Set at the outset of the American Revolution, beginning in December 1773,
this is the story of Ian MacGregor, who was wounded by a British soldier after
participating in the Boston Tea Party. Ian fled to the wilderness of
Massachusetts where he ended up in the barn of the Murphys and in the care of
the young Irish widow, Alanna Murphy Flynn.
Alana is
immediately attracted to the red-haired rebel but she fears his talk of
revolution, not just for herself but for her brothers. Ian has fallen in love
with Alana and means to have her as his wife. But he’ll need his aunt in
Virginia to help him.
Brilliant
descriptions and beautifully developed characters bring this story and the
MacGregors to life. Revolution is coming to America and while Alanna would
resist, Ian knows America must fight for her freedom. Roberts adroitly weaves
the conflicting emotions of the time into a love story between two
strong-willed people.
It’s a well
told, fast-paced novella and so good one could only hope for more. The first
story in the MacGregor series is
Rebellion and I highly recommend it. However, all of the others that follow
In From the Cold are, sadly,
contemporaries. Would that Roberts would have continued writing historicals as
it would have been fascinating to see her tell the history of America along
with the MacGregor love stories. She did historicals so well.
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