Highland Sword (Royal Highlander #3)
by May
McGoldrick
Blurb:
Fleeing to the Highlands
after her father’s murder, fiery Morrigan Drummond has a score to settle with
Sir Rupert Burney, the English spymaster responsible for his death. Trained to
fight alongside the other rebels determined to break Britain’s hold on
Scotland, she swears to avenge her father’s death—until a chance encounter with
a barrister as proud and principled as she is presents her with a hard
choice…and a bittersweet temptation.
A PLEA FOR
PASSION
Aidan Grant has
never encountered another woman like dangerous beauty Morrigan—and he has the
bruises to prove it. Yet she could be the key to defending two innocent men, as
well as striking a death blow to the reprehensible Burney. Convincing Morrigan
to help him will take time, but Aidan is willing to wait if it means victory
over corrupt government forces and freedom for his people…and Morrigan’s hand
in marriage. Can two warriors committed to a cause stand down long enough to
open their hearts to a love fierce enough to last…forever?
Themes: Historical,
Scottish
Rating: 4.25 stars
Heat Rating: 
Review:
Another
series comes to an end, one that captured our heart and riled my feminist
sensibilities and made me proud to be Scottish and hope to be a strong woman
like these. These authors led their lead characters through a perilous time
filed with wars, political change and a time when women were just working hard
to earn their place in society as equals and they do it with a skill that any
would not have managed. I enjoyed the
entire series, but Morrigan’s story of love and discovery is one that I will
not be forgetting any time soon.
Morrigan has lived through the
most unimaginable trauma’s and come out the other side with some issues, but
overall is a woman that knows what she wants and is willing to work hard to get
it. When she tries to kill the man who
once perpetrated the worst crime against her, she is stopped by none other than
solicitor
Adain, who needs this man alive as a witness in one of the most important
criminal trials in Scottish history.
Morrigan is forced to face her attacker again and again as her family
offers him sanctuary until the trail, but the most time she spends with Adain
the stronger the pull between them. Once
the trial ends Adain has to decide if he is willing to risk everything he knows
in order to have a future with Morrigan and if she is strong enough to heal and
become his mate. Morrigan is a woman
that has grown a lot, but she has not healed fully from the attack she lived
through as a girl, despite her inner strength.
I loved seeing her finally open up to the sisters of her heart and
spilling the darkness that had festers and made her weak, which finally allowed
her to heal and find peace. She was
brave and sweet, but at the same time a woman well before her time in the way
that she embraces the manly pursuits that she enjoyed like swordplay and
fighting. She was unwilling to ever
again be a victim and she made sure that she had the strength and skills to
back up that need. Adain was a smart and
sexy nerd, but in the body of a warrior in his own right. Looking at him Morrigan would not have
guessed his spent most of his time in a court, but his brains and cockiness
definitely came from knowing he was one of the smartness men (if not always
people) in the room. I loved seeing these
two circling one another until they finally found their way together and into
happiness and the focus of their relationship was definitely a deep and abiding
connection on an emotional level, tough the physical attraction was certainly
palpable. While this series is over, I
am looking forward to whatever comes next because I continue to enjoy anything
that comes from the McGoldrick name.
More Scottish magick please.
*ebook provided by publisher (via
NetGalley) for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review. No compensation was provided.
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