Who jilted whom?
Darroch MacKeegan vows revenge when his intended bride, Isabel MacRain, fails to show up for a marriage arranged to settle the long feud between their clans.
Isabel’s father lays waste to MacKeegan lands in retaliation for Darroch jilting his daughter.
Who stands to gain from the mix-up?
Perhaps a blue dog and a wee lass who never speaks can help solve the mystery and reconcile two people who were always meant to be together.
I really liked this story a lot and enjoyed every minute of it.
The plot of evil against Darroch and Isabel was deeply planted and it does take a while for all of the truth to come out but it was really well done.
The main characters were excellent and strong each in their own ways.
Darroch has a daughter and that was unexpected as was the way that Kyla has gone through life. Darroch loves Kyla fiercely but that doesn't mean that her life has been easy. You'll have to read the book to find out the why's of that.
Isabel's cousin Fanny is another good supporting character, an "auld" woman but wow does she add even more depth and help to Isabel.
There is plenty of adventure in the story, with some twists, turns and evil to overcome.
It also has a good Epilogue, which I like to see in a story. There were however a few things that were left unanswered which had me lower the ratings just a bit. I'm not going to mention them here though because then it would be me spilling some of the story.
Also the Historical Footnotes was a nice touch, it had more information similar to a glossary that explained some things in the story.
Like a box bed, which I am including a picture of below to help you visualize some of the settings in the story even better:
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