SPORTOCHICK’S MUSINGS: I adore the heroine of this story.

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The Highlander’s Return
A Novel
by Lynsay Sands

Pub Date Sep 24 2024
Avon and Harper Voyager | Avon

DESCRIPTION

A bold warrior who never expected to marry meets his match in a fiery young widow in this latest installment of New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands’s Highland Brides series, perfect for fans of Outlander.

Graeme Gunn is a warrior through and through. A second son, he left home years ago to battle his way through Scotland as a mercenary. But with his brother William’s death, Graeme is forced to return to his clan—which now includes William’s grieving widow, Annella Mackay. And Graeme is stunned to find that the beautiful, determined woman at the keep is nothing like the meek lass he remembers from William’s wedding years ago…

Annella Mackay once had hopes for a loving marriage, a dream that shattered when her husband abandoned her. Hiding her pain, she embraced the roles of both laird and lady of the Gunn clan with spirit. But with William’s death, she finally has a chance at a new dream, and she won’t let anything deter her plans. Not even Graeme, no matter how strong her attraction to the strong-willed warrior, or how much she enjoys his kisses…

It’s an explosion of passion and clash of wills from the start, especially when Graeme decides to stay and claim his title. And when the threat of a hidden enemy rears its head, Graeme and Annella realize that in fighting for their home they might also be fighting for their love.

REVIEW

I adore the heroine of this story. Annella doesn’t sit around feeling sorry for herself. She takes the wreck of her life and turns things around for others. She also knows when to bow out, well sort of. She does like to be in charge, and she does that very well. I’d like to believe I would be like her if I had lived in her time.

Graeme seems to blunder a lot in his choices but one has to be fair in understanding that his training to be a duke didn’t exist. For me not knowing what was expected of your position is hard. This would be hard for any person. Author Lynsay Sands character development of Graeme is believable and helps the reader to have compassion for his position when he stumbles through learning curve after learning curve.

All the characters in this book are written with finesse and are fully developed. I really enjoy this author’s books because no matter genre she writes it’s extremely well researched and believable.

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

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