Knight in Highland Armor (Highland Dynasty #1)
by Amy Jarecki 
Rating: ★★★
Review Copy: ARC
Synopsis: Grieving from the death of his wife, Lord Colin Campbell listens to the cries of his newborn son whilst penning a missive to the king. With no marriage prospects, Colin petitions his majesty for help in finding a stepmother. Never again will he fall in love—the death of a woman brings more pain than losing a whole contingent of men on the battlefield.

Feisty, quick tongued and smart, Margaret Robinson is delighted when her father receives a messenger from the king…until she discovers what news he brings. In a sennight, she will wed the notorious Black Knight—her life is about to end.

Tension builds during the wedding and deteriorates from there…until an accident draws them together. Just when their love begins to blossom, a dire request arrives from the Pope. Colin must join the Crusades at once.

Their fragile love is forced to withstand the seductions of hell—Margaret tempted by a scoundrel laird—Colin courted by Satan himself. Aye, the war for Christendom could very well ruin their dreams forever.

REVIEW

A grieving Highland warrior (Colin) has just buried his second wife and now needs a mother for his newborn son before he returns to the Crusades. He asks his King for a match hoping for someone matronly, perhaps an older widow that will raise his son but not his desires, but instead he's sent beautiful and outspoken Margaret.

A little dissapointed in this one. It was missing a lot of what I've come to love about Jarecki's writing. In particular her heart-melting male leads. I found the setup itself not the best platform for epic romance but was willing to go with it. But then with the way everything played out later on, the amount of page time apart etc, it just all fell flat for me this time.