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"engaging historical romance"

In 1859, Evan Mackenzie arrives at his Scottish earldom without any fanfare. He loves the area, but has not been back in a decade since his mom walked out on his father. Now inheriting the Kildonan keep, he hopes to retract some of the practices that hurt the estates, but first he must pay off debts accrued by his father. He plans to use his engineering salary to do so.

While climbing down a mountainside a storm hits. Evan falls and passerby Catriona MacConn saves his life. However, her father finds them in a compromised position though nothing happened and they were just trying to stay warm during the freezing night. He offers to marry her, but she is wary especially when she learns he is the new earl. After she becomes his countess, they become better acquainted, and fall in love. However, she has a secret quest and he struggles with guilt from a tragic bridge disaster that he worked on so their marriage remains on shaky ground and could implode at any moment

KISSING THE COUNTESS is an engaging historical romance starring two charming lead protagonists who on the surface seem wrong for each other, but deep inside make a perfect match. The story line engages the audience from the moment Catriona drags Evan to a flimsy shelter. The lead couple is a delight and her brother is a solid support player, but her henpecked father and her henpecking aunt are a bit irritating with their holier than thou pronouncements. Still Susan King shows why she is highly regarded by sub-genre fans with this strong tale.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted October 25, 2003

Susan King breathed her own special magic into the marvelous setting of Victorian-era Scotland with her two previous novels, Waking the Princess and Taming the Heiress. Now, she brings us Kissing the Countess, the crowning jewel in a trilogy that is as beautifully written as it is deeply emotional and undyingly romantic...

When Evan Mackenzie, the new Earl of Kildonan, returns to the stunning, remote Highland mountains of his childhood for a climbing holiday, he has no intention of staying. Haunted by tragedy, he plans to sell the vast property and move permanently to the bustling city of Edinburgh. But high on a snowy mountaintop, the earl finds himself stranded alone with the feisty, enchanting Catriona MacConn— and a passionate rescue leads to a sudden marriage. Soon Evan dares to hope that this extraordinary woman can heal his shattered heart, but his reluctant countess has a secret and dangerous mission of her own—something she will protect at any cost, even if it means giving up the love of her dreams...

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