Surrender To The Highlander (Harlequin Historical) [Mass Market Paperback]

Terri Brisbin (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin Historical | Publication Date: February 1, 2008

Torn between honour and desire…

Innocent Margriet Gunnarsdottir carried a heavy secret. Facing a perilous journey to the wild and distant north of Scotland, she knew her safety lay in her adopted disguise – a nun’s habit! But her only protector, a proud, rough-hewn Highlander, made her ache to share her crushing burden. Rurik Erengislsson had sworn to see her home unharmed. A woman promised to the service of God should be shielded and honoured – not desired! Yet Rurik was tempted beyond reason to make this beautiful waif his own.

‘Expertly laced with danger and sweetened with sensuality’ – Booklist on TAMING THE HIGHLANDER

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 297 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (February 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373294867
• ISBN-13: 978-0373294862
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #562,269 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surrender to the Highlander, June 2, 2008

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This review is from: Surrender To The Highlander (Harlequin Historical) (Mass Market Paperback)

Rurik Erengislsson's childhood friends, Magnus and Sven, have come to Lairig Dubh where Rurik has been living with his uncle and the Clan MacLerie to tell Rurik that his father wants him to come back home and take his rightful place as heir. As a bastard son, Rurik has always craved the acceptance and love of his father so he returns.

Rurik is sent by his father to fetch Margriet Gunnarsdottir from the convent she has been living in for years and bring her home. Rurik is fascinated by Margriet. Although she dresses as a nun and even claims to be one, Rurik is sure she is not. He intends to find out why she is pretending. Margriet is hiding more than one secret. As she journey's home to her father she regrets her lies to Rurik but Margriet is convinced that she has no other choice.

Rurik and Margriet have much in common and their mutual attraction continues to grow. Is there a future for them together when they return home and truths are revealed and lies exposed?

Surrender to the Highlander is an angst filled romance filled with forbidden love and unfulfilled desires. I liked both Rurik and Margriet. I was almost convinced there was no way for them to be together. The story unfolds dramatically and romantically. Surrender to the Highlander is a good story with a perverse and cruel villain and many amiable characters.

Nannette
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Surrender To The Highlander, June 22, 2010

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The book was not like what i expect it to be i was hoping for more romantic between the character and see their feeling develop over time but it was more like he was the only one doing most of the wooing and the story was mostly focus on getting her home safety and him wanting to reach home and be accepted by his father. I love her other book but this one have disappoint me very much. i was really happy when i found out Terri had wrote a book on Rurik Erengislsson i was expecting more out of the story since he seem to the expert about women.

15 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Total dissapointment, February 29, 2008

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Well, I deserve to be disappointed - I have no idea why I bought a book without any rating on Amazon! So I hurry to stop you doing the same mistake and buy it...
It's one of the few books that succeeded to do more than leave me cold - it really made me hate the characters! If you can believe it, the story is of the love that starts between a pregnant 18 years old fake nun and a hero that suffered for years about being bastard even if he had great friends, all the females he wanted and a home where everybody loved him. This great love starts while the lady is deeply in love with the man to whom she gave her virginity only months ago and who's child she is carring(??!!). Very realistic!!
I never read a romance book where the love scene takes place with the happy bride almost on point of giving birth (and to the bastard of a criminal). Just try another book!