Booklog 65/2021: Mary Jo Putney: Once a Laird – Rogues Redeemed #6

[jacey]

I read an earlier book from the Rogues Redeemed series. though I'd forgotten it until there was a crossover of characters towards the end of the book. This is set in the years shortly after Waterloo, so maybe 1820ish. Kai Ramsay, the designated heir, comes home to Thorsay (a fictional archipelago based on Orkney) when he receives news that his grandfather, the laird, is fading fast. He's been away from the islands for 12 years, having adventures (and possibly being a British spy) around Constantinople. Dutifully he returns home, arriving just in time to say goodbye to his grandfather who has been ably assisted in his declining years by Signy Matheson, the younger sister of Kai's long-dead fiancee. Granddad tells Kai to marry Signy, and the stage is set. The two fall in love slowly (after resolving a few issues), and Signy, full of common sense, helps Kai to take up the lairdship. There are financial difficulties and a bit of a problem with Kai's rich cousin, but to be honest there's not much tension in the first half of the book. Oh, someone takes a pot-shot at Kai. but it doesn't seem to be of much significance and it's not followed up. It's a sweet love story but without a lot of highs and lows. Kai is interested in antiquities and there's interest there. Eventually the other 'Redeemed Rogues' from pervious books, all make an appearance to give the book a good ending. Though there isn't much of a plot this is oddly charming with interesting main characters.