Sweet Revenge

3.5 Stars - Oldie but Goodie

Okay, I know this book is considered old (published in 2000, twelve years? not old to my thinking) but I really enjoyed this humorous highlander story. Our heroine (Kyla) is abducted by our hero (Galen) as he steals her from the man who killed his wife who happens to also be the man to whom Kyla is betrothed (against her wishes). This is his Sweet Revenge. The premis isn't new but the story is like a situation comedy, the misunderstanding between men who act like real men and the women who have to put up with them. Kyla suffers from a wound she received while trying to safe her brother (happens before the book begins). After Galen abducts her (she shows herself well in that battle), she turns feverish and talks a great deal about her life giving Galen enough information about her to know she will make a good wife. Even the men who escort her to the Laird's home fall in love with her bravery and spirit. To try and stop Galen from marrying Kyla right away, her nurse tells Galen that Kyla is crazy, a condition passed onto the women but not the men. Despite the warning (male heirs won't become crazy and girls are wel...?) Galen has the wedding right away with the entire clan as witnesses. Kyla is so feverish, she doesn't remember saying I do or signing her name to the wedding register. By the time Kyla wakes from her fever, everyone in the clan has heard the rumor that she's crazy. But she has no idea that she's married or to whom, (doesn't even know her husband's first name), or that people think she's crazy even though she is the Lady of the clan. Quite frankly, the behavoir of the people around make her nuts! This is a light hearted romance, a good sorbet after reading so many current novels where the H and h are so often self-tortured by personal baggage.

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