Thursday, June 24, 2010

Wings of Morning


MORGAN, KATHLEEN
WINGS OF MORNING

Can a forbidden love survive betrayal and suspicion in the Scottish Highlands?

Orphan heiress and Scotswoman Regan MacLaren is a bride of only one day when her husband is murdered. Left alone to thwart the revenge her family seeks on her husband's assassin, Regan suffers a terrible fall and loses her memory -- and with it her place in the world. Meanwhile, laird and warrior Iain Campbell is waiting for the love he knows God will bring him. But a woman near death and without a memory isn't quite what he expected.

And so begin enormous challenges for Regan and Iain to overcome the unholy ambitions of others while love takes them by surprise. But will betrayal and suspicion force them apart forever? Or can their love help heal their clans and their land?

THIS IS THE SECOND IN THE THESE HIGHLAND HILLS SERIES AND JUST AS SATISFYING A READ AS THE FIRST, CHILD OF THE MIST. KATHLEEN MORGAN DOES AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF FLESHING OUT THE STRUGGLES OF LIFE IN 16TH CENTURY SCOTLAND -- ESPECIALLY FOR A WOMAN.

REGAN HAS BEEN A VICTIM OF MEN SINCE SHE WAS A YOUNG CHILD. AN HEIRESS DENIED HER BIRTHRIGHT BY THE GREED OF HER CLANSMEN, SHE HAS DEVELOPED DEEP ROOTED INSECURITIES. THIS MAKES HER VULNERABLE TO THE PLOTTING OF MEN AND SHE FINDS HERSELF SWEPT UP IN A DECEIT NOT OF HER MAKING.

IAIN CAMPBELL IS FORTHRIGHT AND KIND, EXPANSIVE IN HIS GENEROSITY AND LOVE OF GOD. HE IS BY NO MEANS NAIVE, BUT HE LOOKS FOR THE BEST IN PEOPLE -- PARTICULARLY THE INJURED WOMAN IN HIS CARE.

FORGIVENESS AND TRUST ARE CENTRAL THEMES IN THE STORY AND ISSUES THAT BOTH IAIN AND REGAN WRESTLE WITH THROUGHOUT. THIS INCREASES THE ROMANTIC TENSION, PULLING IT SO TIGHT THAT THE ANGST IN THE PLOT NEARLY SEVERS IT. AS IN THE FIRST BOOK, WINGS OF MORNING IS STEEPED IN POLITICAL INTRIGUE -- INCLUDING AN APPEARANCE BY MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. A GREAT PICK FOR A SUMMER READ.

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