Loved By a Warrior
The Warrior King series, No 2
Donna Fletcher

Avon Books / HarperCollins Publishers
June 28, 2011 / ISBN: 978-0-06-193472-8
Historical Romance / 10th century Scotland
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Reviewed by Linda Young

Reeve MacAlpin was a Highland warrior who fought with honor. When he comes across a beautiful stranger in trouble, he has no problem doing the honorable thing and dispatching her would-be assailants. Her name is Tara and she offers her bride price and tells Reeve that she is looking for a new home where she may live in peace and solitude away from her cruel father. Once Reeve hears her story and that she has been labeled a death bride due to a curse put on her when she was a child, he accepts her price and decides to take her to his clan. He doesn’t believe in curses and tells her that he has no fear of her.

Reeve is one of four warriors raised together as brothers and who fight to help bring the True King to the throne of Scotland. He is determined to not let anything distract him from that mission. Not love and not marriage. But as he spends more and more time with Tara, he begins to realize that his feelings for her are becoming stronger and he is confused by them. He refuses to admit to himself that he is falling in love with her. His brothers seem to know it before he does and constantly rib him about it. The more time Tara spends with his family, the more they come to love her and depend on her skills. Reeve wants her in his arms and his bed. Tara wants to protect Reeve and his clan from her curse. What can they do to convince her that the curse doesn’t exist and that he is meant to be with her? He knows that she loves him, but what can he do to win her trust in his heart and his ability to survive the curse and protect her?

Fletcher has upped her game with this second book in her warrior series. With Reeve’s constant rakish antics and roguish grin, and Tara’s constant fear for Reeve and his clan being affected by her curse, the book is a constant source of entertainment and romance. I whipped right through this book. I couldn’t put it down. You’ll love it! I know I did.

I also did the review for book one: Bound to a Warrior.