Highland Rogue (Harlequin Historical) [Mass Market Paperback]

Deborah Hale (Author)

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Claire is used to dealing with fortune hunters, but her beautiful half sister, Tessa, is not. When Claire hears that Tessa is considering breaking up with her fiance, Spencer, for a handsome American, she knows that she has to protect Tessa from the cad. But Tessa's new romantic interest is Ewan Geddes, a former servant at their Scottish estate who has recently returned from America. Still convinced that Ewan is only interested in Tessa's money, Claire decides to offer him a more tempting target: herself. The only problem is that the more Claire tries to lure Ewan away from Tessa, the less certain she is that she is doing this for her sister rather than for herself. A sensible heroine who considers herself too plain for any man to be interested in anything but her fortune engages in a wonderfully amusing battle of wits and wills with a charming hero determined to prove to her that there is more than one kind of beauty in Hale's sparklingly witty Victorian historical. John Charles
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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (October 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373293240
• ISBN-13: 978-0373293247
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,364,780 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

After a decade spent tracing her ancestors to their roots in Georgian-era Britain, Deborah Hale learned a great deal about the period and uncovered enough fascinating true stories to inspire her fiction plots for years to come. In 1997, Deborah won Romance Writers of Amercia's Golden Heart award and several months later sold her winning manuscript to Harlequin Historical. Since then she has written many historical romance novels with a variety of settings, as well as two other-world fantasies for Luna Books. In the pilot episode of the hit television series "Hustle" one of Deborah's books was used in a key scene! Deborah lives in beautiful Nova Scotia, Canada, a place steeped in history and romance.

Customer Reviews

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3.0 out of 5 stars Sexy Scottish hero and forbidden passion - who could ask for more...?, July 20, 2008

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Bonnie Williams "www.LoveAndRomanceEtc.com" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Highland Rogue (Harlequin Historical) (Mass Market Paperback)

Though the sensuality rating is a bit tepid for my taste, it's still a sweet read.

Back of the book synopsis:

Ewan Geddes, exiled from his home in Scotland to America, reads of Tessa's engagement in the newspaper. Having grown up as a servant to the Talbot family, Ewan recalls the young girl that epitomizes beauty to him. Now that he has made his fortune in the new world, he finds himself in a position to take possession of the things that have eluded him: A beautiful bride and acceptance in the society that fought to hold him down as a youth.

Although reconciled to spinsterhood, Claire finds herself once again stepping in to protect her flighty step-sister from herself. Claire and her stepmother plot to have Claire distract Ewan from his prize and determine if his motives are true, unaware that he has amassed his fortune in America. What Claire doesn't reckon on are her own suppressed feelings for the handsome highlander.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fine Victorian romance, September 29, 2004

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Highland Rogue (Harlequin Historical) (Mass Market Paperback)

In 1875, Lady Lydiard Talbot visits her stepdaughter Claire, who partially owns Brancasters Marine Works. The weeping lady tells Claire that her daughter Tessa is thinking of breaking off her engagement with Spencer Stanton, whose family owns a large shipping company that happens to be a good customer of Brancasters. Apparently fortune hunter Ewan Geddes has gotten Tessa to reconsider her upcoming nuptials. Claire promises to talk with Tessa.

Claire meets Ewan at a reception and recognizes him as the servant who stole her heart ten years ago before vanishing. Seeing him reminds her of her father's admonition that no man would desire a plain girl like her; they would only want her wealth. Ewan realizes that he pursues the wrong Talbot as he never got over Claire. However, she would never believe that he loved her as a lad and loves her even more as an adult, as everyone knows he is just what her father described, a handsome HIGHLAND ROGUE after her fortune not her.

Victorian romance fans will value this fine tale starring two protagonists who have no reasons to trust the other. The story line is often humorous especially when Claire and Ewan battle, which is much of the novel. Ewan and Claire make a fine couple though at times the heroine seems spineless with handling family members in spite of her work as owner manager of a major firm and her firmness with Ewan. Still this is a fine late eighteenth century tale that uses the industrial revolution as a backdrop to the era.

Harriet Klausner