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The Highlander's Sword (2010)

by Amanda Forester(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1402229488 (ISBN13: 9781402229480)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Sourcebooks Casablanca

series

Highlander

review 1: First off, I want to say how much I loved this book! I find it hard to believe that this is Ms. Forester's first novel, but if you love historical romance, you won't want to miss this one. It's amazing!!Padyn MacLaren is a Highlander who was betrayed by his French fiance' to the English. Now wearing a scar across his face from that fiasco, his heart bruised and swearing to never trust another woman again, Padyn makes his way back home to the Scottish Highlands. He had fought for five years.On his return to his home, he finds devastation. His crops are fallow, his land has been raided and most of his clansmen have left. He immediately submerges himself into hard work to rebuild his home. But when he returned, he brought his warriors with him and Padyn knows he must h... moreave more land.Dundaff Castle has had their crops burnt repeatedly recently and if it continues, they will starve through the winter. Laird Graham does not have the warriors to defend his land, so he sends a proposal to Sir Padyn. If Padyn marries Graham's daughter Aila, then he will inherit Graham land, and help defend it. It seems like a wonderful business transaction to Padyn and he readily agrees.But unbeknownst to Padyn, Aila was bound for the Church. She was raised to be a nun, but marries Padyn as her father orders. But when Padyn doesn't visit Aila on their wedding eve, Aila is devastated and runs away to the Church to beg an annulment. Before she gets there, she is kidnapped by McNab, a clansman who wants Dundaff Castle for his own.Padyn and Aila are two diverse characters who emotional well being are compromised. Their love story unfolds against the beautiful backdrop of Scotland and it has it's humorous moments, and it's ups and downs, much like any relationship. Ms. Forester does an excellent job of keeping the plot going and you don't figure out who is the perpetrator until the final pages. Romance, humor and a Highland mystery all rolled into one. I'm looking forward to reading more from Amanda Forester. Her writing just warms the soul.
review 2: Since Aila had been raised to enter a convent it made sense that she would be excessively naive about men so I was glad to find that to be consistent. She stayed in character. Her hero, Padyn MacLaren, had been duped by the woman he considered himself to be engaged to. His aversion to trusting a woman was reasonable and consistent. I liked that there was no excessive exploitation of each of their weaknesses.Before I was half way through the book I tired of all the "bad guys". It seemed they were everywhere, in every scene: her mother, McNab, the unknown traitor.One of the messages I got was that an individual can decide how to interpret another persons behavior either positively or negatively. The negative rut is a deep, unforgiving prejudgment. The story turned for the better once MacLaren decided to not judge Aila for another persons bad behavior.I doubt I will re-read this story. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. I liked both characters and the secondary love story was icing on the top in just the right amount.This is my first book by this author, if anyone has another title to recommend, please do so. less

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