Review: My One True Highlander (No Ordinary Hero #2)

My One True Highlander (No Ordinary Hero #2)

by Suzanne Enoch

Blurb:

Rugged highlander Graeme has one thing on his mind—take a stand against the horrible Englishman Lattimer and he will be rewarded with enough money to be set for life. But when his reckless younger brothers take it one step too far and kidnaps a young woman on her way to see Lattimer, Graeme has to intervene. He cannot send the lady back without his kin getting in trouble. And when a damsel this beautiful is dropped into your lap, it’s hard to let her go...

Marjorie should be terrified she’s been captured by highland scoundrels, but it’s hard to live in terror when your captor is a devilishly handsome and sinfully tempting as Graeme is. She cannot stay by his side forever—no matter how her heart may pound at the thought—but Graeme seems to have other plans. This wicked highlander is out to seduce her and doesn’t plan to stop until she’s in his arms...forever...

Themes:  historical, Scotland

Rating: 4.25 stars

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Review:

Another adventure through the Scottish highlands…what could be a better way to spend the day?  I picked up this series on a whim, mostly because I found I enjoyed the previous series by Ms. Enoch and the covers of this series were too sexy to resist.  This story picks up almost immediately where the previous novel left off, with the newest Duke of Lattimer letting his darling sister know that he intends to marry the woman that has stolen his heart.  Marjorie has missed out on almost all of the important milestones in her life and her brother’s and she is determined to be there for his wedding, despite it being held in the wild of the Scottish highlands and her being stuck trying to make herself respectable to her new neighbors in the London social scene.  Despite the half-cocked plan to make the trip to her brother’s estate, surprising him by not sending word ahead, Marjorie is only a short distance away when disaster strikes in form of a man that is truly irresistible despite him being a Highlander and entirely inappropriate.  Graeme is lamenting his limited ability to keep his small corner of the world safe from the bastards putting pressure on him, when his idiot brothers make everything that much worse, presenting their idea of their savior in the person of the kidnapped Marjorie.  Soon the two of them are pulled closer and closer together, winding their way into one another’s life and ultimately their hearts, until there truly is no separating them, but can there be a happy ending for two people so hugely wrong for one another?

My One True Highlander was an intriguing story with so many little twists and turns that if you tried to skip ahead a chapter I could guarantee you would be completely confused.  Marjorie and Graeme are arguing with each other one moment and the next locked in a passionate embrace, showing the truly tempestuous nature of both of these strong-willed and hardheaded individuals.  Graeme was the kind of brother we all hope to have as we grow up, a man that will give his all to make our lives better and to make sure that we find our happiness.  He is also a great leader among men, worrying every day what he can and should do to make the lives he holds in his hands easier and flourishing, not just figuring out what his people can do to make him richer or his life easier as so many leaders of that time did.  Marjorie is a strong willed Scottish lass even if she never realized it until she meets Graeme and his people;  she knows her own mind and will use whatever means she deems necessary to make sure that all is right in the world.  She worries just as much for those she loves, and when Graeme and his people are counted among those numbers, her life become just that much more complicated.  The heat generated between these two is definitely enough to fuel a long winter night in the Scottish Highlands and I have no doubt that for a long time to come Graeme and his Marjorie will be passionate and loving. Also I will say I loved the little side romance we got in this story and was seriously surprised when it came to fruition, but that’s the only hint you get!  I am looking forward to seeing whose story comes next and finding out what kind of trouble Ms. Enoch gets her characters into, but whatever happens I know without a doubt that the men and women of her Highland Clans will be amazing to get to know.

*ebook provided by publisher (via netgalley) for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review.  No compensation was provided.