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One Man's Love
Book One of The Highland Lords
384 pages
A sweeping, mist-shrouded romance where old secrets and divided loyalties ignite a passionate battle of wills.
What it feels like
Reading this Scottish historical romance feels like stepping into a mist-shrouded Highland glen where the air is thick with tension and unspoken history. The narrative unfolds at a steady, deliberate pace, allowing the deep emotional wounds and divided loyalties of the characters to fully breathe. It is an earnest, deeply passionate experience, steeped in the angst of an enemies-to-lovers dynamic complicated by a hidden past. The prose is lush and atmospheric, focusing heavily on the internal emotional landscapes of two people caught on opposite sides of a bitter conflict. Fans of classic, emotionally intense historical romances will be swept away by the yearning, the dramatic stakes, and the deeply satisfying journey from guarded resentment to an all-consuming, hard-won love.
- Mood
- mist-shrouded
- tense
- sweeping
- yearning
- Tone
- earnest
- passionate
- dramatic
- romantic
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- divided loyalties · enduring first love · duty versus desire · hidden identities · enemies to lovers
- The writing
- Emotionally rich and atmospheric, with a focus on internal conflict and lush historical detailing.
- The arc
- Moves from bitter resentment and guarded secrets to a sweeping, hard-won surrender to enduring love.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave intense, angsty Scottish historical romances where deep-seated loyalties clash with undeniable passion.
Content notes
- war themes
- captivity
- period-typical violence
About the book
author, Karen Ranney's first book in the wildly romantic new Scottish series.One Man's Love is a love story much in the tradition of Mary Jo Putney.Karen Ranney is a rising star of romance. She hit the list with the acclaimed After the Kiss.Karen Ranney is one of the most emotionally intense and popular authors on the Avon romance list. Reviewers have compared her to Mary Balogh and Mary Jo Putney.
She Swore to Hate Him...
He was her enemy, a British colonel in war torn Scotland. But as a youth, Alec Landers, Earl of Sherbourne, had spent his summers known only as Ian, running free on the Scottish Highlands—and falling in love with the tempting Leitis MacRae. With her fiery spirit and vibrant beauty, she is still the woman who holds his heart, but revealing his heritage now would condemn them both. Yet as the mysterious Raven, an outlaw who defies the English and protects the people, Alec could be Leitis's noble hero again—even as he risks a traitor's death.
But He Knew Her Heart Was His
Leitis MacRae thought the English could do nothing more to her clan, but that was before Colonel Alec Landers came to reside where the MacRaes once ruled. Now, to save the only family she has left, Leitis agrees to be a prisoner in her uncle's place, willing to face even an English colonel to spare his life. But Alec, with his soldier's strength and strange compassion, is an unwelcome surprise. Soon Leitis cannot help the traitorous feelings she has when he's near... nor the strange sensation that she's known him once before. And as danger and passion lead them to love, will their bond survive Alec's unmasking? Or will Leitis decide to score her beloved enemy?
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