One Man's Love: Book One of the Highland Lords

This story oozes love. You know the mother loves Alec, you know Alec loves Leitis, and you know the MacRaes love their Scotland. You are never in doubt.Alec is tormented from the battlefield and battles within himself. Leitis is tormented by her losses. The clan is tormented by the threat of extinction. Everything and everybody come together in a desire for preservation. Ranney treats the characters and the setting lovingly and respectfully. The reader leaves the story educated about the historical period, awed by strength of the Scottish people, and warmed by the love Alec and Leitis share.

In 1746 Scotland, the Duke of Cumberland ordered Colonel Alec Landers to stamp out the Highland insurrection. Alec spent many of his youthful summers here at the home of his mother, viciously killed by another clan. The English earl never forgave any Scot for that murder including the women he still loves and first kissed at eleven (and received a slap for it), Leitis MacRae.Alec uses Leitis as a hostage to keep the area calm, but soon learns the truth behind his mother's death. Feeling guilty for his butchery at Inverness, Alec masquerades as Raven to protect his matriarchal people from his sire's side. As Alec and Leitis fall in love, he risks everything to keep her safe from a personal enemy who wants him and his beloved dead. ONE MAN'S LOVE is a well written Scottish historical romance starring a hero caught between two worlds and a heroine filled with love trying to help him choose her side. The story line is exciting though many in the audience will feel they have visited mid eighteenth century Scotland many times before. Karen Ranney is a wonderful author and sub-genre fans will enjoy her opening gamut in the Highland Lords series. Harriet Klausner