Rose in Scotland

by Joan Overfield

A DELICATE FLOWER Lady Caroline Burroughs is desperate. Her unscrupulous guardian is squandering away her inheritance, and now wants to gain complete control over her dwindling wealth by forcing her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380780070
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Avon
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.9" x 1.0" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL

I really loved this story very much. I thought that this story moved along very well and was totally romantic from the beginning and right to the end. The setting in England and Scotland were beautiful. I feel if you like Scottish Lairds and equally strong English Roses, you will love this story. That is all I can say. It is a must read.

Very absorbing and moving romance

In 1771, over the objections of his father who disowns him, Hugh MacCalome joins the English military in an attempt to save the family estate from the English seizing it as they have done with other Scottish properties. After fighting for the English in the swamps of the Americas for four years, Hugh MacCalome returns to his Loch Haven Highland home. When he arrives, Hugh realizes his sacrifice was for nothing since his family has been deported to hell and his lands forfeited. To regain what is rightfully his, he turns to General (R) George Burroughs, the Duke of Hawkeskill, whose life he saved. A desperate Lady Caroline Burroughs is expected to marry Sir Gervaise Wilmount, a friend of her uncle, who acts more like a Drury Lane actress. If she fails to do what he says, he will see that she is committed. She runs off to her grandfather, George in an effort to avoid this disgusting marriage. George sees an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone by having Hugh wed Caroline, which they do. They settle in Loch Haven but someone wants to kill Caroline and only Hugh, who loves his English wife can save her life. Joan Overfield, renowned for her sensual Regencies, delivers an action packed Georgian romance that will electrify fans of the sub-genre. The lead protagonists are a remarkably entertaining pair, who generate the full focus of the reader on them. The support cast helps move the story line forward. Ms. Overfield shows that she can scribe a beautiful historical romance outside the regency world. Harriet Klausner