Autumn Flame (Clan MacLean) [Mass Market Paperback]

Lynne Hayworth (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Ballad (April 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821768832
• ISBN-13: 978-0821768839
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,504,434 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a memorable book., January 11, 2009

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Elena Monteros - See all my reviews

This review is from: Autumn Flame (Clan MacLean) (Mass Market Paperback)

I've read this book about a month ago, and I can't even remember what it was about. I did manage to finish it, but it didn't hold my interest. The story dragged on most of the time. All the changing accents became boring after a while. Diarmid (horrible name) only wanted to use Lucy in order to inherit a plantation he had no right to inherit. Just because he was an overseer didn't mean he could inherit it. And, of course, a jealous ex-mistress. And, of course, Lucy was irresistible and Diarmid wanted nothing else but to bed her. He promised her all sorts of things, but when he should act on it, he didn't. If he really wanted to help the slaves so much he wouldn't hesitate in helping Lucy get her brother back. But no, he delayed with it until she was desperate. And I hate it when the heroes can't control their lust and become aggressive bullies when a woman won't have them. And so on.
Well, I guess I remember quite a few things after all;) This is not such a bad book, but if you have a choice, read something else instead. Or, if you really want to read this one, borrow it from a library.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars When dark passion ignites -- Recommended, May 12, 2001

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C. Penn "WordWeaving" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Autumn Flame (Clan MacLean) (Mass Market Paperback)

In 1763, when it came between prostitution and thievery to survive, Lucy Graves had no doubts about stealing. Her stepfather Jocko had forced to mother to streetwalking, and frequently threatened Lucy with the same. Clap and starvation had killed her mother, but Lucy doesn't intend her fate to be the same. Further, she swore to get brother out of their London, East End world of fleas, consumption, and cutthroats. But a moment of tarot card reading goes wrong, landing Lucy in Newgate Prison and ordered to be executed. Quick thinking results not in execution, however, but indentured servitude in America.

Diarmid Maclean must marry immediately to inherit the Virginia tobacco plantation where he works as an overseer. Diarmid was once a powerful laird in Scotland before he was transported to Virginia as an indentured servant guilty of treason. Selfish, calculating females have exacted quite a price in his life, but Diarmid must have a wife. Seeing Lucy, however, promises wild, exotic pleasures along with her schemes. A wager results in taking three weeks to turn her into a lady fine enough to secure the plantation for Diarmid.

Separated from Mick at customs, Lucy will do anything to find her brother. Soon Diarmid makes her a bet. If the gallows bride can become a great lady then Diarmid promises to find Lucy's brother, make him a freedman, and bring back to the plantation to live until the terms of their agreement have been satisfied. Neither Lucy nor Diarmid expect the dark passion between them to erupt and threaten their simple agreement.

AUTUMN FLAME provides bewitching, passionate entertainment. The undercurrents of danger resulting from manipulations of secondary characters provide a startling view of slavery and treachery. While the use of Tarot is fascinating, it isn't entirely accurate. The Ace of Swords, for example, doesn't indicate division and loss, but victory and freedom. Nevertheless, AUTUMN FLAME makes it a pleasure to watch two strong will characters learn to trust love, and comes recommended.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars finding love in the new world, April 22, 2001

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Tracy Shields (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Autumn Flame (Clan MacLean) (Mass Market Paperback)

I picked up Autumn Flame after reading Ms. Hayworth's first book, Summer's End, a couple of months ago. Autumn Flame is the second book of a trilogy following the three MacLean brothers, wounded and torn apart after the Battle of Culloden. In this book, the middle brother, Diarmid, is the overseer on a thriving plantation in Virginia. He stands to inherit the grand estate if he finds a wife, a situation that leads Diarmid to strike a deal with an indentured servant, Lucy Graves.

There is a lot of sexual tension between the main characters, which definitely works in the book's favor. A power-hungry ex-lover seeks to complicate matters and a slave smuggler adds to the tension, but somehow Lucy and Diarmid overcome everything in the end. Isn't that the way things should be?

Lynne Hayworth is a great new author in the romance genre -- I would recommend her novels to anyone looking for a good story with well-fleshed characters.