Seduced by a Highlander (Children of the Mist, #2)

by Paula Quinn

Isobel Fergusson never expected to find Tristan MacGregor so attractive. The feud between their clans was legendary and she could never forgive them for everything they had stolen from her, not to mention her family. It had killed her mother and her father had retreated into his own private hell, leaving Isobel and her brothers to fend for themselves. So when this rakish Highlander invites her to meet him, she's thrilled to have the chance to tell him and his family to go to the devil for all they've done. But when he kisses her, her traitorous heart makes her behave like a besotted fool and kiss him back! Horrified by her wanton behavior, she resolves to refuse him at every turn and honor her family at all costs. Tristan MacGregor knows full well of the feud between the MacGregors and the Fergussons. His beloved uncle Robert perished because of it and he mourns that loss every day. But he can't deny that, from the moment he saw the bonnie and irresistibly fiery Isobel Fergusson, he had to have her. Risking the fury of his own family and the murderous wrath of the Fergussons, Tristan will stop at nothing to make her his. But can he win over the lovely Isobel?

• ISBN10: 0446574791
• ISBN13: 9780446574792
• Publish Date: 1 September 2010
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Forever
• Format: eBook
• Language: English

Reviews

[Amanda]

You know those books you know you should stop reading, but for whatever reason don't? Yeah. Seduced by a Highlander was one of those books for me. By the time I got into this audiobook, I was committed, especially since I wanted another book to add to my 2015 Goodreads challenges (because apparently I am that reader now), and audiobooks are easy.

I can't say I was particularly seduced, though Tristan did have women fall all over him. His being a rogue was shown. And brought up repeatedly by Isobel. (REPEATEDLY.) I don't have many complaints about Tristan (other than the overly experienced hero bit that's getting boring). But Isobel.

Oh my word, Isobel. All I wanted to do was roll my eyes at her, the way she flip flopped between liking and hating Tristan. I get that their families were enemies, but... seriously. SERIOUSLY, WOMAN. Tristan couldn't do ANYTHING without her second guessing his motives and assuming the worst of him. EVERY. TIME.

I actually quit listening to this for about a week because I couldn't handle all the eye rolling. But eventually the reward of FINISHING A BOOK! and adding it to Goodreads won and I finished. I can't say much about it was terribly surprising. In fact, it was rather predictable, considering. (Though maybe only predictable in the sense that I could clearly see how the novel would need to end before the characters could figure it out for themselves.)

There may have also been a sex scene that literally made me laugh out loud, and I'm quite sure that's probably not the reaction you're supposed to have during a sex scene. It read like some of the weird erotica Kelly and I have read, with his life seed and her womb.

I wasn't so keen on the voices, either. The accents were fun, but the voice the narrator adopted for Isobel often made her sound like a nitwit. Which, maybe, created some of my problems with her. Poor Tristan.