery and dedication to Kennan are unquestioned and unmatched. She's the other half he never realized he needed, but once his eyes are opened to what his heart has been telling him all along, there's nothing that can stand in their way.

I loved the relationship Kennan had with his crew as well. The three that he was closest with were like brothers to him, and their loyalty and service was heartwarming and commendable. Runner stole a piece of my heart right from the beginning, even more so when Bannock came on the scene.

Their HEA came in two wonderful yet separate parts, each one absolutely perfect for that moment in their lives. It was a very satisfying HEA all around, as justice wins the day and every good deed was amply rewarded. I highly recommend this romance. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.

This book sucked me in and held me captive from the exciting, heart-pounding opening scene to the last beautifully romantic scene in the epilogue. I couldn’t put it down! I was totally transported to another time and place: I existed on the deserted Hyskeir isle with Kennan and Kivana; I fought pirates along with Kennan; I was panic-stricken and vengeful when Kivana was threatened; and I was triumphant when I returned home with Kennan, Kivana and their crew. Yes, I was there and it was wonderful!

Sir Kennan Cameron, heir to the Laird of the powerful Cameron clan has been a supporting character in several other books in the series and I’m glad to see him in his own book. He is, of course, a large, imposing golden god who also happens to be smart, shrewd, and an excellent captain to his crew. You’ll love Kennan – you won’t be able to help it; you’ll just love him.

Divana Campbell, the daughter of crofters, was always poor – they couldn’t even afford shoes. When she was seventeen, she and her family were dragged from their beds and then dumped on Hyskeir isle. They were left to die – there was no food, no shelter, nothing. Her parents and siblings soon succumbed to smallpox (the reason they were dumped on the island), but miraculously, Divana survived. She managed to survive, all alone, on that island for two years. Until, one day …

The opening scene is so exciting! Kennan and his crew are returning to their homes in Scotland – loaded with treasure. They are less than a day away when the impossible happened. Kennan ended up swimming for his life, fighting sharks, and washing up, half-dead, on a very small isle. As he stumbled ashore, he caught sight of a young woman – digging for clams – as he stumbled to her small shelter and collapsed.

Divana reluctantly tended to Kennan and helped him survive. Kennan began to recover and they told each other the tales of how they came to be on this island from which there was no escape. Kennan, however, was determined to escape and find his revenge – even if he had to swim from the isle to the mainland. He lit signal fire after signal fire until finally, they were rescued. Had they just jumped from the frying pan to the fire? Hmmm… Their adventures had only just begun.

I loved the excitement, the chase, the romance. I loved that the romance felt truly genuine and that it developed as they got to know each other. I also loved that Kennan acted honorably toward Divana – really, really, really tried to do what he thought was the right thing. I was also happy to see that she thwarted him at every turn.

You’ll love Divana as well as Kennan. She is smart, brave, determined – yet she isn’t foolhardy as so many of our historical romance heroines are. Well, she did one foolhardy thing, but – if she hadn’t, we wouldn’t have a story.

I can definitely recommend this fast-paced, well-written, well-plotted and excellently written story. Now, to begin the wait for the next Highland adventure.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

After his ship is attacked, Sir Kennan Cameron washes onto the shores of a deserted island, delirious and nearly dead. When he comes to he finds that he is not alone, Divana Campbell has been on the island alone after she was abandoned by her family.
She nurses him back to health and he makes a plan to get them off the island. Together they set off for his father's home. And it's just the beginning of all their adventures.

This is the last book in the Lords of the Highlands series but it can be read as a stand-alone.
This is an action-packed romance from beginning to end. I hated having to put it down. I loved that Divana was so strong and self-sufficient. She didn't need Kennan but she wanted him. Kennan is a classic Highlander who falls for the girl when he least expects it.

Loved every second of it!

ARC provided by Forever and NetGalley

The Highland Rouge
Lords of the Highlands #7
Amy Jarecki
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Sir Kennan Cameron has washed ashore on what he believes is a deserted Scottish island almost dead after he is attacked on his ship. But he soon finds out the island is not deserted. Kennan finds a beautiful woman all alone who nurses him back to health.

Divana Campbell has been abandoned and left to die by her family so she is both scared yet relieved when she finds a Highlander dragging himself out of the water. She doesn't know Kennan, but she knows she has to trust him as he is probably her only chance for survival. By the time they arrive at his castle, she can barely imagine life without him. But sadly she knows that as the heir to a powerful chieftain, Kennan could never marry the likes of her.

Together they will have to fight for their lives like they never thought possible and soon Kennan must decide what matters most to him. His thirst for vengeance or the woman who's already won his heart.

Amy Jarecki has outdone herself. This book started out with a bang and the rest did not disappoint. When I opened this book I didn't know it would literally consume me, but it did. This book was fantastic. Divana and Kennan were perfect for eachother. Divana was not going to let her love get away and made sure he didn't. This girl was feisty and strong yet loveable and sweet when needed. Kennan was your typical male who thought he was not ready to settle down and have a family so Divana changed his mind. This book was such a pleasure to read. If all books were this perfect I'd never get anything done. Ms. Jarecki you wrote a fabulous novel and I can't wait to read the next one.

“He had become her heart, her courage…she vowed to be his strength in his hour of need.”

Sir Kennan Cameron has made a name for himself as a Highland privateer working for the crown…he’s also made many an enemy. After fighting off a vicious attack and being left for dead, Kennan finds himself washed ashore on a deserted isle. Barely alive, Kennan awakes to the sight of a beautiful yet wild looking lass, who takes him in and nurses him back to health. How she has managed to survive all this time alone is a mystery to him, but one he plans to puzzle out…as soon as he finds a way off the island and back on his path of vengeance against the man who stole his ship and killed his crew.

Forsaken by her family and clan, Divana Campbell has been alone on her little island for years. Managing to fend for herself, she is shocked to see a lone man washed upon her shore and heading into her hovel of a home. Seeing he is wounded, Divana does everything she can to keep him alive. No one is more surprised than Divana to learn her castaway in none other than the son of the mighty Laird of the Cameron Clan. Never could he see her as anything but a bloody Campbell…or could he…

Kennan and Divana are two strong-willed individuals with an instinct for survival and loyalty. Their journey to their happily ever after is as turbulent as the seas they traverse, but so is their love affair…

Amy Jarecki has written a high seas romantic adventure with everything I’ve grown to love in this series. Highly recommend and can’t wait for the next installment!



**I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book that I received via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own. **

Divana Campbell was abandoned on an island after her and her family contracted the smallpox. She was left to die and has managed to survived the last two years alone by her courage and determination. One day while gathering food Divana is shocked when a man rises out of the surf hurt and bleeding. As Divana nurses Kennan back from the dead Kennan can’t help but be awed by Divana and how she has survived. The longer they are together the more they bond, but Divana knows that Kennan Cameron is the son of a Laird and above her station. Kennan has promised Divana she will always have a place to live and work when they are rescued.

I loved this story, Watching Kennan grow from a man who will do his family duty and marry into his class and rise above and follow his heart. When I read a book for me it is a Calgon take me away time and this book did just that. I don’t want to give anymore of the story away, but wow what a story! From being stranded on an island to adventures on the high seas such a wonderful story. I loved the ending I will admit I had tears! Definitely loved this one and highly recommend reading this one!

I'm always up for a good highland romance. Thought that they would've stayed on the isle longer but it make it made since to to overall plot that they did leave it. The ending did seem a little rushed for since the author took so much the adventure these two were. I also didn't read the previous books in this series (didn't know there was a backlist) but I don't feel you need to read the rest to jump into this book.

If you are looking for a book to fully transport you to another time - this is definitely the book for you. It is definitely one heck of an adventure. I would 100% see this movie! Pirates, Romance, Mystery. It has it all.

Although I am normally a contemporary or regency gal - this book worked for me in a major way. I loved Divana's determination and strength. She will live in my memory as one hell of a badass. She survived major illness only to live, alone, on a deserted island for two years. She is the definition of one tough cookie. She really took everything in stride.

Kennan is also great. He is a classic Alpha hero - who is completely blindsided by Divana. Divana doesn't need Kennan to survive - but she wants him. And she goes after him with a really refreshing dose of honesty.

I do have two minor gripes - things that kept this from being a five star read for me. (1) Kennan surviving what he survived to end up on the deserted island required a pretty intense suspension of disbelief. I mean seriously - he was attacked by a freaking shark after being stabbed, shot, and walking the plank. But I guess he had to survive...and (2) the Scottish isms got kind of old. I know it helps set the scene and know that everyone is Scottish. But I don't know that I needed quite so many "Ye Ken" and "Weesht"s.

Overall, this is a fun, wild adventure.

I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley, but these opinions are all my own.

GREAT series!

Divana, the heroine, basically stole the show for me, my fellow Scottish romance book loving friends. Whether as a tough, resourceful, resilient Robinson Crusoe leading lady or in the Cinderella role she was cast, she kept a stiff upper lip and tried to roll with the punches, especially the ones to her heart. The only thing I knew she couldn’t pull off was pretending to be a lad. Why? Well, we all know that very seldom actually fools anyone, don’t we?. Her only weakness was not feeling worthy of Kennan. When, in fact, I felt this lass deserved to be treated like royalty by him and his clan, not wind up where she did. She did have some say in that matter though. In fact, it was her choice. She stayed a very humble person, all things considered.

Kennan couldn’t focus on his own happiness/future, because he was obsessed with unfinished business involving revenge and payback. Also, he felt duty bound to one day settle down with a noble woman who would bring prestige and connections for his clan. This despite Divana proving herself divine by doubling down more than once doing what was right, even saving an important life.

I’d say this book is a cross between a rescued Robinson Crusoe, an at times pirate theme, and our usual classic, historical Scottish clan backdrop. Yeah, there is plenty of action on the high seas and eventually between the sheets between these two lovebirds. I was very surprised Divana’s rival clan did not make an appearance or cause trouble. I oh so wanted Kennan to knock some heads together to make them pay for Divana’s unimaginable, dire circumstances. Here's to hoping he gets the chance in another book.

I had mixed emotions for a knuckledheaded reaction after finally being intimate with each other. I knew the relationship angst likely set up reason though so went with it. I do so love emotional drama and circling around each other until love brings them to their knees and senses.

Divana was graceful but not a cultured lady. Her dialect at times was a tad overly done to emphasis that. Mostly randomly using “me” when “I” was needed caught my attention. For me that wasn't necessary and belittled her awesomeness.

Overall, I enjoyed this romantic tale. This author’s writing style always lures me in and keeps me engaged to the very end, rewarding me with a sweet HEA.

Title: The Highland Rogue, Series: Lords of the Highlands (Book 7), Author: Amy Jarecki, Pages: 368, stand-alone but part of a series, Robinson Crusoe/Cinderella type heroine, steamy late in book, payback/revenge/duty before love hero, tough/resilient heroine, pirate theme, ex-lover cameo, slow to come to his senses, GREAT series.

Book 1 - The Highland Duke (Akira & Geordie), Pages: 384, 3/28/17
Book 2 - The Highland Commander (Magdalen & Aidan), Pages: 384, 6/27/17
Book 3 - The Highland Guardian (Reid & Audrey), Pages: 368, 12/19/17
Book 4 - The Highland Chieftain (Mairi & Dunn), Pages: 352, 7/31/18
Book 5 - The Highland Renegade (Robert & Janet), Pages: 384, 1/8/19
Book 6 - The Highland Earl (John & Evelyn), Pages: 368, 6/25/19
Book 7 - The Highland Rogue (Divana & Kennan), Pages: 368, 3/24/20

(I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I was not given any payment or compensation for this review. There is no affiliation or relationship between this reviewer and the author/publisher/NetGalley)