All Tag Morgan wants to do is help settle his father's estate so he can get back to properly cataloguing his Mayan ruins. So he's caught quite off guard to discover that A) his father had holdings in Scotland and B) the property now belongs to Tag. Leafing through his father's correspondence with the property's overseer, one Maura Sinclair, yields even more surprises. His father's letters reveal a warmer, kinder man-nothing like the harsh, cold disciplinarian Tag remembers. Surely it has to do with Maura, whose writing is filled with a dry wit and an infectious charm that keeps Tag reading all night. By the time the sun rises, Tag knows he's going to Scotland to find this woman who has so thoroughly captivated him. Travelling alone through the Scottish highlands with an old car and an even older map, the man who dissects other cultures for a living is completely out of his element in this one. Eccentric locals. Bone-chilling weather. Lethal-strength ale. Scary sheep. It's a lot to take in. More unsettling is Maura Sinclair, the woman with the sparkling blue eyes and the even sparkier temperament...a woman who'll fight to keep the land for her tenants...and who ignites passions Tag didn't even know he had. Once he gets a taste, Tag only wants more. And if he does, he'll have to let go of the past and embrace the future with everything he's got...especially his heart.
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"Donna Kauffman writes smart and sexy, with sizzle to spare!"
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Donna Kauffman is the USA Today bestselling author of chick lit, paranormal romance, and sexy romance. Beverly Brandt writes chick lit and women's fiction, as well as romantic adventure under a psuedonym. Alesia Holliday is the author of American Idle and Nice Girls Finish First, and she writes young adult novels under a pseudonym. Erin McCarthy is the USA Today bestselling author of Bad Boys Online, Smart Mouth, and A Date With the Other Side.
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Not Her Best Effort!
20 Aug 2004
By Kristi Ahlers
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Format:Paperback
I found Ms. Kauffman through the "Bad Boy" anthologies books that have already featured two of the Morgan brothers, (Jace, and Austin) and was looking forward to a full length effort for one of these sexy brothers. So, I quickly ordered the book without reading reviews and waited for it to arrive. Then to add insult to injury I took it with me on a very long road trip as a way to pass the time. What I ended up doing was skimming the majority of the story in order to move on to a new read. This book had so much potential but it just didn't deliver. It was almost too easy.
I will give credit where credit is due though. Maura and Tag's romance is steamy and almost instant. And if this is ther reason why you read romance you won't be disappointed. For me I like there to be a little conflict or at least another sub-plot to drive a story forward. The problem with this was there was really no "conflict" to keep the lovers apart, or to work on. Really, this story could have been, and probably should have been a short story instead. This is not to say that I've written Ms. Kauffman off as an author quite the contrary. I actually look forward to her next effort. Just don't expect much from this latest effort.
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I will give credit where credit is due though. Maura and Tag's romance is steamy and almost instant. And if this is ther reason why you read romance you won't be disappointed. For me I like there to be a little conflict or at least another sub-plot to drive a story forward. The problem with this was there was really no "conflict" to keep the lovers apart, or to work on. Really, this story could have been, and probably should have been a short story instead. This is not to say that I've written Ms. Kauffman off as an author quite the contrary. I actually look forward to her next effort. Just don't expect much from this latest effort.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointingly lackluster
15 July 2004
By baltimore0502
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Having read the two prior novellas introducing the Morgan brothers I was looking forward to reading about eldest Tag who's reluctantly inherited everything when their abusive father dies. As those who've read Jace's and Austin's stories know, the four Morgan brothers had a difficult time growing up and all left home as soon as they could, never looking back. But eldest Tag has been given the task of settling the estate, though all he really wants to do is get back to the dig in Mexico on which he is an anthropologist. But he discovers something he never expected in that his father had, in his last few years, purchased property in Scotland and had carried on a long distance correspondence with the property manager, one Maura Sinclair. Tag reads the letters and becomes intrigued with this Maura and her obvious admiration and respect for his father (is this the same man he grew up with?). He's fascinated by her and so the next thing he knows he's traveled to the Highlands in the dead of winter intent on meeting Maura and checking out the property.
Maura was born and raised in Ballantrae castle and, though it's practically falling down around her ears, she's determined to stay and refurbish it. But her American partner, Taggart Morgan has died and his steady stream of cash has dried up. She's tried bank loans and been turned down and now must face contacting Morgan's heirs to plead for their help. But first she must survive being stranded in a snowstorm with an American stranger on a snowy Highland mountain road. They engage in an uncharacteristic, no names exchanged, passionate one night stand that neither can forget. What a shock when the next day her stranger arrives at Ballantrae claiming to be the new owner!
But from there the story sort of lost me a bit. I have to agree with Janine Allen's review in that from here on out it's just a steady stream of inner thoughts and reflections, sexual encounters and not a whole lot else. There's no real action or serious conflict here nor is there much growth in either of these two people. Ok maybe Tag learns to lighten up a bit, but that's about all. And I'm not sure I bought into their immediate connection after one night of hot sex. Especially when she was on the rebound from just catching her boyfriend in her bed with her best friend! And maybe I missed it, but I don't think there was ever any real understanding of why his father bought the place to begin with, why he seemed to be a different man in his last few years, nor did it seem that Tag finally made peace with him in the end. Anyway an okay, if a bit lackluster story with an angst-ridden hero, a likable heroine and some really nice sex scenes.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Catch it...at your local library....if you can
15 Sep 2009
By MomOfThree
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Format:Paperback
This was my first book by this author. Kauffman is a very good technical writer. I found that the book flowed well, the grammar and writing were tight. No problems there. The story itself, however was a little lacking. I had the same problem that many reviewers had: too much time spent inside the characters' heads and not enough dialogue and action. Though, the dialogue that was there was witty and fun. The sexual chemistry between the characters was palpable. Really drew me in. So, all in all, the story was average, but the heat was above average. In my personal law of averages, that makes for a good, quick read (but not a keeper). The book did make me want to read the stories of the other brothers (Kauffman kinda hits the reader over the head with the fact that this is a series book). The other stories are a part of an anthology, however, so there can't be much to them? I'm thinking I'll read Burke's story, which is the last in the series, since one reviewer of that book mentioned that there was an epilogue for the entire series at the end.
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