Product Description

Highland warrior Gordon Lachlan has spent his life fiercely battling the English. Now, to claim victory for his clan, he must retrieve the legendary Sword of the MacKenna from the hands of his mortal enemies. His plan: to kidnap Constance Cameron from her remote boarding school and force her wellborn relatives to surrender the sword as her ransom.

But Lachlan is surprised that the woman he's snatched from her bed is no malleable miss. Constance longs for adventure. She's tantalized by Lachlan and his passionate cause . . . and tempted enough by his seductive ways to wonder what it would be like to find herself in the Highlander's bed . . .

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #52370 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-01
• Released on: 2008-01-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 384 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780061122101
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author

Tinker, Tailor, Sailor, Spy . . .

New York Times bestselling author Cathy Maxwell has lived a full and adventurous life. Her resume includes years as a naval officer working with Security Group to time spent managing a watch factory, with a stints as a news broadcaster and work designing costumes for theater productions thrown in for good measure. Today, Cathy spends hours in front of her computer pondering the question, "Why do people fall in love?" It remains for her the great mystery of life and the secret to happiness. She lives in the Richmond, Virginia, area surrounded by kids, dogs, cats, and horses.

Customer Reviews

Would have preferred to reread a truly good book
This will be brief as all my reviews tend to be. The truth is this book is dull and it doesn't get interesting until the end of the book. And I hated the ending But then again I read romance novels because I love cinderalla endings. The characters are not funny, nor intriguing in anyway they are just there! Boring Boring Boring, but I did manage to actully finish this book so that is better then some. However save your money and re-read a classic like Elizabeth Lowell. I will try another of this authers book just to give her a second chance. In the end the book is just that OK noting more.

There are few more impressive sights in the World than a Scotsman on the make. - Sir James M. Barrie
Gordon Lachlan is a Scottish warrior seeking to avenge his father's death, his sister's ruin and his clansman losing almost everything. He wants justice in the worst way and feels the Sword of the MacKenna is what he needs to rally his men and fight the English. The sword is currently with the Duke of Closter, in order for Gordon to get it back he decides to kidnap the Duke's sister-in-law. He will then send a ransom note to exchange the girl for the sword.

Constance Cameron is the youngest of three sisters who came to England from their Ohio Valley home. Her sisters have found love and have been married, now that's all they want for her. She has been residing at a ladies school and has decided she has had enough of the ton and this country, she wants to go home. She plans her escape and as she is sneaking off school grounds, is kidnapped by Gordon and taken to his Highland home.

Neither one is what the other expects and they find themselves drawn to each other. As Constance realizes she can't escape, and not for lack of trying, she begins to enjoy the clan and the Scottish open air. She begins to admire her captor.

This is the third book in a series and I have enjoyed every one of them, entirely. The Cameron sisters have been a unique group of women set upon the London ton; and each sister added something fresh to the historical romance genre. Constance was by the far the most engaging of the sisters. She is not a docile captive and the banter and battles between her and Gordon and had me enthralled from page one.

The ending was in danger of getting a little too cheesy for my tastes, but thankfully it never fully fromaged. ;) I eagerly anticipate Gordon's sister Fiona's story, Seduction of a Highland Mistress, this winter. Enjoy!

The Price of Indiscretion
In the Bed of a Duke

Cherise Everhard, February 2008

JUST DIDN'T DO IT FOR ME
It seems lately, that the new historical romances coming out, leave so much to be desired. This could have been a great romance story, but again, it missed the mark. Kidnapping and love and the same boring story line is all this book has to offer. Too much of the same old thing without interesting characters and no great love developing between the characters. Too many unimportant characters and not enough written about the main characters and their true feelings for each other. Just my opinion.