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The MacKinnon’s Bride (1) (Highland Brides) by Tanya Anne Crosby
From a New York Times Bestselling Author, The MacKinnon’s Bride brings us love, honor, suspense, passion–all the good things we love in a Highlander Romance.
When laird Iain MacKinnon’s young son is captured by the English, the fierce Scottish chieftain retaliates in kind, capturing the daughter of his enemy to bargain for his son’s return. Fiercely loyal to kin, Iain never imagines any father could deny his child–or that he would become Page FitzSimon’s savior. “Keep her, or kill her!” FitzSimon proclaims when Iain forces his hand. So, what else should a good lad do, but carry the lass home–without telling her the truth: Her father doesn’t want her. But even as Page blames her reluctant champion for welching on a bargain with her father, she suspects the truth… the shadows hold secrets… and danger. Now only love can save MacKinnon’s fiery new bride.
This story of Page and Iain is a love story of the type that hooks you in from the first paragraph and keeps you interested in the pair until the last paragraph. It has a satisfying ending, but I wished for a little more so I could stay in their world just a little longer just to see them as a fully committed family and bask in the happiness that their love could bring to the MacKinnon clan.
The Scottish world of old created by the author, feels real and thoroughly believable, complete with dialect. The written Scottish dialect was a delicious flavor added to a well told story of a daughter’s struggle with an unhappy childhood, caused by an unloving father. Page’s resulting lack of self esteem is a central theme and her finding her own value as a woman, makes a very satisfying story.
Iain is a man possessed by guilt over the death of his first wife. He believes himself to be responsible and, except for his loving relationship with his young son, holds himself apart from the life he should be living and enjoying.
Both main characters have pasts they must overcome in order for the spark of attraction they both feel, to fan into the fire of passion and then into love. Their world and all the characters are well fleshed out, especially Malcolm, Iain’s young son from his first marriage. Page’s mistaken conclusions about the boy’s early life with his father, causes her heart to be captured by the boy, the moment they first meet. She feels a special affinity for him.