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ARC Review: The Highlander's Holiday Wife (Clan Kendrick #5) by Vanessa Kelly
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Series: Clan Kendrick #5
Author: Vanessa Kelly
Published September 27th 2022 by Zebra
Goodreads Synopsis
Filled with saucy wit, surprising twists, and unforgettable lovers, the latest novel in USA Today bestselling author Vanessa Kelly's captivating historical romance series puts the most levelheaded Kendrick at the center of a passionate and perilous adventure...
It's Christmastime in Edinburgh, but Lady Samantha Penwith's secret mission takes no holiday: the Highlands-born lass vows to find the assailants who murdered her beloved husband, founder of a charitable school for orphaned boys. On her latest undercover excursion, she closes in on a pair of armed attackers and interrupts another assault, then disappears into the darkness, leaving the lone victim mystified--and lucky to be alive...
Braden Kendrick may be the sensible brother, yet the dedicated doctor routinely ignores the dangers of his late-night calls to the city's slums. But when a fleet-footed rescuer saves his life, he's determined to uncover the stranger's identity. And once he does, he'll find himself facing his own past loss for the first time--and more than willing to risk his heart again, just in time to make the Clan Kendrick's Christmas celebrations more festive than ever...
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher. This in no way impacted on my view.
Lady Samantha Penwith has a secret. Rather than being a retiring widow, she is out for vengeance, and justice, to discover who murdered her husband, and is abducting children from her charitable school. When she comes across an assault, she immediately rushes in to stop the attack, and leaves the victim mystified. Braden Kendrick is seen as the sensible one, but walking into the slums in the middle of the night, to tend to his patients, was not his best idea to date. Lucky to be alive, he wants to find his rescuer, and thank them, but soon discovers that he might be risking it all, the closer he gets to Samantha and her crusade.
I've loved each of the books in this series, and I couldn't wait for Braden's story, because I felt like there was a lot hidden about him in previous books, and he had quite the tale in him. I loved how Samantha and her sister-in-law, Felicity, were embraced by the Kendrick's, and that we saw the loud and proud family once again. Samantha was a strong character, who knew what she wanted, and she was extremely caring, and just. I felt for her as a woman who was constantly being mansplained too, and the way her late husband's family were going after her, and her guardianship of Felicity. I guessed at a lot of the twists and turns, but they were enjoyable nonetheless, and worked as a way for Samantha and Braden's relationship to develop more, and fuller. A great addition to the Clan Kendrick series.
Dates Read:
June 18-20, 2022
Rating
4 Stars
