His Wicked Ways

During an attack on his family that leaves him wounded and his father and brothers dead, Cameron MacKay, hears the Munro battle cry and sees a redheaded man from behind leading the attack. Months later, Cameron sneaks into a nunnery and kidnaps the leader of Clan Munro, Red Angus' only child his beloved daughter Meredith. Meredith will be taking her vows in just a few weeks, she came to the nunnery two years ago after a rape by an unknown assailant in her home. She never told anyone about the attack and her fear of men and not knowing who it was that attacked her led her to seek escape there. Now she is kidnapped by three very virile men who also happen to be her clan's enemies who have made it appear that she has died to make her father suffer. Cameron is stunned by his attraction to his enemy's daughter and devises a scheme to ease his longing and give him the revenge he so desperately wants, force Meredith to give him a son. Meredith can't believe she is attracted to Cameron, however she still cannot fathom letting a man touch her sexually. As she starts seeing the gentle side of Cameron she starts falling in love with him and hopes for a peaceful conclusion to her situation. She knows that her father could never have done the things they claim he did. When the truth finally comes out about what happened to her, Cameron vows to keep her safe and make her understand he will never hurt her. Meredith is shunned by the inhabitants of the keep because of her clan, until they start seeing the gentle spirit inside. Soon Cameron and Meredith are married and she pregnant, but they still do not trust one another enough to declare love. The pair will never be happy as long as the feud stands between them but can Cameron let go of the hatred of the murderers of his family. This was a sensual, wonderful Scottish Romance. It had everything that makes a story great, romance, suspence, action and good characters.

This was a very good book. The story line was about a girl who retreats to the convent to avoid her rapist and it was handled very well.Meredith and Camerons' love for each other builds slowly and deepens until you can almost feel it. This book was a pleasure to read and I couldn't put it down until it was finished. Ms. James is definately an excellant author.

His Wicked Ways was the first romance novel I ever read. I had sworn I never would read one. But boredom forced me to and I was completely overjoyed a how wonderful and not-trashy it was. I would recommend this book to any one who loves stories of love that nothing can kill. The characters were enemies of the worst kind but nonetheless were meant to be. They overcame years of fueding and hatered to find the love of a lifetime. Don't pass this book up!

This book was my first encounter with Ms. James' work and I was most impressed. This tale is marvelous and her characters are most convincing. I like her style and would recommend this book without reserve. I'm avidly reading some of her earlier works and look forward to the ones to come.