Temptation

by Pat Booth

It is l909 and Temperance O'Neil is a woman ahead of her time. She's happy and devoted to her career helping single mothers on the streets of New York. But her new stepfather, Angus McCairn, does not approve. He makes her an unlikely to go to Scotland, pose as housekeeper to his nephew James, and find him a wife, secretly. If she succeeds, he'll allow her back to New York. Temperance -- smart, passionate, as stubborn as her stepfather -- is determined at any cost to win her return passage. But she has taken on far more than she expected. James McCairn, Laird of Clan McCairn, is no cultured gentleman but a strapping, rough-mannered farmer, rude and brusque. There are pigeons roosting in the kitchen and chickens in the bedroom. Marriage is the last thing on his mind...

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First published October 14, 1999

Reviews

[Zainab · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kate is an ambitious, passionate, creative and energetic woman who is determined to do something big. She falls in love with Peter, a book agent, and marries him. Recognizing her own natural talent of designing and beautifying things, she opts for a course in design and becomes amazingly popular and succesful in no time. But soon her happiness is subdued by suffereing.

My favourite lines from the book:
"If you followed your dream and ignored the prosaic dreams of others, you came to be alone. And loneliness was not for the weak. You had to be strong to choose passion. It was the timid who sought refuge in reason."

[Seth Marianna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Suspense!!!