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Chieftain

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This is a beautiful romance set in the early 1300's. Drummond, a great chieftain, was captured by Edward (I) of England and imprisoned with animals for seven years. He felt betrayed and thought his wife unfaithful. When he is released and returns to his home, he finds his wife is different than he remembered. The story captures beautifully their attempts to learn to know each other and finally to love each other.

While child characters in romances are often thrown in as an apparent afterthought to say something cute every now and then, Alisdair is a wonderfully developed child character.

The story was so well developed and the characters were unforgettable. Johanna was a strong and intelligent herorine and it was very interesting how the author contrasted her character with her sister Clare's character. I ended up admiring Johanna but I understood how Clare could have made the choices she did. And Drummond was a great hero. Wow what a Man!! He was sensual, sexy,intelligent. I love the authors style of writing ,the story had everything that make a book good- intrigue, sweeping historical events, sexual tension, great characters that you really liked. The child character Alasdair was very well developed and added and extra dimension to the book. I also loved the cover.This is the first time I have read this author and now I am a fan, I want to read all her books!

This was a superb love story. Johanna was a marvel. I loved her spunk and her love of life. Drummond proved to be a good man. I wanted to have doubts about him but I guess 7 years in prison changes a person. They proved to be wonderful together and made a good family life for Alasdair. I can't wait to read Maiden about Johanna's sister, Meridene.

This was a good story. I enjoyed the interaction of the main characters. The dialogue between Johanna and Drummond was more brisque than in many Scottish Highlander Romances which I prefer. I felt that the ending came too suddenly with many loose ends not tied up. It was a bit disappointing.

It was a wonderful book that had a lot of passion and reality in it (which is hard to find in a romance sometimes). There were things that I could have lived with out, that didn't seem to be needed in the book in the long run, and there were some loose ties that left a bad taste in my mouth. But that was a minute part of the book compaired to all the good stuff in it. Give it a try, you might be pleasently suprised, I was.

This is one of the best historical romances I have ever read. You must read this if you like romance. The characters were very devolped, and you felt as if you where one of the characthers. You should all read this book.

This is an author who sets up a great storyline and fails miserably because the writing is so tedious and repetitive. The denouement finally comes in the last pages and she rushes it in a few paragraphs. It is a labor to read because of the dull writing and lack of imagination. Many issues are totally unbelievable. For example we are expected to believe that a woman running a castle in her 20s does not understand the loss of virginity! Lamb adds an elephabt to the story who adds nothing to the storyline. She creates characters that are mentioned a lot and then have no real role in the storyline. Time is precious. Spend yours reading something else.