In the heart of the highlander

No cover — Maggie Robinson: In the heart of the highlander (2013, Berkley Sensation, Penguin Group)

295 pages

English language

Published March 28, 2013 by Berkley Sensation, Penguin Group.

ISBN:: 978-0-425-26580-2
OCLC Number:: 823011225

(1 review)

Ever since Mary Evensong's elderly aunt Mim got sick, Mary has masqueraded as the owner of the Evensong Agency, finding housemaids and husbands, and solving pesky problems, for the peerage. Someday she'd like to shake off her silvery wig and spectacles and be the young woman she truly is, but desperate clients are waiting for "Mrs. Evensong" at the office. Like a scandalous Scottish baron. Honor forbids Lord Alec Raeburn from explaining the suspicious circumstances surrounding his wife's death, but he knows who is responsible. He just needs to hire an actress to lure the scoundrel into a trap. After listening to Raeburn's story and seeing him in his kilt, Mary knows the perfect person for the role. Letting her red hair down, she heads off to the Scottish Highlands to pose as a seductress, but soon finds herself with more than her virtue at stake in a tug-of-war between …

Ever since Mary Evensong's elderly aunt Mim got sick, Mary has masqueraded as the owner of the Evensong Agency, finding housemaids and husbands, and solving pesky problems, for the peerage. Someday she'd like to shake off her silvery wig and spectacles and be the young woman she truly is, but desperate clients are waiting for "Mrs. Evensong" at the office. Like a scandalous Scottish baron. Honor forbids Lord Alec Raeburn from explaining the suspicious circumstances surrounding his wife's death, but he knows who is responsible. He just needs to hire an actress to lure the scoundrel into a trap. After listening to Raeburn's story and seeing him in his kilt, Mary knows the perfect person for the role. Letting her red hair down, she heads off to the Scottish Highlands to pose as a seductress, but soon finds herself with more than her virtue at stake in a tug-of-war between two powerful men. She could wind up in danger or in the heart of the highlander.

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4 stars

IN THE HEART OF THE HIGHLANDER is the second book in Robinson's Ladies Unlaced series, and it's just as much fun as the first. In this book, we meet up again with Mrs. Evensong, proprietress of the Evensong Agency, the establishment that provided IN THE ARMS OF THE HEIRESS' Louisa with her pretend husband. Here, Mrs. Evensong agrees to provide an actress to accompany Alec Raeburn to a Scottish spa and retreat in the hopes of drawing out the man Alec believes killed his wife. Rather than sending an actress as requested, Mrs. Evensong, who was in need of a bit of adventure, decides to go herself.

The plot of this book is a little far-fetched, but I've come to enjoy Maggie Robinson's work and I really enjoyed this. Alec and Mary are well matched, and I enjoyed the interplay between these two who start off by irritating each other. …

IN THE HEART OF THE HIGHLANDER is the second book in Robinson's Ladies Unlaced series, and it's just as much fun as the first. In this book, we meet up again with Mrs. Evensong, proprietress of the Evensong Agency, the establishment that provided IN THE ARMS OF THE HEIRESS' Louisa with her pretend husband. Here, Mrs. Evensong agrees to provide an actress to accompany Alec Raeburn to a Scottish spa and retreat in the hopes of drawing out the man Alec believes killed his wife. Rather than sending an actress as requested, Mrs. Evensong, who was in need of a bit of adventure, decides to go herself.

The plot of this book is a little far-fetched, but I've come to enjoy Maggie Robinson's work and I really enjoyed this. Alec and Mary are well matched, and I enjoyed the interplay between these two who start off by irritating each other. Readers who are tired of Regency-era romances, but still want
books set in England, will likely appreciate this series as it is set at the turn of the century, so we are treated to cars and early versions of vacation resorts and spas. My only complaint is that the villain was slightly crazy in that he didn't have a good reason for acting the way he did. However, the rest of the book was too delightful for me to let the crazy villain ruin the rest of the story. I continue to enjoy Maggie Robinson's work and wait excitedly for the next entry in this series.

Subjects

Undercover operations
Man-woman relationships
Deception
Fiction