Review: The Highlander Takes a Bride by Lynsay Sands

17 September of 2016 by Jean

Reviewer's Rating: 5

5.0Overall score

Action, adventure, mystery, suspense and levity… a wonderful blend for the senses.

The Highlander Takes a Bride By Lynsay Sands

Genre: Historical Scottish Highlander Romance

Released: July 28, 2015

Publisher: Avon

Series: Scottish Highlander Series, Book 3

Synopsis

A bold, seductive laird meets his passionate match in a scintillating Highland romance from New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands
Sword fighting, swearing, and riding astride come naturally to Saidh Buchanan. Simpering and holding her tongue— definitely not. Raised alongside seven boisterous brothers, Saidh has little interest in saddling herself with a husband . . . until she glimpses the new Laird MacDonnell bathing naked in the loch. Though she’s far from a proper lady, the brawny Highlander makes Saidh feel every inch a woman.
She has an angel’s looks, a warrior’s temper, and seeks out his kisses with wanton eagerness. Little wonder that Greer is intrigued by his comely guest. When reckless desire overtakes them, he’s more than willing to make an honest woman of her. But Saidh is the target of a hidden enemy, and Greer faces the battle of his life to safeguard the woman he wants above all others.

Review

Reviewed by Jean

Action, adventure, mystery, suspense and levity… a wonderful blend for the senses.

Within a couple days, I read two different Highlander romances. I had this one in paperback and my dad was looking for something to read so I gave him the book when I finished it while I went on to my second book in ebook format. I have to tell you both my father and I enjoyed The Highlander Takes a Bride.When my dad finished reading it he agreed that it was definitely a great read. He, however, wanted to know which I thought was better… this one or the one I was reading. I honestly couldn’t say that one was better than the other. Although both were historical Highlander romances they were night and day different in their tone, writing style and voice. I loved both of them for very different reasons.

The Highlander Takes a Bride infuses more levity while presenting a murder mystery that requires solving. The heroine Saidh Buchanan is far from a simpering miss. Rather she is a ball busting, sword fighting kick ass heroine. With seven obnoxious brothers razzing her through life one could hardly blame her for being the product of their loving harassment.

When Saidh hears that her cousin Fenella has just been widowed for the fourth time in a very short period of time, she travels to not only console her cousin but to put to rest her suspicions of foul play. Is her cousin Fenella a dreaded black widow? At the same time, she finds herself embroiled in a romance with the new Laird, Greer. Things get even more interesting when her brothers arrive to force the Laird into a shotgun wedding for having compromised her… From one impossible situation to the next, The Highlander Takes a Bride delivers a thrilling adventure and mystery with plenty of pulse-pounding romance and danger.

I always know that if I’m looking for action, adventure, suspense, and romance with a light touch and evenly blended levity I’ll find it within the pages of a Lynsay Sands novel.

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O Factor: Spicy

Scottish Highlander Series

An English Bride in Scotland, Book 1

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About Lynsay Sands

Lynsay Sands

I was born in 1142 which is why my first love is historicals. I’ll let you guess why I love stories of immortals…er…well, vampires to you people. When I first started writing the family history, everyone was up in arms, afraid I was revealing too much, but I explained they were being published as fiction and I wouldn’t use real names. Of course, that was before I found I just couldn’t write the stories with other names…

Just kidding! I couldn’t resist. Of course, I’m not a vampire. I wouldn’t mind being one. It would be a heck of a diet and I’m always looking for a successful diet, but despite not being a vampire…well…a gal can dream can’t she? And that’s what books are; waking dreams or stories, tales to amuse, entertain and distract us from everyday life.

I love books. Reading books takes me away to other worlds and on grand adventures I just couldn’t have otherwise. Writing them does the same, but also lets me play God for a bit. I know that sounds weird, but when writing my stories, I decide who lives and dies, who succeeds or fails and so on. I can give the good guys the happy endings they deserve and be sure the bad guys lose and get their comeuppance. Unfortunately, that’s something that doesn’t always happen in real life.

Perhaps that’s why writers write. Maybe we writers are all secret control freaks, wanting to control the world. Or maybe we’re just dreamers lucky enough to be able to make a living at dreaming. Either way I love writing and would do it whether I was paid for it or not. But I’m very very grateful to be able to share these stories with you. I hope they help you escape your troubles and trials if only for a little bit, and I hope they make you smile…You can be certain I’m often chuckling myself silly while writing them. Enjoy!
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