We have to say we enjoyed the story and its characters.Lilidth was a wonderful heroine she was caring and compassionate and even in the face of danger she held her own as a highland chief's daughter, no simpering miss to see here. Loved her quick mind and impressive counsel, and loved how her mine worked and reasoned things out. Our heart did bleed for her with the scars she carried thinking she was never good enough and that she felt love had abandoned her.

Rob Mathison bastard born and laird of his clan who has risen through the ranks but, will his fighting skills and curious mine be enough to save his clan and his life? We did love Rob and loved how he protected Lilidth in the ways he could but, the other half of us felt he needed a good kick in the pants to see what was right in front of him and seize it because second chances are rare and far between.

Loved the twist that Lilidth, and Rob had a past and in their current situation it will somewhat work in her favor. We felt bad the way he had to handle the situation of Lilidth's captivity, trying to keep peace among his clan and saving face while having to publicly humiliated the woman who had stolen his heart so many years ago, all the while hating himself for having to so it.


We have to say that we loved the story and thought the characters were awesome and most of them loveable. Not only that, but we loved the chemistry between Rob and Lilidth even without being in a room together you felt it, and they were the perfect match for each other in every way. The whole time though our heart bleed for this couple knowing this couple's situation/relationship was doomed from the start yet again and that was to get what they both wanted their heart's desire, the love of their life and the happiness that they both deserved.


Overall, we enjoyed the story and loved the fact that for the first time ever that Rob and fought for love no matter the consequences. The plot and the plot twists were engaging enough, and we are looking forward to reading Lilidth's parent's story, getting to know them throughout this story tells us their story was a page turner.

I’m always thrilled to find a new Highlander book, so I had high hopes for this one. I thought the plot was an interesting one with a twist I had not seen before. Unfortunately, I was disappointed by the two main characters themselves.

My favorite couples in Highlander romances consist of a strong, alpha man and a strong, independent woman. I realize the entire Highland cannot consist of lairds, but these are romances, so I get to choose what I love.

Rob is the bastard son of the former laird and and although he has been selected as laird, he is not accepted by his entire clan. In particular, his cousin Simon challenges him because he believes he should have been chosen as laird. Rob does little to nothing to control Simon and the clan is in turmoil because of this.

The Highland lairds I love would have smacked Simon down at the very onset of his troublemaking. They certainly wouldn’t have allowed him to continue to challenge their decisions.

Lilidh (pronounced Lily - I had to look it up) has become a widow after only a few months of marriage. She is returning home to her family so that they can find her a new husband. And that’s what I didn’t like about her. She rarely seemed to stand up for herself. Where are the feisty heroines of my favorite Highlander romances? She doesn’t have any opinion regarding who she is to marry and where she is to live. She leaves all the decisions up to her father and clan.

This book is a spinoff of Brisbin’s MacLerie series. Lilidh’s parents are the couple from the first title in the series: Taming the Highlander and make regular appearances in this book. If you are a fan of The MacLerie’s, you really do need to read this book. It’s always fun to visit couples from books you love and find out how they turn out.

Maybe I would have enjoyed this one more if I had read the previous books. I did feel like I was missing the backstory on occasion. Then again, I really think Rob’s lack of backbone would have disappointed me no matter what.