A Laird for All Time
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4.3 • 20 Ratings
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Publisher Description
After ten long years of education and residency, Dr. Emmy MacKenzie feels the time is long overdue for a vacation. A little "me" time. A little alone time. But when traveling the British Isles, a twist of fate at the gates of the ancient castle of Duart hurls Emmy more a hundred years into the past and into the arms of a magnificent highlander who thinks she is his long-lost wife, Heather MacLean!
The ten years since his new bride abandoned him on his wedding day had brought Connor MacLean, earl Strathclyde, nothing but misery and bitterness but that is nothing compared to the anger he feels when she shows up at his front gates on the 10th anniversary of that day. Determined to punish her for the humiliations she dealt him, he is shocked when his wife claims mistaken identity and insists that she is not his wife at all! Endeavoring to cling to his anger, Connor finds he cannot deny the new attraction he feels for his mysterious wife and soon he is wanting nothing more than to take her in his arms and make her his.
With no choice but to play the part of the long lost Heather MacLean, Emmy cannot help but wonder how any woman could ever leave Connor MacLean, a man unlike any she had ever known. A man who thrills and challenges her. A man to love forever. Questions of destiny plague Emmy making her question her very life as she wavers between the desire to return to her own time and the hope for a life with her earl. She begins to question what she really wants out of life. And who can give it to her.
But Emmy's isn't the only secret lurking in Duart Castle. Painful secrets will be revealed. Not only hers but that of another. When the truth of Heather MacLean's disappearance comes to light more than Connor's life might be destroyed. Choices will have to be made. Forgiveness begged. Second chances taken not just for the people of Duart, but for Emmy herself.
But will she risk it all to have her laird for all time?
Customer Reviews
Laird of all time
Loved this book, my grandmother immigrated to Australia born Jean Rankin Ure in Airedire Scotland. As the Rankin clan were the pipers of the MacLeans of Duart, we can use the MacLean tartan if the Rankin which is rare is unavailable. This book was great giving me some insight to our ancestors. Thank you.❤️
Historical Mess
FIRSTLY, my biggest gripe with this book.
The author did research on the setting but not basic things like maternity corsetry. This astounds me.
Katherine Sewing (google it) has an entire article dedicated to pregnancy/maternity corsets, she actually wore one for her entire 4th pregnancy and recorded the results.
Secondly, talking about all the bad things done in the past, not ONCE, was arsenic dyes or lead based cosmetics mentioned. Especially since Emmy is a DOCTOR!
This book seemed to be entirely too focused on a 21st century woman being arrogant about how much better her time was. It made it seem like she was forcibly humbled and then ultimately gave up all her regular creature comforts for a relationship we were only told was working. The author went hard on Telling with little Showing. Opting more for small snatches of conversation that always ended with the two mains getting busy naked.
The character progression and attitude changes made little to no sense to me and seemed to be forced by the author to make the story work.