- Mass Market Paperback: 373 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Romance (Jan 1 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0380780070
- ISBN-13: 978-0380780075
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
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Product Description
-- Romantic Times
"Ms. Overfield's sense of romance is deliciously unerring."
Book Description
A DELICATE FLOWER Lady Caroline Burroughs is desperate. Her unscrupulous guardian is squandering away her inheritance, and now wants to gain complete control over her dwindling wealth by forcing her to wed his aged crony. But Caroline has found a solution to her woes. Though it means surrendering her long-cherished dream of marring for love, she agrees to a preemptive temporary union with a devilishly handsome stranger--a brave and noble Scotsman who believes that love is an illusion.
A THORNY ROMANCE
Major Hugh MacColme has every reason to hate the British--since the Crown stole his ancestral castle and sent his father and brother into exile. And he never imagined he would end up marrying one of the enemy. But a year spent in the intimate company of an exquisite English rose seems a small price to pay for recovering his birthright. For tender-hearted Caroline, however, the difficult part will be coping with her unexpected desire for this proud and distant man--no use for is the warm and healing love he truly needs.
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3.2 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews)
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very absorbing and moving romance, Dec 1 1997
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Rose in Scotland (Mass Market Paperback)
In 1771, over the objections of his father who disowns him, Hugh MacCalome joins the English military in an attempt to save the family estate from the English seizing it as they have done with other Scottish properties. After fighting for the English in the swamps of the Americas for four years, Hugh MacCalome returns to his Loch Haven Highland home. When he arrives, Hugh realizes his sacrifice was for nothing since his family has been deported to hell and his lands forfeited. To regain what is rightfully his, he turns to General (R) George Burroughs, the Duke of Hawkeskill, whose life he saved. A desperate Lady Caroline Burroughs is expected to marry Sir Gervaise Wilmount, a friend of her uncle, who acts more like a Drury Lane actress. If she fails to do what he says, he will see that she is committed. She runs off to her grandfather, George in an effort to avoid this disgusting marriage. George sees an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone by having Hugh wed Caroline, which they do. They settle in Loch Haven but someone wants to kill Caroline and only Hugh, who loves his English wife can save her life.
Joan Overfield, renowned for her sensual Regencies, delivers an action packed Georgian romance that will electrify fans of the sub-genre. The lead protagonists are a remarkably entertaining pair, who generate the full focus of the reader on them. The support cast helps move the story line forward. Ms. Overfield shows that she can scribe a beautiful historical romance outside the regency world.
Harriet Klausner
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL, Jun 13 2000
By CINDY - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Rose in Scotland (Mass Market Paperback)
I really loved this story very much. I thought that this story moved along very well and was totally romantic from the beginning and right to the end. The setting in England and Scotland were beautiful. I feel if you like Scottish Lairds and equally strong English Roses, you will love this story. That is all I can say. It is a must read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
a disappointment...., Dec 26 2007
By retroredux - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Rose in Scotland (Mass Market Paperback)
as a fan on Ms. Overfield's Regencies, I looked forward to reading this Georgian Romance from her.
The book started out promising, but two things caused me to quit this book at about half way through....the heroine and that for at least the first half, the book is set in Societal England, not the Scottish Highlands. In any other book that would not be an issue, but I just felt that the author, or more likely the publisher, was misleading with the title and the back cover blurb. It sets the reader up for one storyline but delivers another completely different.
But my main issue was the heroine-supposedly in mortal danger from her evil Uncle-but she continually does reckless things, then angers when her husband, Hugh, tries to keep her safe:( Also infuriating was her liking when her husband tells her "I'll keep you safe"-but when he does rescue her from a man threatening her, she thinks Hugh a frightening brute! Ugh-save me from vapid, wishy washy heroines. This book is doubly sad because the hero, is actually pretty good, and would have been exceptional paired with a better written heroine.
Not recommended-Ms. Overfield can, and does, do better in other books.
2 stars for a good try with Hugh.
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