What's better than a delicious highlander? This is the second book in Monica McCarty's highlander series, and it features the younger brother of the laird from book one. Alex MacLeod is a renowned warrior and for years he has cultivated the idea of his being a mercenary with no ties to his brother for one purpose: to protect his clan by going 'undercover' at court to find out as much as he can about a plot to abolish all highlanders. He intends to then go off and fight against the plot. He doesn't count on running into a neighboring clan and having to rescue Meg MacKinnon and her mother from bandits while they make their own way to court.
Meg must find a strong man with strong loyalties for a husband. Her brother is not strong enough or intelligent enough to be laird by himself, so she has made a deal with her father: she will go to court and find a suitable husband to help her brother rule. When she is rescued by what appears to be a band of misfit warriors, Meg cannot get her mysterious savior out of her mind. She is shocked to find her rescuer at court and thrilled to find out he is from a good family. But her hopes are dashed as Alex plays his part at making her think he is not loyal and certainly not the man she needs. But despite all that must keep them apart, they find in each other a love that cannot be ignored.
Fabulous story, lots of great tension, and engrossing from the first. I got teensy-bit tried of reading about court, preferring my highlander in a highland setting and all, so I can't give it a five, but I give this story a 4!!
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