"Exciting Scottish historical romance"
In 1793, Claudia Valemont knows her life in France is over
as the Revolution has swept away everything she holds dear
including her beloved mother. To avoid the guillotine,
Claudia leaves her beloved homeland for Scotland, home of a
father that she has never met or whom knows she even
exists. So she flees for Linlithgow, current abode of her
sire Gerald Drummon, the Earl of Aberdaire, without the
money to pay for bed and breakfast. Desperate she tries to
steal, but is caught. Though her crime is petty, the sentence is death. However,
the hangman Lord Jack persuades her jailers to indenture
her to him for three months as a more fitting penalty. As
Claudia and Jack argue and fall in love, her goal remains
seeking her sire for salvation and not the wonderful hugs
and kisses of a savage. LORD JACK is an exciting Scottish historical romance that
the sub-genre pure bloods will relish. The more casual
reader will find the accents provide authenticity yet
disrupt the flow of the dialogue. Still, the lead couple
is a delightful duo, whose verbal duels make for fine fun.
Fans of late eighteenth century character-driven romances
with a strong dialect will hopefully try this terrific tale
while those who prefer less genuineness in the ripostes
will instead tar the lead character banter. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted April 16, 2002
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SummarySparks fly when pampered French beauty Claudia Valemont
flees revolutionary France for Scotland in search of the
Scottish father she has never known. Instead she meets Jack
Campbell, a handsome half-English, half-Scottish outcast
with a troubled past of his own.
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