Date published December 2007
ISBN 0446619124
Historical Romance
Mass market paperback
Reviewed by Pam
Kate Campbell is rescued from the midst of a battle she and her men were losing. Death was imminent when her rescuer arrived, as if an angel had been sent from heaven. Kate soon learns he’s not what he seems, but ironically her clan’s enemy a MacGregor. Worst is to come because he’s the one they call The Devil. The man she believes killed her family, and is now her abductor.
Callum MacGregor is the Laird of the persecuted MacGregor’s, and revenge is all he lives for; revenge for the deaths in his family, for the loss of their lands and for those who took away their Clan name. Revenge for the years of torture his sister Maggie and Callum had to endure, at the hands of the Campbell's. He has vowed they will suffer and die for their deeds. He'll do whatever is necessary, even kidnapping an innocent Campbell woman to ferret out his sworn enemy, her uncle the evil Earl of Argyll. Villains, sensational descriptive prose and the medieval world are brought to life, as the characters take you to their time.
This is an interesting story because Kate is no weak woman and Callum is not an ordinary man. It’s not the usual Scottish-hero-kidnaps-heroine and they fall in love story. It has an engaging plot filled with revenge and hate, with a love that knows no barriers.
Great sexual tension and love scenes with some twists and turns make this a one a roller coaster read. The villains are believable and the conflict is strong enough to hold the truth. With a hero to die for and a spunky heroine who knows her way around a sword, it’s a page turner.
The hero is a mentally and physically scarred man, who has lost all hope of being loved. He doesn’t expect to fall in love, so he's caught by surprise, because he lives and dies for revenge, and doesn't expect to live very long. Kate is the ideal heroine, a strong take no prisoner woman, tough when it matters, a woman who lives with scars of her own. The secondary characters are brilliantly portrayed, a part of the story without taking it over, in fact a must read book.
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