How to Abduct a Highland Lord by Karen Hawkins

There is a bit of a suspense/whodunit near the end but the focus is mainly on Jack and Fiona’s relationship. Jack’s transformation is worked nicely without having an epiphanic moment – he grows to love her slowly, as she does he, and changes for the better. Fiona wants Jack to change his lifestyle and demands that if he can go out for a night of debauchery than so can she! It is amusing to watch as Fiona attends gaming hells and learns cards while trying her first champagne, much to Jack’s chagrin.įiona is a perfect match for Jack and they share tons of chemistry. He can still attend gaming hells and keep ungodly hours, drink to excess and flirt with women. Jack and Fiona might strike some sparks where passion is concerned, but they are at odds with each other regarding how their new life will continue. When the elopement didn’t come to fruition, Jack and Fiona were left with bad memories of each other. He was prepared to elope with Fiona fifteen years earlier after a magical few weeks together. At one time, before he left Scotland, he wanted something different. He is perfectly happy with the constant rounds of alcohol, cards, and women and isn’t looking to change his life.

Jack has been living the debauched life of a young lord in London for the past fifteen years. Thinking the only way to make peace between the families is to join them, Fiona sets out to kidnap and marry Jack and make sure that the union cannot be annulled. Fiona’s fear for her remaining brothers has given her cause to take matters into her own hands. He is soon trussed up and on his way to Gretna Green where he will, willingly or not, marry one Fiona MacLean and be entertainingly reformed.Īfter the death of Fiona’s youngest brother, supposedly at the hands of a Kincaid, the fierce feud between the two clans is heating up once again. This is how we find Jack Kincaid, lying in the mud after being flung from his horse during a storm. I’m sick of rakes! I say this to myself every time I read the opening scene of a Regency era romance where our hero is fleeing the jealous husband of his current mistress.

How to Abduct a Highland Lord by Karen Hawkins