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Highland Earl by Amy Jarecki

On By TracyIn Jacobean/Stuart Era (1603-1714), Scottish/Highlander, Tracy's ReviewsLeave a comment

The Highland Earl (Lords of the Highlands, #6)The Highland Earl by Amy Jarecki

Tracy’s rating: 4 of 5 stars

Series: Lords of the Highlands, #6

Release Date: June 25, 2019

Lady Evelyn Pierrepont is the eldest daughter of the Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull and supporter of the Jacobite cause. She spies on her father and reports her findings to Claude Dubois, a French national who supposedly has contact with Prince James while he is in exile.

John Erskine, the Earl of Mar, Secretary of State for Scotland and member of Queen Anne’s cabinet is still grieving the loss of his beloved wife Margaret. But his father’s crushing debts will push him prematurely out of mourning, he needs a proper wife to mother his young boys and one with a substantial dowry to clear the debt. Though she is 16 years his junior, Mar decides that Lady Evelyn would be the perfect wife for him.

After a bit of a rocky start, they marry and Eve continues her spying, but she begins to question Dubois’ loyalties. When she is set up to be caught, Mar tries to intervene and is labeled a traitor. This sets into motion a wild and unpredictable quest to clear his name and maybe get a second chance at love.

This was a well written book with a lot going on: spying, lies, secrets, betrayal, steamy love scenes, wonderful secondary characters, action, adventure and a surprise cameo from Aiden, Marquis of Tullibardine!! I did like the interaction between Eve and Mar, it was not insta-love and I liked that they took time to get to know each other, I felt the emotions felt; anger, hurt and forgiveness, were very realistic and well done. I also like that Ms. Jarecki uses actual historical figures for her characters and gives the reader in-depth facts about the real person and how she worked the events of their life into her story. Honestly, I did not get the whole “Mr. & Mrs. Smith meets Outlander” feeling – the beginning was sort of like True Lies, but definitely not Mr & Mrs Smith.

This book is the sixth book in the series, but it can definitely be read as a stand-alone title, which I am happy to recommend.

*I am voluntarily leaving a review for an eARC that was provided to me by NetGalley and the Publisher.*

Flippin’ Pages Birthday Giveaway #1

On By BarbaraIn Contests/Giveaways2 Comments

Birthday

We can hardly believe that April will be the second birthday for Flippin’ Pages.  We have absolutely LOVED every minute of sharing our books reviews and thoughts with you.  We’ve also LOVED you sharing your thoughts with us — keep those comments coming.

In order to celebrate this year, we contacted a number of authors for whom we’ve done reviews and asked for contributions for giveaways and boy did they deliver!  Their responses were gracious and overwhelming.  Thank you to all of those lovely authors!

The responses from authors were so great that we’ll have seven (Yes!  SEVEN) drawings — five will be US based only (sorry, postage is expensive) and two will be open internationally (ebooks only).   There will be a US only giveaway each Friday, 2 giveaways open internationally on Mondays and the HUGE Grand Prize on 4/30.

Here is a picture of the items in our first giveaway — Isn’t it great?  Wouldn’t you love to win?  Just click on the Rafflecopter link and follow the instructions from there to enter – and even get some extra chances at winning.  Great deal — right?  US Only.

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Signed Copies of The Leading Lady, The Highland Renegade, Mesmerizing the Marquess, Duke of Seduction, The Duchess Hunt and Of Sand and Stone.  A deck of playing cards, a Highland Wrath tote, a short story by Deb Marlowe, a printed excerpt of Highland Spy, His Scandalous Kiss cover copy, shea butter lip balm, and miscellaneous swag!!

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