Product Description

Lady Sidony Macleod is tired of being the youngest - always the last to do anything. Also the worst at making decisions, Sidony is generally content to have others lead. But fate and the Night Templars have other plans for her. Sir Giffard (Giff) Maclennan, a knight and highland firebrand, is chosen to lead a top secret mission for his brethren, the Knight Templars; and to keep the Earl of Fife, who is hunting the secret that Giff is hiding, guessing. Giff has a plan - one that includes the delectable Sidony as his accomplice. As Giff's impatience and rashness annoy the more practical Sidony, Sidony's ability to plan everything will drive Giff crazy. As these two join forces to hide the Templars' secret, Giff will learn to temper his impulsive behavior and his rashness. Sidony will learn to tolerate Giff's flashes of temper and impulsiveness, as they fall in love in the midst of being hunted by their enemies. And it's not just the Earl of Fife who's after them - they also will be hunted by the Assassins, a group even more dangerous than the Templars and the Earl.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #866729 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 448 pages

About the Author
Amanda Scott is the author of over 40 romance novels and the recipient of the Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA Award. She began writing on a dare from her husband. Amanda Scott lives in Folsom, California, outside of Sacramento. She is a fourth-generation Californian.

Customer Reviews

Shipboard romance
This book is the last in the series following a family of young women in Scotland. Sidony is the youngest of the sisters and somewhat overlooked by both her sisters and their husbands, so much so that she has discovered part of the secret of the Templar treasure which is hidden in a valley on the estate of her brother in law Rob. Our story starts when Sidony bumps into Sir Giffard MacLennan, a rather adventurous man who has been summoned, as one of the Templars, to help move the treasure (the Stone of Scone) from its hiding place by using his ships.

The first half of this book, unfortunately, really drags. We learn very little about Sidony and Giff, we just listen in on various conversations and discussions about the treasure and about Sidony's youthful inability to make decisions. It was quite difficult to keep reading the book as there was so little action and very little of interest to hold the reader's attention. However, halfway through the book picked up when Sidony found herself kidnapped and stashed in a hold on a ship belonging to the Earl of Fife whose designs on becoming king of Scotland have been a constant throughout this series of books. Unfortunately for Fife and his assistant, the Chevalier de Gredin, the ship that Sidony is hidden on is almost immediately stolen by Giff who eventually discovers Sidony. She's now compromised, of course, by having spent time on the boat with him and so Giff has to kidnap a priest to smooth things over in the only way possible. The description of the sailing vessel sneaking around Scotland's harbours and coves in the dark is enjoyable and Sidony is definitely coming into her own now there's some action in her life. Rather like the overall story which definitely picked up at this point.

The second half of the book is largely based on the ship Giff has stolen and we learn more about young Jake, son of the ship captain, and his curiosity - he seems rather like a young Giff. The boats are in a kind of race and Sidony is doing all she can to stay with Giff and not be left ashore. The ending came fairly quickly at which point the 'real' baddie is unmasked although this didn't work entirely well to me.

All in all the book was rather disappointing because it was so hard to plough through the first half and the second half, although interesting in its own way, didn't have enough characterisation to make the reader really engage with the story.

Originally published for Curled Up With A Good Book, www.curledup.com. © Helen Hancox 2007

not sure
this book lacked a certain something, bit of sparkle. there doesnt seem to be much chemistry between sidony and giff so that was disappointing, and it doesnt really get any better. obviously the last in a series of books it does manage to be stand alone story also. i have enjoyed other amanda scott novels but this one was a bit below par, no chemistry, no reason to get invested in the characters and want them to make it to the end.