Highland Treasure
Highland Brides
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- ¥880
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A Buchanan brother finds a
love to treasure in this scintillating historical romance from New York
Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands…
After escaping
from the English soldiers who attacked her home and imprisoned her in a dungeon,
Lady Elysande de Valance is grateful for the rugged Scots who are escorting her
to safety in the Highlands. Even with danger dogging their every step, she
hadn’t expected to welcome the strong comforting embrace of their leader, Rory
Buchanan. They say he’s a healer, but she finds the heat of his touch does so
much more…
Let his brothers
get married—Rory is too busy tending to the sick to be bothered with wooing a
bride. But when he is tasked with accompanying a family friend’s “treasure” to
the Highlands, he is surprised to learn the treasure is a beautiful woman on
the run—and even more surprised to discover bruises hidden by her veil. Rory
makes it his mission to tend to her injuries and protect her, but the thought
of losing her makes him realize that perhaps it is his heart that is
most in need of healing…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Sands's regressive ninth Highlands Brides romance (after Hunting for a Highlander) hinges on unconvincing sexual chemistry and graphic depictions of abuse. Lady Elysande de Valance is beaten bloody by Baron de Bucci in the prologue, and the balance of the story deals erratically but explicitly with the physical consequences of this trauma. Painted as stronger than the other women around her (including a village woman who dies "with relief" after a similar beating), Elysande escapes de Bucci a family friend turned traitor to the crown and takes flight with two loyal minions and an escorting squadron of Highlanders, called in as an implausible favor. Among the Scots is Rory Buchanan, a skilled healer and warrior with a propensity for lurking to watch Elysande get naked. The ensuing plot is standard stuff: pull off innumerable hairsbreadth escapes on a cross-country odyssey to warn Edward III of de Bucci's treachery and fall in love along the way. The portrayal of Elysande as exceptional among women continues throughout and will turn off many readers ("Elysande De Valance was one of those rare women a man could like, admire, respect, and still want in his bed"). The resulting romance strikes sour notes with enough frequency to keep the reader wincing right alongside Elysande.
