1685, Scottish Highlands Cat Campbell knows all about Nathaniel Worthington, fifth Viscount of Lincolnshire. The determined Englishman is never far from Finlarig Castle, where his sisters train women to do more than read and write. And thanks to the fiery kiss they shared nearly a year ago he is never far from her thoughts. No one ever trained her how to forget an irresistible man. Nathaniel … man.
Nathaniel knows he should keep his distance from the fierce Scottish lass, but when an urgent letter from Queen Catherine calls Cat to London, he can’t resist volunteering to escort her. The tension between the two has simmered for months, but the long journey in close quarters creates a raging wildfire that could burn them both.
Secrets of their past and the treachery lurking at court put both their future together and their very lives at risk.
Each book in The Campbells series is STANDALONE:
* The Scottish Rogue
* The Savage Highlander
* The Wicked Viscount
* The Highland Outlaw
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This story really takes us on a journey! I was struck with all the ups and downs as well as the character movement. In this one we are taken back to the royal court. Cat (who I love) is chosen to go and Nathaniel is escorting her. These two are hot when they are together. Either the sexual chemistry or the emotional chemistry is turned up on high.
Cat has been a wild Scottish girl from when we first met her. I couldn’t fathom how she could survive the royal court and come out alive. She is smart as a whip uses her intelligence to ferret out multiple plots occurring. Nathaniel…I dub thee “the guy full of secrets”. He just perplexed me. I mean he tried to warn Cat but I just ignored him about how he would be different at court. BOY was he! Half the time I could see why she is concerned about his feelings or non-feelings regarding them. Eventually…after much turmoil I came to like him. But Cat is the BIG winner as my favorite character! She has many changes but stays true to herself.
Overall this book really kept my ears finely tuned. I couldn’t stray or else I might miss something. I have already got the next in the series and cant wait to listen. Justine Eyre does amazing with all the characters. She has that Scottish brogue down!
A wonderful Medieval romantic romp with plenty of dangers, political intrigue, and a low-born highland woman who can protect herself and others with her skills plus, get the man of her dreams in the process!
This seems to be my week for starting in the middle of a series…no worries, I did fine; now I’ll just have to do some catch-up reading.
I enjoyed The Wicked Viscount, though I’m not really sure how accurate the title is. I mean, I guess he was kind of wicked, but really he was more nice–protective, honorable, brave, loyal–there’s a touch of wicked, but it’s not like he had a reputation or anything…
But I digress. 😉
I loved Cat as a heroine–she’s strong, feisty, and though she tries to fit in at court so as not to embarrass the woman who asked her there (to engage in espionage!) she never pretends to be something she’s not. Nathaniel is torn between his feelings for Cat and what he believes is his duty–I have to admit there was a while there that I wasn’t sure how Ms. McCollum would manage to get them to be able to be together in the end, but she did, and with style. I enjoyed visiting a time period other than the Regency (this also seems to be my week for that, too) even though I didn’t know much about the politics of the time (other than who the ext monarchs would be and roughly how they’d come into power…)
Rating: 4 stars / A-
This was a well-written, entertaining book. Cat knows Nathaniel, whose sisters offer training to women. Cat knows how to fight and can take care of herself, but she can’t resist her attraction to Nathaniel. An urgent letter from Queen Catherine causes Cat to travel to London and Nathaniel volunteers to escort her. I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to others.