How to Heal a Highland Heart by Julie Johnstone
How to Heal a Highland Heart by Julie Johnstone Series: Highlander Vows - Entangled Vows Series Book #8
on August 29, 2019
Genres: Fiction / Romance / Historical / Medieval, Fiction / Romance / Historical / Scottish
Pages: 312
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Fate bound them together, but love will set them free.
With no chance of escape…
When Patience Kincaide learns she’s being forced to wed for a third time, she’s desperate to compel her husband-to-be to stay away from her. Both her previous husbands were shockingly cruel, and she holds no hope this time will be different, especially since the man is known as the Savage Slayer. Her plan is simple: pretend she’s crazy. But what happens when the man she thinks she wed turns out to be hiding behind a facade cleverer than her own, one that conceals passion she didn’t believe possible and tenderness she never dreamed existed? What’s a lass to do when the very man she successfully drove away is the only one she’s ever wanted near?
The best laid plans…
A second son relegated to life in the shadows, Highlander Brodee Blackswell left home to serve as the enforcer for the King of Scots, longing to one day govern his own lands and castle. And now that Brodee has become a legendary warrior, the king grants him exactly that. But even rewards have a price. The castle comes with a broken, albeit beautiful, lass he must wed. Yet for a man with no desire to marry, a woman lost in her own world might just be the best possible option. Except Brodee quickly discovers who Patience truly is, and the complicated, caring lass is awakening parts of himself he’d rather leave dead.
May be their undoing…
The potential of a dazzling future dangles just within reach for Brodee and Patience, but dangers they never conceived consume them, threatening their fragile, newfound trust. Their only hope of survival is to shed their meticulously crafted masks and relinquish the pain of the past to embrace the promise of healing, enduring love.
How to Heal a Highland Heart is book eight in the Entangled Hearts series by Julie Johnstone. Even though this is book eight, it can be read as a stand-alone work. Although, I always recommend reading a series in order – it’s just a richer experience. I think Johnstone has written a masterful story. Lady Patience Kincaide is such a precious character. I loved her soft heart and gentle ways. She has already experienced two abusive marriages when she is commanded to marry the Savage Slayer, Brodie Blackswell. She decides to try to repel Brodie by acting insane and speaking to herself. There are some truly funny moments in this book and some tearful ones too. Brodie sees through her charade but puts up his own barriers to guard himself. Can there ever be any kind of good relationship between them? “The kiss started slow and thoughtful, the softness of it surprising. She’d been prepared for pain, punishment, anger, but this…this caress of his lips to hers sent the pit of her stomach into an odd, wild swirl, and she found herself curious and suddenly leaning toward him rather than straining to get away. A slide of his tongue over the crease of her lips made her gasp. It was darkly alluring, that velvet warmth. His lips massaged hers, coaxed and parted them, and her heart jolted when his tongue tangled with hers.” There are several steamy sex scenes in the story. I also enjoyed the surprise villain. I am looking forward to more from Ms. Johnstone.
