3.75-4 stars 
 I was honestly set on giving this a 2-3 star rating a good 80% of this story. But things picked up and finally got interesting and in typical MB fashion her Highlander characters and the love story lured me in. It was great to see these two finally unclench and just give in. I usually never jump to such a high rating when things take too long to pick up like this did (it was freaking slow) but the couple finally managed to pull me and not let go and in the end, I couldn't put this down. I still really believe Banks' strength is in the Highlander-Historical genre rather than Contemporary and I'm really sorry to see she's given that up (for now). I still really really want the 3rd book in Montgomerys & Armstrong series, which was a spin-off from this trilogy. I hope she one day comes back to it. Taliesan and Brodie deserve their story. *sigh* The idea of them never getting their story breaks my heart. This reader hasn't forgotten about it..still.