Ransom (Highlands' Lairds)

I love this book I love this book. I have read it countless times. There are essentially two love stories in this book, and my one complaint would be that Ramsey's love story took too much of a back seat. I would have liked to see more of his love story, I think there was a great possibility for another whole story that we missed out on. But unless someone can convince the author to do a rewrite or add on for this book we are stuck. :(I love. Mrs. Linda R. Lattin said My absolutely favorite. This is one of my favorite books. That means that I read it several times through the years. The main characters in this book are written so well , they come to life. Julie Garwood is brilliant when it comes bringing her characters to life. I love all of her books and I re-read them over time but this is absolute favorite and I read a book every My absolutely favorite This is one of my favorite books. That means that I read it several times through the years. The main characters in this book are written so well , they come to life. Julie Garwood is brilliant when it comes bringing her characters to life. I love all of her books and I re-read them over time but this is absolute favorite and I read a book every 3 days!. I have read it at least 10 times since I first bought and I give it as . days!. I have read it at least 10 times since I first bought and I give it as . Sue said Top notch vintage Garwood. Once upon a time, Julie Garwood wrote fabulous historical romance. Ransome is a prime example of her outstanding early efforts. Although this is a stand alone book, it does refer to previous characters from her medieval series so I recommend reading The Secret first to get the full effect. I read them all many years ago but found rereading delightful. The craftsmanship is superior. Garwood's more recent contemporary suspense

Coerced by the fiendish Baron Alford, who murdered her father before her eyes and usurped her birthright 14 years earlier, Gillian must return to England with Arianna's Box, a bejeweled golden box commissioned by King John, or her beloved Uncle Morgan will be tortured to death. In Ransom, New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood returns to her beloved Highlands and the dark days of the despotic rule of King John to reacquaint readers with Scottish chieftain Brodick Buchanan, first introduced in The Secret. And as he realizes that he has met his match in Gillian--whose sense of honor and duty equals his own--their passion for each other grows ever stronger in this thrilling historical. --Alison Trinkle. I

Alford, determined to recover a jeweled box for the despotic King John, is furious when the precious treasure slips through his fingers—only to be lost for more than a decade.Now a beautiful young woman, Gillian finds the key to resolving her past in handsome Scottish chieftains Ramsey Sinclair and Brodick Buchanan. Beloved storyteller Julie Garwood steps back to the silver-shrouded Highlands of her classic tale The Secret—and hails the return of two unforgettable warriors: Ramsey Sinclair and Brodick Buchanan.In the dark days after the death of Richard the Lionhearted, lives and lands would fall into upheaval at the hands of a power-hungry British ruler and his violent minions. With the cunning and courage of the daring Scotsmen, and with the friendship of a new ally, Bridgid KirkConnell, Gillian at last fights the unscrupulous Baron Alford, laying claim to her home, her family, and her father's reputation. One victim of the scourge is innocent Gillian, who is a mere child when the cruel and ambitious Baron Alford slaughters her father and tears her family apart. But in the presence of the mighty warriors, Gillian and Bridgid discover that desire can be a weapon