Highland Obligation by Lori Ann Bailey
Highland Obligation by Lori Ann Bailey Series: Highland Pride Series Book #5
on September 23, 2019
Genres: Fiction / Romance / Historical / General, Fiction / Romance / Historical / Scottish
Pages: 282
Goodreads
Isobel MacLean fears she can't protect those she loves. Due to a violent attack in her past, she'll do anything to keep them safe—except marry the infuriating Grant MacDonald, heir to the MacDonald laird. She wants justice for her family, not a damn husband. Unfortunately, we don't always get what we want...
Forced to wed the lass responsible for his friend's death, Grant MacDonald is determined to tame his hellion wife. On a mission to Edinburgh to prevent war, sparks fly as they spar with each other, and Grant is starting to wonder if maybe his wife is a wee bit misunderstood.
He'll need to use every tool in his arsenal to distract his alluring wife from her quest for vengeance...before it's too late for them both.
Each book in the Highland Pride series is STANDALONE:
* Highland Deception
* Highland Redemption
* Highland Temptation
* Highland Salvation
* Highland Obligation
Highland Obligation is book five in Lori Ann Bailey’s Highland Pride series. This is a wonderful series of books but they can be read as stand alone works. I think the heroine in this story is one of my favorite characters. Isobel MacLean is a feisty spitfire but she has a vulnerability and innocence that I haven’t encountered in a Highland lass before. Too many authors of Scottish romance make the mistake of portraying their heroines as headstrong, stubborn, royal B’s. They are not likable nor are they relatable. Bailey gives her heroine strength but also touchable weaknesses – ways that we can relate to Isobel’s trials. The hero Grant MacDonald has his own past and hurts with which to contend. He is portrayed as a peace-seeking man, who isn’t afraid of taking up arms if push comes to shove. When Grant discovers he is to be betrothed to a woman he blames for his best friend’s death, he is dead set against the union. Isobel has held a dangerous position in the ranks of the Royalist Resistance. How can he ever trust a woman like her? “He pulled a white shirt over the broad expanse of his shoulders, the sinew and curves that only hours ago had held her and made her feel safe in the dark the ones her fingertips had memorized.” There are a number of steamy sex scenes in this book. Overall, a magnificent work by Bailey. I was given a copy of this book.
