Taming the Barbarian
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4.5 • 11 Ratings
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- $2.99
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- $2.99
Publisher Description
The countess of Briarburn craves excitement, adventure, and passion ...
But she never dreamed she'd find it in the arms of a warrior from centuries past.
Content to run Eddings Carriages, Lady Glendowne hardly anticipated that her bid for a neighboring quarry would summon an immovable Highland knight to her doorstep. Sir Killian of Hiltsglen matches her step for willful step, trailing an unruly destrier and an eerie wolf across the countryside.
Surrounded by polite suitors who offer safe comfort, she finds instead that her fiercest ally is an antiquated barbarian brandishing an ancient blade. When strange threats endanger her estate, Fleurette must decide whether this proud Scotsman has arrived to conquer her world or defend it.
Time Travel Romance: Thrust from fourteenth-century Scotland into the bewildering world of 1817 Regency London, a battle-hardened knight must navigate unfamiliar customs and carriage traffic to discover why fate awakened him.Forced Proximity: Residing in a crumbling stone cottage adjacent to Briarburn, Killian clashes daily with the spirited widow who refuses to surrender her land or be intimidated by an archaic warrior.Romantic Suspense: Between midnight prowlers, a devastating stable blaze, and dark secrets surrounding her late husband, Fleurette finds that escalating danger draws her inexorably closer to the one man she cannot control.Also by This Author: Seduced By Your Spell, Bewitching the Highlander and Charming the Devil.
Customer Reviews
Blocky, but with merit and passion
The depictions of the setting in the story are good. The tale still brings some unanswered questions which of course lead to later novels. This story is primarily on the tension between characters rather than action itself.
The writing style of this story is in sections, and at times it is difficult to recognize the point of view which is being described. Time can jolt forward between paragraphs. However there is something in the manner which the story is constructed which makes this structure bearable. Perhaps requiring this writing style to accent the tensions between characters.
For those who would like a story that resonates less with the sheer visceral description and perhaps a touch of murder-mystery, I must say one should find some enjoyment in this tale.