Open Road Media
eBook; 344p
ASIN: B00BPJOBT6
Set in treacherous sixteenth-century Scotland, the first volume of Amanda Scott’s Border Trilogy tells the unforgettable story of a woman sworn to defy the knight she is forced to wed—only to discover a love she’ll do anything to claim
As Mary, Queen of Scots, languishes in the Tower of London as a prisoner of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, war tears Scotland apart. To save her beloved homeland, a proud Highland beauty named Mary Kate MacPherson must wage her own battle when she’s forced into wedlock with a knight, Sir Adam Douglas, from the barbaric borderland of Tornary.
Even as she succumbs to her seductive husband’s sensual demands, Mary Kate vows never to give him her heart. She will belong to no man. But Adam burns with something deeper than desire. Sworn to carry out a long-awaited revenge, he won’t rest until he has vanquished his enemies. Accused of treason, the last thing he expects is to lose his heart to the woman he’s determined to tame but never to love: his own wife.
Here is a book that I really wanted to love. When you read the cover it seems to have so much going for it. Mary, Queen of Scots, Queen Elizabeth, accusations of treason, a dashing knight and a women forced into a marriage she doesn't want. All the makings of a great story, but I have to say though that this story just fell flat for me.
How to say this without giving away the whole story is hard. There were some things about this book that I found annoying. The conflict between the queens is a very small part of this book, mentioned only a couple times. Adam's relationship with his cousin was strange, especially for someone his age, I felt like I was reading about a couple teenagers, not mature adults. I know women were abused by husbands in the 1500's, it was just part of life, but really a spanking? That for some reason just seemed out of place.
I received my ebook copy from the publisher and can only hope that the grammar and punctuation is fixed up. Many times I had to reread sentences and at times the dialogue was messed up because either quotation marks were missing or there were too many of them. I found that rather distracting.
I did end up giving this book 3 stars because the author was able to grab my attention, I was genuinely interested to see what happened to this couple, the ending I thought was rather comical. If historical romance is your thing, then you will most likely enjoy this book, for myself I like a little (ok a lot) more of the historical part.
For more information on Amanda Scott’s novels, please visit the official website.
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