If you love highland romance with a bit of spice in a story that is tender and full of excitement...go read this.

Plenty of great tropes - strangers to lovers, family feuds, a forced marriage, and so much more.

Will a plan to save clans overpower love? Will virtue be protected?

Always a great read when diving into a Mary Wine book.

Again Mary Wine writes another quick paced page turner in this exciting, riveting adventure in times when Scotland was run by the King's Regents since Mary Stuart's son James is only seven years old and too young to rule. They want these Clan feuds to end and Scotland to have a united front, especially since most of the feuds are from so long ago by Clan ancestors who have been dead and buried for hundreds of years! They don't even remember the reasons of why they became enemies! Plus with that Protestant, English, Sassenach Queen, is on their tails and possibly invading their lands at any time, the Scottish people need to be at peace and all the Highlander and Lowlander Clan's with each other.

Forced marriage trope is one of my favorite tropes and when well done, it can be actually a lot of fun. Just think, two people from feuding clans are forced to marry and both are very weary of not just each other but of everyone around them.

I’m sorry, but I had a lot of trouble connecting to the two main leads. I was hoping for at least a bit of chemistry, but … no. I felt that they were just … there. Their animosity took too long to be resolved and that bothered me.

The only thing I did like is the way the author took her time in writing about the clans and the life they lead. She obviously did her research and I enjoyed that aspect of the story very much.

I have to be honest and say, just skip it.

Melanie for b2b

So HUGE disclaimer: I have read this book twice already. Why? Well because when it was time to read Highland' Vixen I have realized a year is a long time to remember all the kilt-awesome characters we were introduced to in this book. I can honestly say I do not regret a moment of the re-read if anything I feel in love with the book even more. Knowing who the second book was about made me pay a bit more attention to secondary characters who are main characters in Highland Vixen... but I digress this review is not about them (not yet) but about the offspring of 2 hot headed laird clans of Highlands - Bhair of clan of MacPherson and Ailis of clan of Robertson. Sworn enemies. Married by force.

All of his adult life, he’d been told chasing skirts was a sin. Now he had a wife, one the church would agree was his for the taking, but she was the only woman in the Highlands he had no business craving. His enemy’s daughter.

That's right! Two sworn enemies are forced to wed to force a peace between the clans by an over ambitious and hella shady Regent. It may be completely messed up on my part but I enjoyed the standoff that resulted in the marriage a bit too much.

Overall I loved this book because of the hot headed Bhair and Ailis who were quick to get into a fight even as they were trying so hard to fight off their attraction for one another. Bhair was a perfect gentle giant who wooed Ailis even as she resisted him while trying to find her place in a castle of residents who abhorred her presence there. So obviously I loved their blossoming romance when they both forgot to keep their prideful guards up and slowly fell madly in love.

There are quite a few hilarious moments presented by the secondary characters such as drama Bhair's half-brother, War Chief of MacPherson clan stirs up between the budding romance of Bhair and Ailis. There are also a couple castle residents who get in the fray of Bhair/Ailis union whether with good or bad intentions.

“Is nae that yer wife?”

“Maybe.”

Symon cut him a somber look. “Marriage is nae one of those things ye say maybe about.”

“In this case, it’s true.”

So if you are up to a task for some laughs, woo-ing, drama, and a bit of highlander danger then jump on this horse and gallop to MacPherson Castle for some fly on the wall action. Guaranteed you will not be disappointed... or bored.