Handsome and strong
Broderick Maxwell is held captive in the Tower of London, now Laird to
the Maxwell clan, due to his brother’s death while they both experience
the intense torture endured in order to discover important,
life-threatening information about their King. In the midst of Broc’s
torture an angel appears that relieves him of his pain, saves his life,
and plans his escape. He discovers this beautiful and kind savior to be
none other than Lisbeth Ives, the daughter of England’s Lord High
Executioner, the very man responsible for his torture! She pleads for
Broc to take her along in the escape, as she has proof that she is
keeping to herself about the King being in danger from a powerful Lord
close to the King that will also exonerate her father, who has been
forced to do his cruel work for many years.
Broc is reluctant to take this beauty along for several reasons. The
obvious is that she is the executioner’s daughter whom he blames for
his brother’s death, but also because he is strangely sensually drawn
to the kindness and beauty of Lisbeth. When he agrees, they must escape
the evil forces chasing them both. Lisbeth and Broc’s attraction
strengthens and grows as their escape plan twists and turns physically
and emotionally. Broc is confused about his growing desire and passion
for Lisbeth as the new Laid of the Maxwell clan because he knows he
must not only honor the betrothal to another lady arranged by his
family for his brother and to cling to his clan and brother’s honor,
but he will have to face the clan’s disapproval for making the High
Executioner’s daughter their laird’s wife. During their personal
struggles and the many evil forces chasing them, Lisbeth, who has grown
to deeply love Broc, holds her secrets from him in order to keep him
and his clan safe when he returns to Scotland. The story is enticing
and grips the reader from the first all the way to the end with
secrets, passion and action making this book difficult to put down.
Kimberly Killion is a talented debut author to look forward to for many
more exciting in-depth stories. She has a keen talent for holding the
reader to the story and creating interesting characters of depth,
mystery and action like a writer who has written for years. This is a
debut writer that has already written a keeper with this debut!
Publisher: Zebra
(July 2008)
Reviewed
by Beverly,
Beverly Romance Books
