jane_and.the_dragon

I just finished another romance book:Highland Captive. I find i have a bit of a weakness for the romance books set in Scotland, and this one is not a difference. It is about a girl and her brother captured for ransom by the brother of a highland lord. For the first week they had no clue, one of the boys they had captured was a girl dressed in boys clothes. When the Master of the estate returned home, he was furious with his brother. First because he did not approve of the action. Second because the boy had been neglected and he had wounds. He immediately got them out of the dungeon, and other than the guards, he treated them as guests while word was sent to their father that they had his children.
The girl tried to escape when it was discovered she was a girl and one of the servants tried to attack her. She nearly made it, but she was caught climbing down the side of the castle. It was then that the lord found out she was a girl, and fell in love with her. He was not the type to rape a woman, but he wanted her badly. He also wanted her big white horse that was captured with her and her brother. The horse was not inclined to let anyone but her ride it, as both her brother and her captor found out. He decided he would make her a deal. If she wanted to keep her horse, she and to come to his bed willingly, or he would not touch her and he would keep the horse. Fact is neither of them nor her brother wanted her to marry the guy she was pledged to, so her captor and her brother plated for a way to keep the wedding from happening. The guy she was pledged to had serious mental problems. I am not going to tell you everything he did, but when he died, EVERYONE was happy to see him be gone.
The poor girl did not have a great time of her life for a couple of years, what with the guy that was supposed to marry her trying to kill her, and beating her. And him coming back to attack her when she was pregnant with the highlander's child( the highlander married her) when he found out she was pregnant, but he planned to do that before he even knew. This book is well written, and entertaining. It is a little over 10 hours long and is not at all boring. I wonder if the same writer will write any more books in this style. They had a strong baby boy, who was not hurt at all, even though the baby's mother had ridden a horse back when she was past due to deliver. Trying to protect the pregnant girl, her horse tore up the face of the guy she was promised to when he attacked her brother-in-law and her.
If you like a mix of action and love, this book is a good one to read OR IN MY CASE listen to it on audio. Lol at the risk of an obvious plug for a company I am not connected to other than I use the service. Audible is where I get most of my audiobooks, and if you like audiobooks you may want to check it out, they have a wide verity of books.