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A Kingdom of Dreams

Judith McNaught

First published 1989 · 539 pages

A sweeping, high-stakes battle of wills where fierce pride collides with all-consuming passion in the medieval highlands.

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What it feels like

Reading this is like stepping into a tempest of grand, old-school romance, where every glance is loaded with tension and every argument is a prelude to passion. The mood is fiercely dramatic and emotionally charged, sweeping the reader into a high-stakes battle of wills between two impossibly stubborn souls. The prose is lush and heightened, leaning into the delicious angst of pride clashing with vulnerability. It moves at a brisk, breathless pace, driven by the crackling chemistry of a captive and her formidable captor. This is a book for readers who crave the intense, unapologetic melodrama of classic historical romance, where fierce enmity slowly, inevitably melts into an overwhelming, all-consuming love.

Mood
  • tempestuous
  • swoony
  • emotionally charged
  • grand
Tone
  • dramatic
  • passionate
  • earnest
  • intense
Pace
brisk
Themes
enemies to lovers · clash of pride · captive and captor · fierce loyalty · all-consuming passion
The writing
Lush, dramatic, and emotionally heightened, focusing heavily on internal turmoil and grand romantic gestures.
The arc
From fierce, prideful resistance and bitter enmity to a sweeping, all-consuming surrender to love.
Who it's for
Fans of old-school, high-angst historical romance who love fierce battles of will between a stubborn heroine and a formidable alpha male.
Content notes
  • kidnapping and abduction
  • dubious consent
  • violence
  • confinement

About the book

Abducted from her convent school at 17, headstrong Scottish beauty Jennifer Merrick does not easily surrender to 29 year old Royce Westmoreland, Duke of Claymore. Known as "The Wolf"; his very name strikes terror in the hearts of his enemies. But proud Jennifer will have nothing to do with the fierce English warrior who holds her captive, this handsome rogue who taunts her with his blazing arrogance. Boldly she challenges his will... until the night he takes her in his powerful embrace, awakening in her an irresistible hunger. And suddenly Jennifer finds herself ensnared in a bewildering web... a seductive, dangerous trap of pride, passion, loyalty, and overwhelming love.

Westmoreland Series: A Kingdom of Dreams (Westmoreland, #1) Whitney, My Love (Westmoreland, #2) Until You (Westmoreland, #3) Miracles (Westmoreland, #3.5) The following Contain "Miracles" (Westmoreland, #3.5): Simple Gifts: Just Curious / Miracles / Change of Heart / Double Exposure (Westmoreland, #3.5) A Holiday of Love (Westmoreland, #3.5)

Characters from the Westmoreland Dynasty Saga universe appear across the Sequels novels. If you'd like to read in order: A Kingdom of Dreams (Westmoreland, #1) Once and Always (Sequels, #1) Something Wonderful (Sequels, #2) Almost Heaven (Sequels, #3) Whitney, My Love (Westmoreland, #2) Until You (Westmoreland, #3) Miracles (Westmoreland, #3.5) The following Contain "Miracles" (Westmoreland, #3.5): Simple Gifts: Just Curious / Miracles / Change of Heart / Double Exposure (Westmoreland, #3.5) A Holiday of Love (Westmoreland, #3.5)

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