Betrayed (Clan MacKenzie Triology) - Softcover

Lamb, Arnette

Softcover

ISBN 10: 067188218X ISBN 13: 9780671882181

Publisher: Pocket, 1995

Synopsis

Learning that she is not really the daughter of nobleman Lachlan MacKenzie, a distraught Sarah flees to the highlands of eighteenth-century Scotland, where she meets the handsome Michael Elliot and his matchmaking mother. Original.

About this title

About the Author:

Arnette Lamb (1947-1998) was the New York Times bestselling author of Chieftain, Border Lord, and other historical romance novels. She won multiple awards for her writing, including the Romantic Times Best New Historical Author award.

Review:

All of Scotland is aware of the unconventional MacKenzie household. All of Scotland accepts that Lachlan MacKenzie is raising his four bastard daughters and that none of them have the same mother. All of Scotland acknowledges the fact that Sarah MacKenzie is the bastard daughter of Lachlan MacKenzie, duke of Ross. All of Scotland is wrong. When Sarah learns that she possesses not a single drop of MacKenzie blood, she is devastated and runs to her betrothed in Edinburgh. Unfortunately for Sensible Sarah, Henry has been imprisoned for failing to honor a gambling debt. When Henry's mother, Lady Emily, countess of Glenforth, demands that Sarah turn over her dowry to Henry so that he can pay his debt and get out of prison, Sarah vows to let Henry rot in prison and she turns her attention and affections to the orphans of Edinburgh. Her struggles to provide the children of the streets with a place to live, combined with Lady Emily's poison tongue, have her at constant odds with the good people of the town. Michael Elliot was born a second son. Abandoned to the family's country estate by his mother, Lady Emily, and ignored by his father, Michael was raised an orphan. Realizing that his brother Henry will receive everything the family name provides, Michael eventually joins the East India Company and makes a fortune through shrewd investments and frugal living. Returning home to the family he barely remembers, he is shocked when his mother suggests he woo Sarah's dowry from her so that dear Henry can make proper use of it. Familial duty compels Michael to give it a try, regardless how distasteful he finds the task. In Betrayed, Arnette Lamb once again provides evidence of her skill. With heart-warming characters that also manage to be outrageously funny, she ensures that the reader will keep turning those pages. Add to that her ability to bring the reader into the story and Betrayed will have the reader feeling as if she too had something to do with the events. Arnette Lamb deserves the praise she's going to get for this one.Watch out for Notch and his band of orphans. Under the influence of Arnette's pen, these kids will steal your heart while you're not looking! Upon finishing an Arnette Lamb story, the reader should be prepared for long bouts of wishing her next release were already out! Ms. Lamb has penned a beautiful love story, heavy on the humor. Exactly how I like them!Gerrie Shepard -- Copyright © 1994-97 Literary Times, Inc. All rights reserved -- From Literary Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 067188218X
• ISBN 13: 9780671882181
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320