Title: To Yield To A Highlander
(The Sutherlands of Dornoch Castle Book 3)
Author: Callie Hutton
Published: May 2022
Genre: Historical Romance, Highland

Blurb:

This could be the best mistake of his life…

Laird Duncan Grant doesn’t want his neighboring clans, the MacIntoshes and the MacPhersons, to form an alliance by the planned marriage between their offspring. It would make for a dangerous situation for his clan. Since he is in need of a wife, he decides to seize the bride on her way to the wedding and keep her for himself.

But he takes the wrong lass. 

Lady Elsbeth Johnstone is tired of living in her twin sister’s shadow. She loves her dearly, but it is time for her to have her own life. With no prospects for marriage, she decides a convent in Perth is the place for her.

In the dead of night on her trek to Perth, she is dragged away from her escort by a band of men who think she is someone else. Furious at how life is now out of her control again, she demands Laird Grant bring her to the convent in Perth.

Angry at the mistake he made, he agrees, but he can’t help but wonder if he could tame the spirited lass and convince her to stay.

After all, he is in need of a wife. 

My Review:

Elsbeth’s story has surprisingly enticed me! I love how it works. It’s a thoroughly quick engrossing read. Living in Dornoch Castle with her family by marriage and witnessing how besotted the husbands are with their wives make Elsbeth feel utterly miserable. After having careful thought, she decisively intends to go to convent to serve those who are in need despite her beauty and marriage offer from Haydon’s cousin. If she can’t have love in the marriage, she would rather not marry. On her way to the convent, she is mistakenly snatched from her tent and brought to Duncan’s castle.

Elsbeth’s characters have gradually changed, she is still charming, kind, obedient, and another character evolves as she lived in Dornoch, she is braver and has her own wits. I was wholly enamored by her new characters here. Meanwhile Duncan is so protective and charmed by Elsbeth that he wants to make her his wife despite the mistake but he can’t give what Elsbeth’s want in marriage.

I love how Elsbeth is so determined not to allow everyone to dictate her life again and how Duncan is unwittingly besotted with Elsbeth and wants to make her his, additionally Elsbeth’s father! I was wholly led into the wrong assumption regarding her father. It is splendidly enjoyable read and I always love the unexpected twist from Callie Hutton’s book. Thank you, Callie Hutton, for this ARC which I voluntary reviewed.

Rate: 5 of 5

About the author

My historical romances are full of heat, and quirky characters. I’ve always loved history, which was my college major. Things of the past fascinate me. Not those boring history classes in high school, but the history of people. How they lived their lives, what they ate, what they wore, the challenges they faced, what they worried about.

I have recently delved into Historical Cozy Mysteries. My very first one, For the Love of the Baron, a Historical Suspense novella, spurred me to try a full length, non-romance focused cozy mystery. A study in Murder released this year from Crooked Lane Publishing, and the reviews have been very good. The second book in that series, The Sign of Death, will release in April of 2021.

Although those books are not strictly romance, the main characters, William, Lord Wethington, and Lady Amy Lovell have formed a friendship while solving a murder mystery. Who knows where that will take them?

Take a look around my website and check out some of the books I write, and their lovely covers.

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