- Mass Market Paperback: 452 pages
- Publisher: Pocket Books (Dec 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743410270
- ISBN-13: 978-0743410274
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.5 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 823,065 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Cabot does it again!
Spoliers Alert!!!
This story is based in the Scottish highlands. Reilly Stanton leaves his physician's post in England to take the offer in Scotland. He leaves behind him a broken engagement as his fiance wants him to wear his title, that is of Marquis of Stillworth, but he wants the title of Dr.
Reilly meets Brenna (the femal protaganist) who prances around in her trousers (breeches) which women at that time did not do. The first time they meet is well worth the read - Reilly is shirtless!
Reilly tries to unravel Brenna's secret while the Earl of Glendenning (a hilarious character) forces Brenna to accept his marriage proposal. Cabot portrays Glendenning as a very handsome man but someone who eats with his mouth open and scratches himself - really, very funny!
A MUST read for Cabot's older readers!
Spoliers Alert!!!
This story is based in the Scottish highlands. Reilly Stanton leaves his physician's post in England to take the offer in Scotland. He leaves behind him a broken engagement as his fiance wants him to wear his title, that is of Marquis of Stillworth, but he wants the title of Dr.
Reilly meets Brenna (the femal protaganist) who prances around in her trousers (breeches) which women at that time did not do. The first time they meet is well worth the read - Reilly is shirtless!
Reilly tries to unravel Brenna's secret while the Earl of Glendenning (a hilarious character) forces Brenna to accept his marriage proposal. Cabot portrays Glendenning as a very handsome man but someone who eats with his mouth open and scratches himself - really, very funny!
A MUST read for Cabot's older readers!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Dr. Reilly Stanton, the Marquis of Stillworth, comes to the remote Scottish village of Lyming to prove to his pious and sweet ex-fiancee that he's a serious physician and not a wastrel. It appears that Reilly's handsome but loutish patron, the Earl of Glendinning, has hired him in an effort to lure Brenna Donegal, the gorgeous, independent and intelligent daughter of the town's former doctor, away from her interest in medicine so that she can become his beloved bride. But the strong-willed Brenna wants no part of Glendinning and, like Reilly, is determined to discover why epidemics of cholera continue to plague Lyming. Meanwhile, Reilly finds his fondness for his former fiancee waning and his love for Brenna growing.
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I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would! This is officially my first "real" romance novel - I don't think Mills & Boon or Francine Rivers really count. I thought I'd give Meg Cabot's older novels a try as I've found her newer stuff to be really hit or miss, and, hey, I had some spare BookMooch points.
I liked the fact that the two main characters were very unique - the man wasn't a jerkish, alpha male, and was actually rather gentlemanly. The woman had hobbies and interests, and wasn't a typical beauty. There were realistic, fleshed out minor characters who didn't disappear once they'd served their purpose in introducing the main characters to each other. There was even a sub-plot, involving cholera!
And yes, in some places it was predictable, and Cabot made some major errors which a proof-reader should have picked up on - she used both "trousers" and "pants", and "nappies" and "diapers," and at one point referred to a character as "The most beautiful woman in England" or something to that affect, when any numpty could tell me that they were on the Isle of Skye which is DEFINITELY in Scotland, which is NOT part of England - it is part of Britain. Also: no Englishman would refer to a kilt as a "skirt" and haggis is a poor man's meal; not something an Earl would feed posh guests.
However, these are minor errors which didn't really spoil the book for me. 'Lady of Skye' was great escapism and as I'm a true romantic at heart, I'll be on the look out for similarly fun and unique looking romances in the future.
I liked the fact that the two main characters were very unique - the man wasn't a jerkish, alpha male, and was actually rather gentlemanly. The woman had hobbies and interests, and wasn't a typical beauty. There were realistic, fleshed out minor characters who didn't disappear once they'd served their purpose in introducing the main characters to each other. There was even a sub-plot, involving cholera!
And yes, in some places it was predictable, and Cabot made some major errors which a proof-reader should have picked up on - she used both "trousers" and "pants", and "nappies" and "diapers," and at one point referred to a character as "The most beautiful woman in England" or something to that affect, when any numpty could tell me that they were on the Isle of Skye which is DEFINITELY in Scotland, which is NOT part of England - it is part of Britain. Also: no Englishman would refer to a kilt as a "skirt" and haggis is a poor man's meal; not something an Earl would feed posh guests.
However, these are minor errors which didn't really spoil the book for me. 'Lady of Skye' was great escapism and as I'm a true romantic at heart, I'll be on the look out for similarly fun and unique looking romances in the future.
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