The Scot

Rating:
Summary: Very neatly done!
Review: Lyn Stone shows great promise as a historical writer. She has interesting characters that keep the reader turning the page. Being a Scot, I was naturally attracted to the the title, but since Harlequin has slashed the length of their Historicals, I have not been pleased with the quality of their books. I mainly bought this to have a quickie read before bed time. So I was very surprised but how I enjoyed it.

Lady Susanna Childers is a thorn in her daddy's side. She wants to be an independent woman, gambles and do as she pleases, but she kept landing into trouble. Enough so, Papa want to be rid of her, let another man worry over her troubles.
When James Garrow come to Susanna's father, after hearing a plot to rob him, Papa sees an honest man willing to go out of his way to do what is right. A real Man's Man. Just what he need for his daughter. After figuring out James needs money, he offers him control of Childers land that border's James Clan lands, if he will marry his daughter and take her to Scotland.

Susanne, is not thrilled at first, overhearing her father literally buying a man to marry her, but the alternative is marrying so ugly cousin with a bad reputation. She view James as simple, and thus someone a smart woman like her can manager.

James and Susanne are fun characters that engaged the imagination.

Will be looking for more by Stone after reading this one.

Rating:
Summary: Very neatly done!
Review: Lyn Stone shows great promise as a historical writer. She has interesting characters that keep the reader turning the page. Being a Scot, I was naturally attracted to the the title, but since Harlequin has slashed the length of their Historicals, I have not been pleased with the quality of their books. I mainly bought this to have a quickie read before bed time. So I was very surprised but how I enjoyed it.

Lady Susanna Childers is a thorn in her daddy's side. She wants to be an independent woman, gambles and do as she pleases, but she kept landing into trouble. Enough so, Papa want to be rid of her, let another man worry over her troubles.
When James Garrow come to Susanna's father, after hearing a plot to rob him, Papa sees an honest man willing to go out of his way to do what is right. A real Man's Man. Just what he need for his daughter. After figuring out James needs money, he offers him control of Childers land that border's James Clan lands, if he will marry his daughter and take her to Scotland.

Susanne, is not thrilled at first, overhearing her father literally buying a man to marry her, but the alternative is marrying so ugly cousin with a bad reputation. She view James as simple, and thus someone a smart woman like her can manager.

James and Susanne are fun characters that engaged the imagination.

Will be looking for more by Stone after reading this one.

Rating:
Summary: Typical but different
Review: Set in the 1850's the Heroin has her own feminist theories and these are central to the books short but interesting plot. She really knows what she wants but like all young feminists she runs around spouting ideas with no real sence of how to accomplish her goals. The hero is the pure example of what a victorian scots man is like. His family squadered everything they had and now he is trying to rebuild and save his clan. He marries rich and yet hates using her money. He married because of a plot on her fathers life and so the story goes. I liked it. Enjoy!