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This really wasn't as good as her other books. The main people start having sex like right away almost as soon as they meet and that's not what im looking for in a historical romance I expect a little more lead in other than meet and jump right into it. It was still an ok book just not as good as others.


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The Highlander Takes a Bride Highland Brides Lynsay Sands 9780062273598 Books Reviews

Lynsey Sands always writes with lots of humour, passion, lust, mystery, excitement and with memorable characters. This book was no exception.

One character, Fennela, was such a pitiful soul, and yet she lost four husbands in four years under mysterious circumstances. So was she a murderess or was she just a pitiful soul.....

The heroine has six brothers that are hilarious, underfoot, very, very protective, and very loving toward Saidh.....she's also the youngest of the siblings and as such became quite the tomboy. She can wield a sword and ride like the wind. She is physically strong and curses like a sailor.....not your typical Lady of the time.

Now the Laird of the castle used to be a mercenary and so he comes from a rough background as well.....and when the two meet the sparks and barbs fly....along with a fist or two.

Now there are a few attempts on Saidh's life, which has Greer beside himself..(the hero/Laird)...which is a twist in and of its own. The whole time you have at least 2-4 characters lined up as the bad guy, depending on where you are in the story as to how many. And when you find out, your surprised....but not really!

Hope you enjoy this book as much as I did. Cheers!! 🍺🍺
4 stars

The third installment of Lynsay Sands' Highland Brides series features a character introduced in book 2 "To Marry a Highland Laird." Saidh Buchanan was among the single women invited to "woo" Campbell Sinclair (the hero of book 2), though her heart was never in it. She became fast friends with the woman who did win Cam's heart (Joan), and the book opens with Saidh leaving Joan's home after attending the birth of the couple's son to figure out what has happened to her cousin who just lost her 4th husband in so many years.

Saidh was with her cousin Fenella 4 years ago when her cousin married for the first time; Saidh witnessed the abuse of his new wife, and while traveling the day after the wedding with the new couple, she found her cousin over her husband's body with the knife used to kill him. When Fenella explained that she had no choice, Saidh helped her cover up the crime and claimed bandits attacked them. That was the last time Saidh saw or heard from Fenella; she was shocked to learn that Fenella had not only been married 3 times since, but that all of those husbands died soon after their nuptials. As Saidh is the only person besides Fenella that knew the first husband's death was at her cousin's hands, she worried that she didn't know Fenella as well as she thought and is determined to get to the bottom of this black widow pattern.

Greer MacDonnell has been a sword for hire since he could wield a sword, and now he has found himself the new Laird of Clan MacDonnell when his cousin Allen is found dead in an assumed drowning accident soon after taking a bride. When he assumes his new title, he finds a beautiful, if unconventional, lady that he is immediately drawn to and vows to make her his. Saidh is unlike any woman Greer has ever known --- she is a lady, yet she curses like a warrior and fights like one too. She shuns formalities, and she wears pants under her gowns so that she can ride astride. As the only girl raised with 7 brothers, Saidh has learned to hold her own and then some. Greer cannot help but be equal parts fascinated and attracted to her, and he soon plots to make her his new wife. But little does he know that there is an unknown entity within his own new castle who is plotting against the object of his affection.

What I liked
--- As always, Sands delivers with some yummy steamy goodness!
--- The main characters were likeable; Saidh was a different sort of heroine in a good way that added some humor and light to the story
--- Minimal angst between the main characters --- I am not a fan of the "miscommunication" and other silly reasons to keep couples apart; there was very little of this involved in this story thankfully

What I didn't like as much
--- So first of all, a little Scottish history lesson Greer is what the "G" in my user name stands for; it's my middle name (it was my paternal grandmother's maiden name -- she is a direct descendant of Clan MacGregor; Greer is one of the surnames used when MacGregor was proscribed as it is the feminine form of Gregor) --- it seemed odd to me that the main male character had what is considered to be a girl's name (especially at that time) since he was of no relation to the Scottish origin of the name
--- While I enjoyed the mystery aspect, the final result left me a little disappointed SPOILER!! I like stories where you at least have some chance at successfully guessing who the "bad guy" is; this was not one of those because the motive for the murders was a little off the wall; I get that the person had some serious mental health issues once it all came out, but the motive for continually trying to kill Saidh was pretty lame END SPOILER!!

Overall, another recommended read from one of my favorite HR authors who always delivers a good combo of smut and entertaining story lines ) This book also introduced us to 7 eligible bachelors (the brothers of Saidh), so it gives us all something to look forward to in future installments of this series.

Plot --- 3.5/5 (loved the romance aspect and other parts of the story; mystery part ultimately fell flat)
Main Characters --- 4.5/5
Supporting Cast --- 4/5
Steam Level --- 4/5
Violence --- some but not gory
Language --- not egregious
POV --- 3rd
I enjoyed this book and thought it was a decent mystery/romance. The hero and heroine were likeable and make a good match for each other.
This is a murder mystery in that Saidh, the heroine, has a cousin, Fiona, who murdered her husband on the morning after her wedding because he brutalized her and was going to do it again in the forest in the way to their home.
Said knew her wedding night had been awful, having been in the next room and helped her cover up the murder.
Saidh had seven brothers and was a tomboy, doing everything they did as they grew up. She knew how to protect herself and was intelligent enough to do a cover up that everyone believed.
Unfortunately Fiona's next two husbands died so she was suspect when the fourth drowned.
Said came to be with her cousin after the death. She swears she didn't kill him, she loved him, partly because he left her alone. Didn't want sex.
The new laird of the castle is Greer, who inherits after his cousins death. He's immediately attracted to Saidh. She responds to him in a way she never has with a man. They marry quickly, which brings her brothers there.
Then someone tries to murder Saidh. The rest of the book is spent trying to figure out who the murderer is, with the people you suspect not being it.
Lynsay Sands is a prolific and good writer. She did an excellent job of keeping this reader guessing about the true culprit. She also writes a good sex scene, not salacious, uses good vocabulary for it and writes making it yummy but still in good taste. I also appreciated very much how all the main characters communicated well with each other. I get very sick of the books where the H and h's whole plot rests on one not communicating with the other. I'm SO over that idea.
This really wasn't as good as her other books. The main people start having sex like right away almost as soon as they meet and that's not what im looking for in a historical romance I expect a little more lead in other than meet and jump right into it. It was still an ok book just not as good as others.