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The Hellion And The Highlander (2010)

by Lynsay Sands(Favorite Author)

4.15 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0061344796 (ISBN13: 9780061344794)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Avon

series

Devil of the Highlands

review 1: This is the second book I've read by Ms. Sands. The first An English Bride in Scotland, I enjoyed very much; this one I liked even better! Ms. Sands has a gift for creating stories that have the perfect blend of romance, intrigue, and LOL humor. This book had me ROTFL at times, it was that funny! The romance between Averill and Kade is also extremely sweet. As for the intrigue, that incorporated a well crafted mystery that kept me guessing until the very end!Averill and Kade meet, when her brother Will (I LOVED Will!) brings home an injured Kade from the Crusades, and she nurses him back to health. Averill is a sweet, smart, clever, woman, blessed with the heart of an angel. She also has the unfortunate luck of having bright red hair, and a small strawberry shaped mark on ... moreher face...both if which, according to the English, are marks of the devil. As a result, Averill's father has been having an extremely difficult time finding a husband for her.When yet another suitor rejects Averill, Will proposes to Kade that he should marry her. Kade likes Averill very much. He thinks she's really sweet and her enjoys her company. The problem is, he thinks she's too sweet. A woman as soft and kind-hearted as Averill wouldn't last a day in the rugged Highlands! According to Kade "Were bandits to beset Averill, I fear she'd thank them for troubling themselves." LOL When there is an incident with yet another suitor, which proves that Averill is far from the sweet-tempered lass she portrays herself to be, Kade happily agrees to a marriage with her.The wedding night is something to behold and is one of the funniest scenes in the book! I literally laughed until I cried, and even subjected my poor husband to a reading of the scene. LOL In any event, after the two are married they journey to Kade's home, Stewart, in the Highlands. Kade's father and younger brothers are useless drunks, and it is Kade's intent to force his father to cede the title to him, so he can begin reparations to their lands and people. While journeying to Stewart, and throughout the rest of the story, there are several attempts against Kade's life. But, for the life of him, Kade cannot figure out why someone would want to kill him.The story progresses at a nice, quick pace. It is thoroughly engaging and kept me enthralled from cover to cover! As I've come to expect from Ms. Sands, the book is well written; the characters three dimensional to such an extent that they seem to come alive within the pages of the book. FYI Ms. Sands has her characters speak in heavily accented brogue. Here's an example from the book: But diya no' let her go...I'll rip yer guts out with me bare hands and feed 'em to ye ere cutting off yer head." This is especially true of Kade and the other Scottish characters.It didn't bother me whatsoever and I was easily able to follow along. I actually like it when authors use that type of language for their characters, as it makes it easier for me to slip into the time period. Nevertheless, I know that there are many readers who do not enjoy it, so I figured I'd give a heads-up.I loved everything about this book, but what I loved the most is how Kade LOVED Averill! Poor Averill has been raised with the belief that she is unattractive, unappealingly smart, and must always, always, keep her temper in check. The traits she has been taught to abhor about herself, are exactly the ones that Kade loves the most! Sigh!I very highly recommend this book as an awesome read! FYI, this is not a clean romance. Happy reading!
review 2: Lynsay Sands' medieval stories, set both in Scotland and England, are all essentially the same. The couple meets and gets married, usually in a short amount of time. The bride is unsure of her husbands regard. The groom grudgingly comes to love his wife very quickly, but does not tell her. They go on a journey where one our both of them is attacked repeatedly by an unknown enemy, usually as they were about to have sex. (sometimes the journey does not take place, sometimes the enemy is known, but not the accomplice) They are betrayed by someone they loved/trusted. That person dies and everyone lives happily ever after. Other difficulties mentioned in the story are often left unresolved/addressed. The author often repeats herself. So the question is, why do I keep reading them? They are free from my local library in instant digital/recorded format, and I am bored. And also audio books are nice for road trips, no matter how silly they may be. less

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