Am I the only educated reader under the age of 35? Everyone is complaining about "oh, there's too much historical detail" and "she's forgotten the real plot" and the greatest "the good parts are few and far apart". Oh bullcrap! Anyone who gives this any less than 4 stars clearly doesn't know how to read. 
 The woman's a genius to even consider writing about history in Scotland and then still trying to combine it with romance, suspense, humour and on top of that make the characters and every other thing her OWN!!!! How can you not appreciate that? Oh right... Not enough sex... Not enough neck biting and nipple pulling. I'm sorry that she wirtes for the intelligent and she doesn't for the smut-brained. 
 Yes, there was one part I thought was quite boring which happened to be right before Alamance (the letters). But at the same time. It was proof. She's a writing about Scottish history for God's sake, and therefore to make her writing sound feasible she has to have proof. Every little thing she wrote was like a push for the story. 
 I loved it. As I did all her other books. And I can't wait till I can start the next :) so farewell my smut-brained readers. There's a section called erotica for your enjoyment.