Review & Giveaway: Black Raven's Lady by Kathleen Harrington
Black
Raven’s Lady
Highland Laird’s Trilogy # 3
Highland Laird’s Trilogy # 3
By:
Kathleen Harrington
Releasing
October 21, 2014
Avon
Romance
Blurb
This
exciting conclusion to the popular Highland Lairds Trilogy features a
runaway lass and the laird who will do anything to protect her.
Feisty
Lady Raine Cameron has been surrounded her whole life by gossip
claiming she is not her father's daughter. Determined to find her
true heritage, the dark-haired beauty boards the Black Raven under
false pretenses in search of the man who she believes is her father,
a man who is also a traitor to Scotland. Only the Black Raven himself
stands in her way…
Laird
Keir MacNeil has a reputation for being a ruthless and powerful ship
captain. On a mission to apprehend Scotland's most wanted traitor, he
never expected to see Raine on his ship. Keir vows to keep Raine out
of harm's way and return her to her family untarnished. But as his
lust for her grows, he must choose between honor and the woman he
never expected to desire.
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PROLOGUE
June
1504
Archnacarry
Manor
Western
Highlands
“Come
away with me tomorrow, Nina,” the dark-haired man implored. “Meet
me here at daybreak, and we’ll flee together. If you love me,
dearest, come with me.”
His
deep brown eyes filled with tenderness, he drew the beautiful lass
close and kissed her tenderly on the forehead, then used the edge of
the yellow-and-black tartan pinned to his shoulder to wipe away her
tears.
“My
father has received an offer of marriage for me from Laird Cameron,”
Nina replied, her voice shaking with fright. “Should I run away
with you, Torcall, my parents might never forgive me. Perhaps, if we
pleaded with them together, they would understand how much in love we
are.”
“I
can’t wait any longer, dearest,” Torcall said. “The king has
pronounced my father a traitor and with him all our clan. I must go
and help defend our home and our lands.”
Nina
clutched his strong hand in both of hers and brought his fingers to
her lips. Her hair, a stunning red-gold, gleamed in the forest’s
dappled sunlight. “Oh, Torcall, I do love you so.”
“Don’t
be afraid, darling lass,” he told her, his voice ringing with the
optimism of youth. “We’ll go to Steòrnabhagh. My father’s
castle on the Isle of Lewis is impregnable. We’ll be married there.
One day I’ll be chief of Clan MacMurchaidh, Nina, and I will give
you all the things I so long to give.”
She
smiled, her blue eyes filling once more with tears. “Your love is
all I need, my dear, and all I want.”
Torcall
hugged her close, then bent his head to place a gentle kiss on her
lips. “You’ll meet me here tomorrow, then?” he asked. “You’ll
run away with me?”
Nina
nodded, a smile curving her lips. “Aye, I’ll flee with you,
Torcall. I’ll meet you here, right by this tall pine tree, when the
sun rises tomorrow.”
In the
faint light of the following morning, the glen where the couple had
stood seemed to wait in hushed anticipation of the coming dawn . . .
Her
heart pounding, Raine awoke with a start and stared at the bed’s
canopy above her head. She’d first had the dream when she was
fourteen years old. The year after her father, Gideon Cameron, had
been murdered. Raine knew it wasn’t an ordinary dream. ’Twas a
vision of her mother and Raine’s natural father.
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Kathleen
Harrington, winner of the Colorado Romance Writers' Award of
Excellence, has touched the hearts of readers across the country with
her sparkling tales of high adventure and unending love. Her
historical romances have been finalists for Romance Writers of
America's RITA® Award, the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice,
Virginia Romance Writers' HOLT Medallion, and the Phoenix Desert Rose
Golden Quill. Her fabulous heroes have garnered the K.I.S.S. (Knight
in Shining Silver) Award. She lives in Southern California.
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Review
I was so happy to be able to review Black Raven's Lady! It's the third book in the Highland Laird’s Trilogy. Like the books before it, you'll find it to be well-written with wonderful characters. More then once I found myself chuckling at something Raine did. She pushed Keir to his limits, something that he really needed. Both of them spend way to much time hiding their secrets, instead of sharing them and letting someone else help with them. You'll enjoy seeing past characters in the series make appearance, and the ending of the story is very good! I will admit that at times the story did drag but the characters help with keeping you going throughout the story. I am sad that this is the last in the series. Happy reading!
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