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Summary: An Original Feminist
Review: This was an okay story. The lead female character was something of a feminist, and not your usual dewey eyed 18 year old, rather a 30 year old career type woman ahead of her time. The setting starts off in New York City 1909 and Temperance is fighting the good fight to protect woman from abusive men. Enter her mother and new step -father who wisk her away to Scotland. It's a man's world and what was her mothers funds have now become the property of her new step father and of course, women have no rights. Not that the step-father is a bad man just a very STUBBORN Scot! Now in order for Temperance to gain her freedom and return to New York life she has to find a bride for his nephew James, the Laird of Clan McCairn. James is a hunk - plain and simple but also - a Stubborn Scot. The escapades of finding a bride that would be acceptable to James, and Temperance setting his house to rights is where most of the comic relief comes in. The romance is pretty hard to define as the attraction is there but two very stubborn people take a long time to admit to it. Just when you think you know how this all ends, you do get a curve ball thrown in. I won't spoil the story by telling you what it is though. The book is typical Jude Deveraux, perhaps not as much romance but enough of her tradmark humour to really enjoy. Very good book!
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