Highland Spy
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4.4 • 119 Ratings
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Publisher Description
One mustn't mistake Connor Grant when he says he's looking for a particular kind of woman...
He's not in want of a wife. No, he leads a team of female spies and he's in the market for a lady who can not only quickly master an intricate set of skills, she must also be willing to do whatever it takes to succeed in the name of the Crown.
As soon as he meets her, he knows Ariana Fitzroy is the woman he's been seeking. She has no money, no family, and she's a wicked cheat at cards, which he uses to his advantage, promising to turn her into the authorities if she doesn't join him.
Ariana agrees and soon finds herself training within the walls of a castle in Scotland. Her days are steeped in everything from hand-to-hand combat to the many ways to deceive and seduce. And yet, what they don't prepare her for is Connor.
Now she must join him in the field, on a dangerous mission, one she's certain he's not being honest about. Can they put their attractions aside and focus on the mission? Or will they fall prey to their desires and risk certain ruin?
Customer Reviews
Wonderful Read
This book is about strong women taking control of their lives. Romantic with twists and turns that kept my attention.
Highland Spy
The story drags for the entire first half of the book and by the end you realize there was barely any plot, and even some of that doesn’t make sense.
Angus and his mistress are found poisoned in bed and our protagonists try to pass her off as Isabel by going through the ordeal of dressing her in Isabel’s clothes, which one would argue a fully clothed corpse next to a naked one is far more suspicious, especially if the end result is supposed to be “MacAlister and his wife were killed by their wickedness.” Angus and Kenneth’s argument was incoherent.
When reunited, Kenneth was ready and willing to accept death by Angus’ hand as punishment for failing to prevent the fall of Urquhart, but judges Angus for killing Kenneth’s father who was directly responsible for the fall of Urquhart, stating that, “He killed yer da…And I did everything I could to make it right because the sins of the father are no’ the sins of the son. Ye made the decision on yer own. It was yer sin that led to murder” which is self-contradictory on multiple levels.
This is historical fantasy set in 1605, what with the mysterious droughts and color-changing eye tinctures. A lot of the clothes do not make sense even with that leeway.
Thigh dagger: Ariana has an open seam in her skirt to easily access it, but also wears a sometimes chemise (term not used until the nineteenth century) sometimes sark which is canonically established to fall below the knee, which she would have to hike up first. Bodice daggers: don’t work because daggers don’t bend but your body does and is hardly discreet with the established form hugging bodices. False bottom shoes: allegedly “surprisingly comfortable” despite being made to contain a spare dagger and vial, both of which do not bend, unlike feet. Velvet riding habit: makes no sense and serves no purpose for a covert multiday journey through the wilderness to ultimately masquerade as a servant.
This isn’t even getting into the lengthy list of historical inaccuracies like corsets existing over two hundred years prior to their creation.
Good Love Story
This book was interesting. Love and war always goes together no matter what year it is.