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After rescuing sixteenth-century Border reiver Will Foster from certain death at her family’s hands, time traveler Maggie Armstrong finally admits her love for the handsome Englishman, though she can’t rid herself of the sinking suspicion that her Scottish kin are not about to let them live in peace. What she doesn’t expect is the danger that lurks on Will’s own side of the Border. When news of their plans to marry reaches the warden, he charges Will with March treason for trysting with a Scot. Will and Maggie attempt to escape by fleeing to the hills, but when Will is declared an outlaw and allowed to be killed on sight, they can no longer evade the authorities. Will is sentenced to hang, while Maggie is to be sent back to her family. Heartbro-ken, she has no choice but to return to Scotland, where her uncle continues to make plans for her to wed Ian Rutherford, the wicked Scotsman who she now realizes murdered her father in cold blood. With Will facing the gallows in England, and herself practically under house arrest in Scotland, she continues to resist her uncle’s plans, but her efforts are thwarted at every turn.Will’s family, however, is not about to stand by and watch their youngest lad executed simply because he’s lost his heart to a Scottish lass. A daring plan is set into motion, but will it be in time to save Will’s life and reunite the lovers? Or will Ian’s lies prompt Maggie’s family to ensure the bond between them is forever destroyed?

My Review

I loved book 1 of this series, and when I started to read this novel I found myself returning to a world that I had sorely missed. The world of the sixteenth century Border reiver is one that I have not come across anywhere other than in this series, and I must say, it is a series I am greatly enjoying!

This time, instead of raids and feuds, the power has been handed over to the law. Maggie might have decided that Will was the man her heart belongs to, but Will is an Englishman and there are consequences on both sides. Maggie’s family is the family feuding against Will’s family, and Will ends up charged with March Treason for stealing Maggie away from her home. The love that is clear between Will and Maggie, even in the face of death, was absolutely glorious to read about.

In book one, we spent most of the time with Maggie’s family, the Armstrongs. This time, we spent a great deal of the story with Will’s family, the Fosters, and I know for certain which family I prefer. The Foster family is a group of people who all, for the most part, get along and joke around with each other. That isn’t to say there is no control, for Will’s mother, Bessie, can rein in every single one of her grown children, as well as her husband, with no more than a hard stare. The Fosters’ are the kind of people who all band together when one of their own is in trouble, and they will stop at nothing to keep each other safe and, if that is not possible, alive.

This book will whisk you away in a whirlwind of romance and danger, keeping you turning the pages long into the night. There is not so much time travel in this book, other than a reference to Maggie’s past every now and again, but it is not necessary in this book, for as I read I couldn’t have asked for more.

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Andrea Matthews

Andrea Matthews is the pseudonym for Inez Foster, a historian and librarian who loves to read and write and search around for her roots, genealogical speaking. She has a BA in History and an MLS in Library Science, and enjoys the research almost as much as she does writing the story. In fact, many of her ideas come to her while doing casual research or digging into her family history. She is the author of the Thunder on the Moor series set on the 16th century Anglo-Scottish Border, and the Cross of Ciaran series, where a fifteen hundred year old Celt finds himself in the twentieth century. Andrea is a member of the Romance Writers of America.