The Highlander's Pirate Lass

Pure romantic escapism! Adventure, pirates, curses, and romance - everything flows together to make this an outstanding story that I read through in one sitting. Beck rescues Eliza, her friend Alice, and three orphaned children in their care and finds out they have a common enemy - the same French pirate that threatened Beck's new sister-in-law two years earlier. Between hunting the pirate and reuniting Eliza with her adopted father, Beck also has to contend with the curse that has plagued his family for generations. Eliza isn't ready to trust any man, nor is she ready to give up her life on the high seas with the privateer she sails with, but she can't seem to resist the magnetic pull she shares with Beck. I adored the first book in this series, and this one is every bit as engaging. I loved seeing Adam and Lark again, and seeing the entire clan working towards giving Beck and Eliza their HEA and bringing the dreaded curse one step closer to its end. I had so much fun reading this story, savoring the most romantic parts, and I highly recommend this for anyone who loves adventure on the high seas and legendary romances. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.

Scotland, 1547 This book centers on Beck Macquarie who doesn’t really believe in this ridiculous family curse. The only things he loves is his brothers Adam, Callum, Drostan, Eagan, and sister-in-law Lark, his clan and the boat he name The Calypso. He had been building with his own two hands for the past two years with all the love in his heart! Now he is a pirate hunter with his speed worthy boat. The thing he hates most is pirates, especially the notorious Claude Jandeau who abducts and brutalizes women and children and sells them into slavery! He nearly did that to his sister-in-law Lark two years ago (The Highlander’s Unexpected Proposal) but luckily they got her in time! He has been trying to catch this slippery weasel Jandeau to kill him with no success! On Eilean Mòr Isle in the Sound of Jura, Beck meets the beautiful Erica Wentworth and her small entourage who is near starving! This is her family not by blood, but still a family. This family consisted of the middle aged Alice, thirteen year old Anders, eight year old Pip and Hester who was about three years old. Each of them were rescued by the pirate who is like a father to Erica, Captain John Pritchert, another privateer, for King Henry of England. He had saved Erica at twelve years of age, after the wicked Pirate Jandeau and his crew of fifty evil pirates on his ship, The Borreau, that brutally murdered her parents right in front of Erica! Jandeau was planning on selling Erica into slavery and Captain John luckily saved her. Captain John even killed two of his own crew who tried to later attack her! Even though Erica was in shock, she feels very guilty for not saving her baby brother who was also a prisoner she assumes on Jandeau’s ship! She has no idea if her brother who was three years old is dead, alive or a slave! Because of this Erica has dedicated her life to helping saving other lost children. Beck sees Erica doesn’t trust easily and lies easily, but she is different than any other woman he has ever met. Not that he has met many woman living on Wolf Isle! Erica doesn’t trust men at all after all she has been through in her young life . Yet notices how different Beck is than most men, besides being drop dead gorgeous! She is so worried about Captain John and his crew on his ship, The Devils Blood, as they should of picked her up by now. Besides the fact they were near starving. Beck saves Erica and her entourage and brings them to Wolf Isle, the attraction between Beck and Eliza is quite obvious. As they are like a moth to a flame and the chemistry between them is sizzling hot! Erica decides she wants the honorable Beck Macquarie to teach her about passion and give her lessons in bed. As Eliza doesn’t want to ever get married and be any man’s possession. Beck knows he can’t get her pregnant or he might curse his family forever. They both want Jandeau dead! The one thing Jandeau wants is Erica, the one that slipped through his fingers and soon Eliza is going to have to make a decision between the free and secure life she has lived or sacrificing everything for the people she loves! What shall she choose? As Beck and Erica are like a a moth to a flame, for these star crossed lovers this attraction turns into love. Can Beck convince this Lass who might have some royal British bloodlines to stay with him forever? A Lass who curses like a sailor, who is more comfortable in sailors clothes than in frilly dresses and petticoats. A woman who loves the freedom of the sea and the spray of the ocean breeze as much as Beck, Except Erica tries to steal the one thing he loves as much as his family. Is it the ultimate betrayal? Does Erica ever find out what happened to Captain John the man who is like a second father to her and his missing pirate crew? Does she ever discover the fate of her baby brother and will she ever forgive herself for not saving him? Will Jandeau ever get his hands on the beautiful Erica to torment and pillage? Can Beck convince Erica to stay with him on Wolf Isle and let him love her forever? A total literary masterpiece!

Yowza! What more could you ask for? A handsome, braw highlander who has to help stop a curse, a feisty lass who is bent on revenge and an exciting journey to love! As always, Heather has the gift to draw you in quickly to a wonderful story that does not stop until the end! Beck (oh yes I love that name!) and Eliza are attracted almost upon sight and the back and forth between them is entertaining and sparks a strong bond. She needs to be rescued off the island, and he needs wife and bairns to help break the curse on the island where he and his brothers live. Could they help each other!! Wonderful characters, exciting action and adventure and a sizzling romance that brings true love. Sigh.