Review: The Wrong Bride (Highland Weddings #1) by Gayle Callen

November 4, 2015 Review 15 ★★★½

Review: The Wrong Bride (Highland Weddings #1) by Gayle CallenThe Wrong Bride (Highland Weddings, #1) by Gayle Callen
Series: Highland Weddings, #1
Published by Avon on October 27th 2015
Genres: Adult Historical Romance
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Source: Publisher
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Rating: 3.5 Stars
Heat Rating:three-flames
This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence.

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

USA Today bestselling author Gayle Callen creates an unforgettable story of mistaken identity and irresistible attraction in this first in a wonderfully engaging series set in the Scottish Highlands...
Shaken from sleep during the night and bundled off to the Highlands by a burly Scot, Riona is at first terrified, then livid. Hugh McCallum insists they were promised to each other as children to ensure peace between their clans. The stubborn laird refuses to believe he's kidnapped the wrong Catriona Duff. Instead, he embarks on a campaign of slow-burning seduction.
At first, Hugh cares only what their marriage can do for his people. Now he's starting to crave Riona for her own sake, but her true identity jeopardizes his clan's contract. And unless she chooses to risk all to be his bride, he'll lose the only thing he prizes more than the lands he's fought so hard to save—the passionate marriage they could have together.

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Hugh McCallum has kidnapped the wrong bride. When Lady Riona is awaken in the middle of the night by a Scot that has found his way into the room, the last thing she expected was to be swept away out of her home and into the highlands. Hugh claims that she is his promised wife, due to a contract between their families to ensure peace among their clans, a contract her “father” was refusing to honor. Riona is lived with the highlander that doesn’t seem to get it, or refuse to acknowledge the fact that this is all just a case of mistaken identity, but as she grows to understand Hugh - the contract is not the only thing that ends up in jeopardy.

Thoroughly enjoyed Callen’s step into the Scottish world. Hugh and Riona were such a wonderful pair to follow through the book and as I watched the two fall in love, something wonderful settled within my heart. It wasn’t easy for Hugh and he had some persuading to do, but their interaction was fun and amusing at times. I liked the little twist and a sort of mystery that Callen throws into the book about Hugh, the little boy and Hugh’s father. I found Hugh admirable and not at all the brute Riona thought him to be at first. He took the fact that he had an arranged marriage in stride, even if it took him years to get used to the idea. Riona on the other hand, needed some convincing, but watching the attachment towards Hugh grow, gave me all sorts of warm butterflies.

Hugh had never told a woman he loved her before, but he didn’t think abject sobbing was the right response. “Riona?”

The story was well done and I found myself enjoying it. I loved Maggie, Hugh’s sister and can’t wait to see what is in store for her in the next book, especially with the kind of curve ball Callen had tossed at us, setting up book 2 perfectly.

“So ye have to work that hard to win her?” Maggie prodded. “She didn’t swoon at the sight of your fine face?”

The only thing I wished was that the part of Hugh and Riona travelling to the Highlands were cut shorter, it took up a good part of the book.

I also wished a bit that Hugh would have stood up for himself instead of living in the shadow of the events his father had created. Since the man was long dead, I didn’t see a reason for him to continue living with the lie.

I kept waiting for something to transpire between Hugh and Dermot, the book felt like it was setting up for that, but in the end it never went anywhere and was a bit disappointing.

Overall, for her first Highlander book I thought Callen did a great job. I really liked Maggie and so looking forward to her own book.

 

15 Responses to “Review: The Wrong Bride (Highland Weddings #1) by Gayle Callen”

  14. Lola

    This sounds like a fun one with how he kidnaps the wrong bride and then they fall in love. These two sounds like they make for a great couple and how their interactions are fun. I can imagine Hugh has quite come convincing to do. It’s neat it also sets-up the next book, I always like those hints and ways the earlier book set up the next one. Great review!
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