When a son with your enemy makes you re-think of everything…

Synopsis

His first love

Now his sworn enemy…

What is Fiona MacDonald doing on the run across his lands? With a wee baby as well! Brandon once loved this woman with all his heart―until her family killed many of his clan. Now, as the new Campbell Laird, he must make sure she pays the price for her betrayal. But how can he claim his vengeance if what she says is true…? That her child is his son and heir!

My review

Brandon Campbell is the new Laird of his clan. Normally that title is preserved to the oldest brother, but when the MacDonald clan attacked them and killed many people and family from Brandon’s clan, It literally made his brother crazy over grief.
Not only did Brandon lose people from his clan, but he has been also betrayed by the woman he loved. Because Fiona MacDonald was the reason that her father knew about the secret tunnels that were a way to make all those victims.
Now he finds Fiona on the run across his lands, and with a baby she claims that is his. How can Brandon find a way to make Fiona pay for her betrayal without taking her from his son?

I always enjoy reading a story that is taking place in the past. It doesn’t matter if it is a century ago, or even more, I am always intrigued to read how life was back then and how, even if it’s fiction, people fall in love and fight against everything for their own happiness.
So having read several of such stories, I was curious to see how this author would manage to write her own story, without falling in repeat compared to other stories.
And did I get what I wanted? ABSOLUTELY!!!

From the very start, I felt sorry for Brandon. He is the new Laird, even if he never had such aspirations. But once the reason was made known, my heart ached for his loss. The attack by the MacDonald Clan was brutal, making victims everywhere, not making a distinction between women and children.
And reading that his brother lost his own wife and child, made things even worse.
But the real heart – break was the moment that he realized that the woman he loved, was the reason that the attack had been so easy.
So yes, I understood that Brendon wants to make Fiona pay for all the pain she caused.
But the dilemma of making her pay or let the mother of your child live, I wouldn’t want to be in his shoes!

Even if I also had my prejudice towards Fiona initially, I had to quickly readjust my view of her. As usual, there is more than meets the eye, and in Fiona’s case it is not that she easily betrayed Brendon and his love.
Fiona has learned the hard way that nobody can be trusted, even the people close to her. And now she is literally on the run from her family…

Both characters are showing true emotions, with doubt with every kind of decision they make. It’s not only if they can trust each other again, but also about doing the right thing for everyone. Brendon’s clan wants payback, but Brendon’s heart still belongs to Fiona, no matter what happened in the past. And Fiona feels abandoned by Brendon and she surely does not want to see him getting married to another woman. So should she stay or should she go, taking a baby away from his father?
The both of them are afraid to give in to their reignited feelings, but isn’t the thing that would hurt us the most in a worst case scenario be the most worth?

I enjoyed reading this story, because it was about characters having endured terrible things, yet being somehow able to show forgiveness. They both have the greater picture in mind, caring for adorable little William, even if it is something that will cause a lot of havoc for other people.

I found it an entertaining story, with sweet moments, also heart – breaking ones, some actual action and that even the greatest grief can be overcome. And that the instant love for a small child can be the re-start of an old love, if we only dare to stand up and do what our heart inspires us to do.