Starfinder
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4.8 • 4 Ratings
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- $6.99
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Publisher Description
This passionate historical romance featuring the second generation of the Sutherland family sweeps from the Scottish Highlands to colonial Maryland, where a struggling young woman makes a desperate bargain with a freedom fighter
Minutes before being hanged for treason against the British crown, Ian Sutherland is suddenly spared . . . only to end up in chains again, this time in the hold of a ship bound for the colonies. In America, he becomes the indentured servant of a prosperous Maryland farm owner. But the noble freedom fighter vows to one day escape his servitude and sail back across the sea to his clan. Then he meets Fancy Marsh.
John Marsh rescued Fancy and her half sister Fortune from a terrible fate. Now Fancy shares a good life with her husband, their two children, and an ever-increasing menagerie of pets. But when John dies, Fancy is left at the mercy of his cruel, covetous brother. In desperation, she turns to her rugged, enigmatic bond servant to help her protect her name and legacy. Although Ian agrees to her risky plan, Fancy knows that his heart longs for Scotland. But their dangerous charade soon flames into irresistible passion and the one thing they never expected: a love that can prevail over their most treacherous enemies and the winds of fortune.
Starfinder is the 2nd book in the Scottish Star Series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
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Potter's newest reads as slowly as a bottle of thick molasses turned on its side--and is also among the most depressing romances this year. After being branded a traitor by the English and indentured to the colonies, Ian Sutherland is bought by the dying John Marsh, who is looking for someone to save his wife, Fancy, his children and his land from the clutches of his dastardly brother Robert. (Potter is to be commended for the somewhat unusual device of a loving first husband who brings a new man to care for his family.) John dies, and though Ian is desperate to return to Scotland, he is drawn into the Marsh clan by their goodness and their love. He and Fancy marry to protect her good name and John's legacy, but their feelings for one another make the marriage real. Although Potter (Starcatcher, Diablo) injects some humor into the story with a menagerie of oddly named animals (Unsatisfactory the cat and Trouble the crow), the bleakness of the narrative and its slow pace render this book a very difficult read.
