Book four in the Highland Pleasures series focuses on the eldest of the Scottish Mackenzie brothers, Hart, the Duke of Kilmorgan. He's a hard, dark man who's done everything he can to protect his three younger brothers from their brutal father and his legacy to see them all happily married to wonderful women. Now, Hart is close to becoming the next prime minister of Great Britain, but his former fiancee, arrives with disturbing news. Someone has been sending her risque pictures of Hart taken by a now dead courtesan when he was a young man. Although he broke her heart many years ago, Lady Eleanor Ramsey still cares for him and knows that these photos could ruin his political career. Still unmarried and needing money, she offers to investigate the source of the photos for a fee. Hart is reluctant, but when he realizes that this will allow him to move Eleanor and her father into his home under the guise of being her employer, he accepts. But Hart has another motive . . . to win back Eleanor and marry her.
I didn't much like Hart at the beginning because he's a bit of a bully and is used to getting his way, but his interactions with his brothers, their wives, and Eleanor shows that he is a three dimensional character. Everything he does is done to prevent him from turning out like his father. Eleanor is a strong and smart heroine, one of the few people who is not afraid of Hart and can diffuse his darkness. They make a great, classic, romance couple. Luckily, the author keeps the series going by moving to a Mackenzie brother-in-law for her next book, which I'll definitely read. 309 pages.
See my reviews for books
two and
three in the series. (I read book one before we started this blog.)
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