In 1888, widowed Brianna MacAulay is an independent woman struggling to support her two sons. She turns her home into a boarding house, believing this will preserve her from accepting another unhappy marriage proposal. But her late husband's brother, Harrison MacAulay, has lusted after Brianna for years. Now that his brother is dead, he's determined to win and wed her. He journeys from Scotland to America to coerce her to move to his home in Edinburgh. She soon learns her sons are under his guardianship, a stipulation in her husband's will, and she has no choice but to move to Scotland. Sexual sparks fly as their mutual attraction deepens, but just when Brianna is beginning to trust him, Harrison makes a critical mistake. Brianna tries to escape but Harrison holds her captive. He soon learns that love, not dominance, will win her heart. LINK 2 STARS
No. I tried to like this one but the super controlling ways that Harrison tried to deal with Brianna just didn't work for me. Even given the time period it was happening in, no way. He just kept taking choices away from her and some of her freedoms. I didn't find that dominance, charming at all. Let's not even get into the deceptions he kept piling up. Sure, I get he was desperate to win her (to keep her) but come on. And Brianna came up a bit short when it came to some of her ways of thinking if you ask me. No matter how naive she's supposed to be. Really? Someone from another country is going to come into her country (America) and Scotland's laws are going to be followed? And she believed it. She did gain some points with me when she found a few ways to not just tamely go along. But she also did quite a few stupid things that just had me shaking my head more than once.
So overall, I didn't really enjoy this book all that much. It could have been more, better.
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