Forbidden Alliance

3.5 Stars After her family is slain and her home seized, Elspet McReynolds flees into the forests surrounding Tiran Castle, where she resorts to thievery to survive and save her sole remaining kin. There she finds an unexpected protector and ally in Sir Cailin MacHugh, rightful heir to the earldom of Dalkirk. Sir Cailin owes his life to the Brotherhood for saving him from a murderous plot. This is the first book I’ve read by the author & it won’t be the last, I do need to go & read the earlier books in the series as it took me some time to get into this book & there were questions I had that I felt I would have known the answers to if I’d read the earlier books. I found it to be well written with strong characters of depth. The pace varied throughout the book & I must admit I did skip through some of the slower pages. My honest review is for a special copy I voluntarily read

Scotland 1308 Knight Templar, Sir Callen was determined to oust her vile uncle posing as Laird, the Earl of Dallkirk, and take back his home. His uncle had killed his father and mother and tried to have him killed. But fortunately he had survived and joined the Templars who really had saved him. Now he wants what is rightfully his and justice done. Elspet McReynolds had watched her stepmother and father murdered by the hands of their Laird, the Earl of Dalkirk. Burning her house and taking her stepbrother, he almost ravished her but she was lucky to escape. Desperate to get her brother out of his clutches, she ends up robbing a man who helped her of his broadsword and tried to sell it for coin. Wow, this was a great story tht held me from the beginning. Murder, betrayals, angst and a journey to a happy ever had a few twists and turns. I highly recommend this exciting tale and cannot wait for more in this series! I read this through NetGallery and the publisher!!

Take a Scottish knight, a stubborn and willful lass, an evil uncle, heartbreak, battles, twists and turns, betrayals and loyalty and add a whole lot of steamy passion and you've got a story that grabs your attention from start to finish! I must say I thoroughly enjoyed Cailin and Elspet's story! So much action throughout and a few surprises thrown in for good measure. I thought it was well written and I now look forward to reading more books by this author. I was given an ARC of this book via NetGallely and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.