Laird of Lies
Willa Blair
Medieval Romance
Mariota MacKay believes both her virtue and her life are in jeopardy from one of her clan’s guards. Though she repels his advances, she knows one day he’ll succeed, and because her father cannot accept that his heir is truly at risk, she sees no way to save herself but to run.
Lost in the Highland forest, she crosses paths with a hunting party led by Stellan Sutherland. When the handsome stranger offers her the sanctuary she’s denied at home, his kindness deepens her immediate attraction to him. Too late to keep her newfound feelings from gaining strength, she discovers he’s a man she cannot have—the first-born twin and heir to his own clan. She is torn between choosing the man she falls in love with, and the heritage she has fought for years to earn.
Stellan’s desire for the brave beauty from a neighboring clan clashes with his honor and duty. Mariota is the woman he wants by his side, but she is also the heir who will one day rule MacKay. He cannot ask her to give up her destiny and do what he will not—renounce his birthright as Laird Sutherland. Does the answer lie with his twin? Or will the dangers mounting around them, including the vengeful clansman hunting her, destroy any hope of a future together—or any future at all?
Both heirs to their clans, their love is doomed from the start, or is it?
Uncaged Review: At Clan MacKay, Mariota is the only heir to the Laird, but one of the clan guards is a twisted cruel man named Alber, who is out to hurt her in more ways than one and her father won’t seem to help protect his daughter. After the third time Alber tries to molest her, she finally escapes and runs into the Sutherland clan who are out hunting. Taking her back to their keep to protect her, she finds a much different setting in this clan over her own. She meets the heirs to Sutherland in Stellan and Anders, twin brothers. Stellan stirs her blood, but he is first born, so he is out of her reach.
There are some major twists and turns in this as all will be revealed about Mariota’s clan. There is danger, romance, intrigue and a lot of obstacles to get to their HEA. And let’s not forget about Valkyrie, and I look forward to the next book in the series that will focus on Anders. Even though I haven’t read any other books in this series, I had no problems keeping up with this one.
Reviewed by Cyrene
4.5 Stars
