The Traitor / The Laird (Captive Heart 2 & 3) by Grace Burrowes -a review

5 out of 5 for this reader folks!

What?? Another 5 star review for Grace Burrowes?? I know .. hard to believe (INSERT ROLLS EYES) … not so hard to believe actually! This review consists of the next two books in her Captured Hearts series and she absolutely delivered yet again.

I feel like a broken record writing my reviews for this incredible historical romance author, and honestly I am running out of creative ways to say how much I love her. So insert the massive GUSH GUSH GUSH right now and I’ll just get to the reviews and my personal thoughts. WINK!

Click HERE for Rachel’s review of THE CAPTIVE (book 1) in Grace Burrowes CAPTIVE HEARTS series.

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The Traitor
Captive Hearts 2
By Grace Burrowes

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Release Date: August 5, 2014

DESCRIPTION

As a young boy, British-born Sebastian St. Clair was abandoned in France and forced to join the French army in order to survive.

Now that the war is over, he has returned home to his beloved England, and is determined to live a quiet life as a country gentleman. He believes that his wish is about to come true when he begins to fall for his elderly aunt’s lovely companion, Miss Millicent Danforth.

But the French are not quite ready to let him go, and they’ve devised a devious plot that could destroy everything that Sebastian holds dear. He will have to use all of his wits if he plans on escaping this scheme with his life…and his love.

REVIEW

So .. the hero of this book just so happens to have been the one responsible for the torture of the hero in the first book “The Captive”. You know you have one talented author when they can make you fall in love with the enemy and then convince you that they are truely a hero. Sebastian St Clair (aka Robert Girard) is in fact this treasure of a character. Although Sebastian is English born, circumstances beyond his control pave the way for a French Army career. Set in the Napoleon War era, as a French soldier, Sebastian is ordered to perform “get it done” interrogations on captured English soldiers. Once the war ends, he returns to England and becomes known as Traitor Baron. Many former English officers are now out for revenge and Sebastian is forced into duels, turmoil and in the midst of all this madness he befriends his aunts companion Milly. Milly is exactly the kind of woman that he needs and while her story is not as compelling (don’t worry though, she comes with her own assortment of baggage), the mirror she holds in front of Sebastian is one of truth, kindness, kinship and eventually love! This felt like a book all about healing .. be it Sebastian, Milly and/or those that they had to face on a daily basis. This is a deeper read, with a fantastic follow up to the first book.

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The Laird
Captive Hearts #3
By Grace Burrowes

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Release Date: September 2, 2014

DESCRIPTION

The morning after Michael Brodie marries the lovely Brenna, he marches off to join Wellington’s army, leaving his new wife alone with his unseemly Uncle Angus and an estate to manage.

Ten years later, when Michael finally returns home, he discovers a nest of vicious lies, tales of disloyalty, and most surprising of all, a blossoming love for the woman he left behind.

But his beloved is keeping a dark secret from him. A secret that begins to unfold when Michael’s young sister joins their household, and Uncle Angus’ true nature is revealed.

REVIEW

Small disclaimer here. This book has child molestation woven into the storyline. While Grace Burrowes deals with this topic with maturity and sensitivity, I feel a responsibility in this review to make sure that the reader is aware of this. Grace does have a note at the beginning of the story in warning .. another reason why she is GUSH worthy!

Michael Brodie was first introduced to us in the previous novel The Traitor. We know that he was married just before the war and left his estate affairs to his wife (despite the unconsummated status of this marriage) and Uncle. After ten years and much loss, our scarred hero returns to the woman that he swore to be a good husband to. Brenna is one serious tough cookie. She has been the product of rumour, distrust, doubt and so much more, but she manages to keep her head high and one foot in front of the other. When truth comes to surface and wounds opened up, there is much heartache, patience and true love to be had, and Michael and Brenna truely learn what it means to be married.

So I have said this in many of my reviews .. I don’t like to give too much detail to the story lines (you truely want this first hand from this author) so I don’t. I’d rather concentrate on telling you that you will get a detailed, multi-layered character and story, maturity, action filled, suspenseful and HEA experience. The style is unique and if you have read many of Grace’s books, you will recognize it immediately. I ADORED how all three of the novels in this series are all related and actually give you a huge picture of a how all these characters influenced the other in one way or another. Complex in writing and leaving the reader extremely satisfied!

Keep writing them Grace Burrowes .. if you write it, I will read! LOL

HAPPY READING! 🙂

Reviews by Rachel T.