Thursday, October 10, 2024

Loving Her Lonely Highlander by Maeve Grayson

Gunn Sinclair, Earl of Caithness and chieftain of Clan Sinclair, needs to marry and produce an heir. He's been widowed twice and believes himself cursed, so he needs a wife he can never love. He forges a marriage contract through his solicitor, but when she arrives she's absolutely horrible to her own children who are afraid of her. How can he trust her with his own child? He finds himself drawn to the children's nursemaid, an odd woman name Lorna with strange mannerisms and forceful opinions. 
Lorna expected a romantic evening with her fiance watching the northern lights over the cliffs, but after an unexpected announcement by Patrick, she's shocked enough to fall over the cliff, waking up in 17th century Scotland. Thinking at first that she's in a crazy realistic reenactment, she goes along with it. But when they arrive at Thurso, it's no longer the town she expected but a castle that shouldn't exist anymore. Now she has to survive long enough to make it back to her own time. While caring for the children, she becomes close with the chieftain's daughter and the man himself. Can she convince him to risk his heart again?
I was laughing at Lorna's mostly failed attempts to adjust her language and attitude in order to fit in. I love the scenes in the library when she cares for Gunn when he's so sick and his resulting care and love for her. He was so set on never loving again, so this scene was really sweet to me. And the tension at the end where he saves her back had me holding my breath, scared for him losing someone again. Overall I really enjoyed this book along with the rest in the series that I've read.

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