The Shadow of Her Smile

Name: The Shadow of Her Smile
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Rebecca Ruger
ISBN: 9781666194005

Author: Rebecca Ruger

Series: Highlander Heroes #3

Narrator: Stewart Crank

Unabridged: 10 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/29/2022

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Ada Moncriefe cannot stand by while her betrothed cruelly executes prisoners. She makes a daring plan to free the Scots warriors in the dungeon, only asking that the brave leader take her with him when they escape. Things go horribly wrong, and Ada pays a dear price for her sacrifice. Broken and scarred afterward, she lives a ghost-like existence, having no idea what her future holds.

Jamie MacKenna is haunted by the fact that he was prevented from returning to save his men-at-arms and the lass who'd freed them. With greater fervor, he thrusts himself into the war for Scottish freedom alongside the valiant warrior, William Wallace. More than a year later, he stumbles upon Ada Moncriefe in the Scottish Highlands. His guilt induces him to offer her marriage, and despite the tormenting passion that rages between them, he vows never to love her.

Soon though, Ada begins to yearn for something more with her hardened warrior husband.

As the sun sets on William Wallace's fight for Scottish independence, Ada and Jamie must both learn to forgive and to open themselves to love.

Contains mature themes.

About Rebecca Ruger

Rebecca Ruger has been a lover of romance books since the seventh grade when her mother introduced her to Victoria Holt, and her sister shared her Barbara Cartland collection. She is the founder and former editor of Glassing Magazine, the first-ever print periodical all about sea glass and beach glass (which she sold in 2018, and is now called BeachCombing Magazine).

She is the mother of four (her greatest loves) and lives in Western New York.

Rebecca is the author of several Scottish Highlander medieval series.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jas on January 03, 2023

I love Ada and Jamie. This was such a sweet romance. The only downside was that the things that annoyed me about Anice still annoyed me and I wanted better for Torren. The bit in the epilogue that mentioned everyone was a bit disappointing in that regard. I’m also really curious about where this ser......more

Goodreads review by Mary on January 18, 2020

This is a fascinating story of tragedy, triumph and love. Jamie first meets Ada when she frees him and his companions from the dungeon that her betrothed held them in. They were supposed to take her with them, but she, and the men she was with, were caught. Jamie and the men he was with got away, bu......more

Goodreads review by Didi on January 04, 2020

Rebecca Ruger has done it again. A fantastic read that keeps you on the edge of your seat. I could not put the book down. The plot is well developed and the characters are real and relatable. Jamie and Ada have to build their relationship in a difficult time of war when there may not be a tomorrow. T......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on October 24, 2021

The scars that bind. Ada is betrothed to an evil man and wants nothing more than to escape. When he brings in 6 prisoners, she takes the risk of setting them free with the condition they take her with them. Then it goes horribly wrong. Jamie MacKenna and two others escape but Ada and the other three......more

Goodreads review by S on January 30, 2024

2.5 stars. Oh I have to tip my hat to the author, I don't know how she could have all these ideas for different plots, settings, characters. Amazing. Simply amazing. This one was a really sad one initially, that is, cried my eyes out reading about Ada's sacrifice and what happened to her. I felt tha......more