What I liked: Catriona is a lady in her own right, used to being in command and making decisions. There is some convoluted plot to force Richard and Catriona into marriage, which brings the usual conundrum of the Cynster man being very much in favour of this, and the woman in question being very much against it. The Scottish lord is also the ward of one Catriona Hennessy, a stubborn lass with her own holding in the lowlands, who is known as the Lady of the Vale. The book starts when he is called to Scotland because his real mother’s husband has passed away, revealing that he kept back a bequest she had for her son. Our hero is Richard Cynster, half-brother to Devil, born to another man’s wife somewhere up in Scotland but raised as a full-born Cynster, since his real mother died when he was only a baby, and he was then dumped on the Cynsters’ doorstep. On the other hand it was repetitive and with a plot so sketchy that it was hard to find sometimes.

On the one hand it was an easy read which kept me entertained throughout. Review: I’m very much in two minds about this book. Marriage had not previously been on Richard′s agenda, but perhaps taming the lady was just the challenge he needs – if he can have the rights of the marriage bed without making any revealing promises of love?

Why: I enjoyed the first two in the series.ĭescription: How can an honourable lady like Lady Catriona Hennessy unite with a rake like Richard Cynster? Though charmed by his commanding presence, she cannot give up her independence.

Scandal's Bride by Stephanie Laurens