Paula Quinn breaks away
from her Risande Family trilogy with this masterfully written 17th
Century Scottish Historical Romance. It is a time in Scotland where the
name of MacGregor has been declared under proscription; wiped out from
the name of all Scottish clans. The strong and handsome highlander
Callum MacGregor and his darling of a sister Maggie grow up as small
children surrounded in evil as they are imprisoned and shackled deep in
the Campbell's dungeon, after their family was killed, their lands
taken away, and their very name wiped away as a Scottish clan. Callum
never gives up and his hatred grows as he continues to grow up in the
dungeon. One day he finally escapes with Maggie by killing his captors
and becoming known as the evil MacGregor.
With the help of other sympathetic clans he refuses to drop away and
hide as anything but a MacGregor and instead becomes their laird. But
the evil Duke of Argyll has made it his life's work to destroy all
MacGregors, especially Callum and Maggie. As Argyll rides across the
Scottish lands killing any and doing evil to those who harbor or claim
to have helped the MacGregors, his beautiful niece Kate Campbell and
her brother Robert, unbeknownst to them, live on Callum's previous
lands, have been told that the MacGregors are considered evil, but do
not understand the full effects until one day the large handsome Callum
kidnaps her in order to use her as a lure to bring Argyll to him so he
can finally kill him and earn his final vengeance. As Kate lives
amongst Callum, Maggie and the MacGregor people, she not only falls in
love with the highlands and its people, but deeply for Callum. Maggie
and many other MacGregors want peace as well and fear for their
handsome and strong leader and his continued thirst for vengeance. Can
the deep, passionate and sensual love Kate feels for Callum, as well as
the love of his sister Maggie and his people, make him realize the true
meaning of life and happiness and overcome this severe vengeance and
bloodshed?
As Kate becomes possessed by Callum, the reader will become possessed
by the story as well as the main and secondary characters, unable to
put the book down. Laird of the Mist is a beautiful love story that
will touch the deepest parts of your heart. It is masterfully written
and will make you laugh and cry, with an ending that will not
disappoint. If you loved Paula Quinn's other medieval romances, you
will not want to miss this one and if you haven't had the pleasure of
reading one of her books before Laird of the Mist, you will want to
purchase them all to add to your collection. Her masterfully written
medieval historical stories are a reader's joy!
Publisher: Forever
(December 2007)
Reviewed
by Beverly,
Beverly Romance Books
