When protection is needed, but who is the one in need?

Synopsis

A bodyguard and forced proximity await in the emotional final installment of Secrets of Clan Cameron…

The Highlander’s choice:
Protect her or his clan?

Every family has secrets. Kenna Hay’s? The mother who abandoned her is alive! Now Kenna must journey across Scotland to find her. After years of lies, she’s determined to keep Rolf Cameron, who’s tasked with escorting her, at arm’s length…despite their unexpected connection.

Highlander Rolf swore to Kenna’s father he’d keep her safe. Even though his own quest to uncover his family’s past could put both their clans in danger… But what’s more dangerous is the all-consuming attraction between them, which is becoming impossible to ignore!

My review

Rolf Cameron is determined to find out all the secrets that have been being kept from his and his siblings. That brings him setting up a meeting with a person that seemingly is in possession of documents that may reveal it all.However, that meeting ends abruptly, even before it began, as the man he is supposed to meet, gets killed. But not before he asks Rolf to protect his daughter Kenna on her journey across Scotland, with those precious documents.Kenna is devastated learning about the death of her father, and makes it clearly that she not only hates the clan responsible for it, but also the Clan Cameron. Because of territory, Kenna has already lost too much, and can only find comfort in the runes. Runes that suddenly has been sending her more and more signals of danger and signs of obscurity. During their journey, Rolf keeps his real identity hidden from Kenna, but that doesn’t stop the attraction to grow between them. But with so many secrets between them, and secrets seem to be following everywhere they go, how will their journey end?

Having read the previous books of this series, I was eager to read Rolf’s story, the most enigmatic of the siblings. And perhaps also the sibling who is most at loss. It’s clear that not only he is carrying a lot of responsibility around, but he has so many questions about his family, about his own memories and the only way to have some peace, is find those answers, no matter where it takes him.

I couldn’t imagine the perfect love interest for Rold, as he is also rather closed off, and even afraid to let anyone in. Of course he loves his siblings dearly, and there isn’t a thing he wouldn’t do for them. But he is in turmoil, and not just any woman would be able to take his walls down.

Kenna for sure shows her worth in this story. But just like Rolf, she is at loss. She lost her mother at a young age, only to have her relationship with her father strengthened by it. So obviously I could understand her devastation seeing her father dying. And I couldn’t blame her for feeling so fiercely against the culprits, and even adding the Cameron’s in those feelings, even if they weren’t justified.

I have to admit, runes don’t really call to me, and I don’t know if I would let them have the kind of power they have to Kenna. But I can understand how it is a gift for Kenna, and how she uses the runes as a kind of comfort, a solace even. But it’s also clear that in a way, it’s a shield that Kenna uses. She allows the runes to even let her hold back in a way. As the runes aren’t a science, and there is a lot of uncertainty. And that uncertainty frightens her and thus lets that hold her back.

Kenna and Rolf are very different in many ways. But they also realize slowly, by spending so much time together, on their journey, how alike they are, in the things that truly matter. And I mean this in the good things, but also in the things that aren’t totally positive, like their fears, their demons.

But as this is a journey they are going through together, literally and figuratively, they not only learn to open a bit, but the realization that they are in fact kindred spirits, chases a bit the demons away. And with the attraction between them, I was happy to see their relationship evolve, even if there are still secrets being kept between them.

This isn’t just a story about two people from different clans finding each other, but it is also about politics in a way. Because we see how territory, power and that thirst for more, can affect just everything. There are many secrets revealed in this book, and also many revelations, even shocking ones.

There is a lot of going on in this book, as there are several storylines to follow and discover. That made it great story to read. There is the attraction between Kenna and Rolf, the many different dynamics between them. But also the mystery surrounding their homes and families.

In this story we see how fear can hold you back, but as the desire for protection ignites something in the pair of them. But we also see how finding each other can bring peace, even without having all the answers. And that is also the power of love, to let go of the past yet embrace the future that lays ahead of you!