Solid 3.
Mrs. MacBean’s best book. ( )

OH! My goodness! This book has something for everyone – heinous villains, a plethora of braw Highlanders, a Lady in peril, and a bit of paranormal (it is the Highlands after all). There are cameo appearances by Mad Annie Tulloch and John Huxley from the first book and featured appearances by Kate Huxley and Broderick MacPherson from the second book. While the appearances of these characters are wonderful, you do not need to have read those first two books to enjoy this one. If you are ever looking for an author who consistently releases outstanding books – time-after-time – you absolutely cannot go wrong with this author.

Clarissa Meadows endured several dismal seasons with no suitors, then, her friend Kate introduced her to the joys of ballet dancing and she lost a good bit of weight. Suddenly, there were suitors. She enjoyed the attention – until – one of the suitors turned out to be an obsessed stalker. After she spurns his attentions, she begins receiving letters which she tries to ignore. Then, those letters become more ominous – and her beautiful pet, Dash (It All), is heinously killed and left for her to find. She and her grandmother know it is time to go into hiding – and the Scottish Highlands seems the perfect place.

Campbell MacPherson is the eldest of the four MacPherson brothers – Campbell, Broderick (book 2), Alexander, and Rannoch. All of them are huge, braw, honorable, and handsome, but Campbell is the biggest of the lot – more the size of a mountain than a man. He is dark, brooding, grumpy, and filled with secrets. He certainly has no intention of seeking a wife or falling in love, but when a lovely young woman seeks asylum from his brother and sister-in-law, he will do what he can to protect her. He doesn’t mind spending more time at his brother’s house to lend his support, nor does he mind extra patrols, etc. around the property. However, when her tormentor makes it plain that he is there and has her in his sites, his brothers and sister-in-law make a most unreasonable request. They want Campbell to take Clarissa to his home to keep her safe. NO WAY! Of course, he really has no choice unless he wants to see her harmed. Clarissa’s view of Campbell – “… he was pure MacPherson – tough as steel, big as the Highlands, generous as the sky.”

Each of them is attracted to the other, but they also each have very valid reasons for rejecting that attraction. Seeing them come to terms with that attraction, overcoming their rejection of each other, finding love and their HEA was a true delight. “Beauty surrounded her. A Highland sky sheltered her. And her magnificent husband loved her with every scrap of his wonderous heart.” I loved every word on every page and I hope you will as well.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. ( )