Feb 28

Feb 28 The Highland Laird

Score: 3.5/5 Bookmarks

Steam Rating: 🍆🍆🍆/5

Thank you to Forever Publishing for gifting me a review copy of The Highland Laird by Amy Jarecki. This is book eight in the Lords of the Highlands series, so if you enjoy this one there are plenty more to keep you occupied!

I’ve been re-watching Outlander lately and I was definitely in the mood for a little more sexy Scottsman so this was the perfect book to pick up. Plus it has a fierce, brave, blind heroine looking to stand on her own two feet and not be coddled and handled with kid gloves.

Emma Grant and her family are at Achnacarry Castle for the wedding of Sir Kennan Cameron and Divana Campbell, but tensions are high in Scottland due to the political climate and the Lairds attending the wedding end up heading off in different directions to gather support and rally troops. As our leading man, Ciar MacDougall heads on his way he gets involved in some trouble and wakes up imprisoned in Fort William. Emma decides she’s going to break him out of prison, but can she do it?

I did have some questions about the authenticity of Emma’s experience with blindness though and thought that aspect of the book could have benefited from input by sensitivity readers.

If you enjoy a good friends-to-lovers trope, and you’re in the mood for some adventure, you’ll definitely want to pick this one up.

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Synopsis:

Fans of Hannah Howell and Diana Gabaldon will love this Scottish romance that combines a high-stakes action and sizzling romance.

Emma Grant has been sheltered and underestimated her entire life. Her blindness may set her apart, but she's just as fierce and loyal as any of her clansmen. So when she catches word that her brother's best friend is in jail, she doesn't hesitate to race to the brawny Highlander's rescue.

Laird Ciar MacDougall is on a vital mission for Scotland when he witnesses a murder—and then is blamed for the death and thrown into a Redcoat prison to rot. He never thought he'd be broken out by a slip of a lass and her faithful hound. But now they're outlaws on the run. And as their enemies circle ever closer, he will have to choose between saving his country or the woman who's captured his heart.