Highland Redemption
By Lori Ann Bailey Book Review by Miranda Fraser (Moses) ISBN:9781979589833 I'd like to start by saying that it was NOT planned, but the new book review is on a novel by the same author who wrote the LAST Romance Novel I reviewed. Despite it not being planned, it will be nice for readers to be able to see them next to the other on the site. And I have to say I am in love with Highland Redemption! Lori has clearly found her niche and her passion. Her first novel, Highland Deception, actually won a few awards for best first book and best historical, etc. You can see more on her website which I will link below as always. So once again, I would like to congratulate Lori Ann Bailey for her hard work and fantastic writing. Highland Redemption does connect to Highland Deception, which is one my favorite things in a book 'series'. The novel is about someone totally different but then a character makes a cameo and you sit there excitedly mind blown about how the two books are related. The main male character of the previous novel is the cousin of the male character in this novel, Brodie Cameron. Brodie lives a dangerous life, though few know of it, and under all that masculine discipline is a broken heart. But perhaps that's not where we should start? Perhaps we should start with his mission to discover if a certain clan was for or against the royalists (those who wish to keep Catholicism as the religion in Scotland). But his mission is quickly thrown off course when he witnesses a kidnapping and quickly rushes to her aid. Only to discover the very woman he rescues is the one he loved all those years ago. With this in mind, I should mention that I am a HUGE sucker for childhood romances. My husband and I were childhood sweethearts and we both knew we were going to end up together. It took longer than we would have thought, but every day I wake up grateful he's mine. Sooo, naturally the whole concept drew me in immediately. It didn't take any time for this book to hook me. Skye, his long lost love, is NOT happy to see him. In fact she swears that she hates him even as he makes her heart skip a beat. She has distrust and anger towards him and he has secrets he can't share. This creates a constant back and forth/cat and mouse environment. But instead of it just becoming cliche and annoying, Bailey had written in so many other plot twists and secrets that needed to be solved. So the layers of problems and secrets build as the story goes on, but as each one is sorted through another one still stands needing something to tie it all together. Honestly, this was such a captivating story. And, perhaps my memory is failing me with the time in-between books, but I did feel like this novel had far more 'adult' parts. This isn't a complaint mind you, simply stating that she really brought that part of the story into play with her heroes. I'm a long time reader of romance novels but even my cheeks blushed at some parts! From plot twists, to romance, to emotional heartaches, she wrote a little bit of everything into this story. I loved every bit of it! I truly hope that Bailey has more planned for us. I will be keeping an eye out for more from her. And should that moment arrive, I will be quick to pre-order it! Read on my fellow book worms, may we one day have Belle's library.
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