The MacKinnon's Bride
Tanya Anne Crossby
4 stars
The Highlands, 1118
Defying her father once again, Page FitzSimons finds herself outside the walls of her home, not that her father notices. Anything. But someone notices her. A band of Scots, on a mission to rescue a kidnapped boy being held by Page's father.
Iain MacKinnon would do anything to save his son, and he aims to go for the "eye for an eye" approach by kidnapping the kidnapper's daughter. What he doesn't reckon on is that the father doesn't care about his daughter in the least. Quick witted, he finds another tack and is able to free his son, but what to do with the daughter? Kind-hearted, he pretends to have reneged on his deal and keep the lass.
Ms. Crosby has written in the style of the times, so it was a bit like reading Shakespeare-awkward at times. I was determined not to like this book when I started, but I quickly discovered that she'd written multi-layered characters, survivors, and their adventure together was enough to keep my interest throughout, in spite of arguing for Stockholm's Syndrome and the odd phraseology and "fun" words she felt it necessary to include. The story transcends all of this. It is a well-done Scottish historical complete with clan loyalty, men in kilts, a traitor amongst them and the hated English.
Well worth the read.
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