Elliot's struggle to find peace of mind after shocking cruelty is hampered by episodes of "madness" that modern readers will recognize as post-traumatic stress disorder. Ashley's newest addition to her popular Victorian-set Highland Pleasures/Mackenzies series packs a potent emotional punch. But shadows from his past continue to haunt him, and when an old adversary comes calling, Juliana and Elliot must face new dangers while they fight to forge a life together based on trust, love and passion. There, surrounded by Juliana and a devoted family of servants from India, Elliot believes he can heal. Once they're married, he spirits her away to the ramshackle country estate he's purchased from his uncle. Elliot has a plan, and Juliana's flippant proposal plays right into his hands. He's home in Scotland for good now, and when he shows up at her humiliating wedding, Juliana jokingly asks him to marry her instead, then is stunned when he accepts. After years in India, first as a young officer, then as a successful businessman, Elliot has amassed a fortune, but he's also endured brutal imprisonment at the hands of a dangerous tribe who believed he was a British spy. At 16, Juliana had dreamed that she'd share her life with Elliot McBride, the boy she'd never quite gotten over. John is stranded at the altar, her first love, Elliot McBride, steps in to save the day little does she know Elliot has high hopes that Juliana can save him. As expected, Juliana helps to heal Elliot’s tortured soul in this enjoyable 1884 romance.ĭecemWhen Juliana St. Elliot takes the scoundrel’s place at the altar and the newlyweds head to his newly purchased Highlands estate, where they try to settle into married life while dealing with Elliot’s painful memories and suspicion that he is being hunted by an old foe. John, bears fruit without too much effort on his part: she actually proposes to him after her intended groom jilts her to run off with a piano teacher. Happily, his own plan to seek comfort with his first and only love, Juliana St. Elliot sought his fortunes in India, but his luck ran out when he was captured and tortured for a year before escaping and returning to his native Scotland with his motherless daughter and protective Indian servants. NovemThe fifth book in the MacKenzies series (after The Duke’s Perfect Wife) begins exploring the MacKenzies’ extended family by way of Ainsley MacKenzie’s brother, Elliot McBride.
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