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Indiscretion
The drama and passion of Scotland filled every page of Jillian Hunter's "funny, touching, sexy, and tender" (Romantic Times) novel Delight. Now she brings a twist of intrigue to an enchanting Highland love story of heartfelt desire and mist-shrouded secrets.
The scandal of Anne Kerr's foolish, stormy affair with a Scottish nobleman's son was averted when her parents quickly married her off to the scoundrel's cousin, a respectable English baron. A widow now, Anne has never forgotten Patrick Sutherland, who had seduced and abandoned -- and indeed, disgraced -- her, no matter how she tries to lose her feelings in her furious horse rides across the heath. But even a woman of Anne's spirit can't ignore a royal summons that reunites her with Patrick under dire and mysterious circumstances.
The suspicious death of a relative calls for a clandestine investigation inside a Highland hunting fortress. Anne and Patrick find themselves commanded by Queen Victoria to lay rumors of murder to rest. Anne sees nothing but trouble and temptation in the Queen's order to work with the rogue who shamed her.
To Patrick, however, the chance to serve as Anne's bodyguard is a dream come true. But even the best dream can take a wicked twist...and when he learns he is not to pose as her ladyship's protector, but as her butler, the proud Highlander must helplessly submit as Anne exacts the delicious revenge he deserves for breaking her heart.
The scandal of Anne Kerr's foolish, stormy affair with a Scottish nobleman's son was averted when her parents quickly married her off to the scoundrel's cousin, a respectable English baron. A widow now, Anne has never forgotten Patrick Sutherland, who had seduced and abandoned -- and indeed, disgraced -- her, no matter how she tries to lose her feelings in her furious horse rides across the heath. But even a woman of Anne's spirit can't ignore a royal summons that reunites her with Patrick under dire and mysterious circumstances.
The suspicious death of a relative calls for a clandestine investigation inside a Highland hunting fortress. Anne and Patrick find themselves commanded by Queen Victoria to lay rumors of murder to rest. Anne sees nothing but trouble and temptation in the Queen's order to work with the rogue who shamed her.
To Patrick, however, the chance to serve as Anne's bodyguard is a dream come true. But even the best dream can take a wicked twist...and when he learns he is not to pose as her ladyship's protector, but as her butler, the proud Highlander must helplessly submit as Anne exacts the delicious revenge he deserves for breaking her heart.
327 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 2000
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Jillian Hunter
51 books429 followersJillian Hunter is the bestselling author of over twenty historical romances. She lives with her husband, three daughters, a pug and a poodle in Southern California. She loves anyone who can make her laugh, which means she is in love with Mike Myers and Tyler Perry.
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July 18, 2019
This book takes place in 1843 in England/Scotland (Victorian times), but most of it is in Scotland. Patrick and Anne have a history together, which you’ll get flashbacks of throughout the first half of the book. They are pulled together to solve a sort of mystery regarding a family members death.
The book definitely tries to be humorous (3 stars just for humor really), and in many parts is quite funny. The hero poses as the heroines butler during this investigation. Some of the humor, and in fact much of the book, falls flat for me though. Things that were meant to be funny, I found rather annoying. The heroine just held on to her grudge for way way way too long when honestly I felt there was zero reason for her to behave like that all.
The book definitely tries to be humorous (3 stars just for humor really), and in many parts is quite funny. The hero poses as the heroines butler during this investigation. Some of the humor, and in fact much of the book, falls flat for me though. Things that were meant to be funny, I found rather annoying. The heroine just held on to her grudge for way way way too long when honestly I felt there was zero reason for her to behave like that all.
July 22, 2020
Indiscretion is funny, cute, naughty and seething with yummy tension between Anne and Patrick. I laughed my way till the end. It reminded me of The Importance of being Ernest, not the storyline but rather the tone. 5/5
September 20, 2023
Patrick Sutherland and Anne Kerr share a past, one in which as rebellious, misunderstood and unhappy teenagers in the Highlands they sought each other out for a brief and torrid affair before the military and marriage separated them. They also share an eccentric elderly aunt by marriage—and, thanks to a young Queen Victoria (the novel is set in 1843) a mission: to investigate the mysterious death the year before of a distant relative of Anne's late husband during an annual shooting party. So it is off to the Highlands for the lovers, who have all sorts of unfinished business, amatory and investigative. "Indiscretion" is a breezy, fun read. It is short on mystery and long on banter and comedic set pieces between the lovers. Those nearly make up for the lack of much interest on the reader's part about what really happened a year ago. Indeed, it seems not to have interested the author much, as everything sort of comes together very quickly at the end, dragged out slightly by a somewhat annoyingly stubborn attitude on behalf of heroine Anne. Nevertheless, for its comedic undertones, "Indiscretion" entertains.
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March 26, 2021DNFed at page 144. The hero was overbearing and a jerk tbh :/
March 10, 2025
Liked the premise very much....but the execution was uneven and a bit disappointing.
May 9, 2010
This book was very hard to get into. I kept setting it down and then forcing myself to pick it up later. I should have just stopped reading it, but I paid for it and kept hoping it would turn around and I'd get my money's worth.
So the book opens with Patrick and Anne showing up for a meeting with Queen Victoria. They have a past together and while Patrick would like nothing better than to be together again, Anne is very bitter about the past. Queen Victoria charges them with traveling to Scotland and investigating the rumors surrounding Patrick's uncle's death. They will be accompanied by Patrick's aunt, a loyal adviser to Victoria.
I found it rather ridiculous that an order from the queen was treated as a suggestion. It's decided that Patrick will masquerade as Anne's butler so he can unobtrusively gather information. He decides to treat his post as a joke (and no one seems to care) and make scenes and act in ways no servant possibly would. The fact that anyone believed his story for a second just made me believe that everyone in the book was beyond stupid. Anne was no better. Because she is bitter about her history with Patrick she takes a spiteful delight in making him perform menial tasks for her. I suppose it was meant to be funny, but I didn't think it succeeded.
Moving on to the topic of Anne and Patrick's history... What exactly was she bitter about? In all those flashbacks she never seemed unwilling. Even though both of them made mention of him being a scoundrel for seducing her, that's really not at all how it came across. Also, it was stated that he asked her to wait until he got back. She went along with her arranged marriage but blamed him it because he left, even though he asked her to wait for him. How does that make sense? Why did he humor her and let her be hateful to him throughout the whole book? I have never been so embarrassed for a character that I've read about. Even when she treated him horribly he just kept trying. He flat out admitted that he would go so far as to crawl for her. It was painful to read. Why did they even care about each other anymore? I never got much of a connection between them beyond sex, and even that didn't seem that convincing. I would have expected the flashbacks to be there to show us why the bond they used to have and why they fell in love. Nope, just sex scenes.
Not only was I dissatisfied with the relationship, I was dissatisfied with the murder plot too! The book moved beyond slapstick into farce with that. Who it turned out to be and why it happened and how everyone reacted when they found out was ridiculous. All that effort for that? I finished the book unsure what the point of it all was. I doubt I'll ever search out this author again. Her writing style is not to my taste.
So the book opens with Patrick and Anne showing up for a meeting with Queen Victoria. They have a past together and while Patrick would like nothing better than to be together again, Anne is very bitter about the past. Queen Victoria charges them with traveling to Scotland and investigating the rumors surrounding Patrick's uncle's death. They will be accompanied by Patrick's aunt, a loyal adviser to Victoria.
I found it rather ridiculous that an order from the queen was treated as a suggestion. It's decided that Patrick will masquerade as Anne's butler so he can unobtrusively gather information. He decides to treat his post as a joke (and no one seems to care) and make scenes and act in ways no servant possibly would. The fact that anyone believed his story for a second just made me believe that everyone in the book was beyond stupid. Anne was no better. Because she is bitter about her history with Patrick she takes a spiteful delight in making him perform menial tasks for her. I suppose it was meant to be funny, but I didn't think it succeeded.
Moving on to the topic of Anne and Patrick's history... What exactly was she bitter about? In all those flashbacks she never seemed unwilling. Even though both of them made mention of him being a scoundrel for seducing her, that's really not at all how it came across. Also, it was stated that he asked her to wait until he got back. She went along with her arranged marriage but blamed him it because he left, even though he asked her to wait for him. How does that make sense? Why did he humor her and let her be hateful to him throughout the whole book? I have never been so embarrassed for a character that I've read about. Even when she treated him horribly he just kept trying. He flat out admitted that he would go so far as to crawl for her. It was painful to read. Why did they even care about each other anymore? I never got much of a connection between them beyond sex, and even that didn't seem that convincing. I would have expected the flashbacks to be there to show us why the bond they used to have and why they fell in love. Nope, just sex scenes.
Not only was I dissatisfied with the relationship, I was dissatisfied with the murder plot too! The book moved beyond slapstick into farce with that. Who it turned out to be and why it happened and how everyone reacted when they found out was ridiculous. All that effort for that? I finished the book unsure what the point of it all was. I doubt I'll ever search out this author again. Her writing style is not to my taste.
July 3, 2009
D read. The antagonism between the two main characters was irritating in chapter 2 but by chapter 9 it was just plain old. Couldn't even finish it.
September 16, 2010
Some of the dialog was laugh-out-loud funny, but I couldn't get into either the love story or the mystery they're supposedly trying to solve. Too much suspension of disbelief required.
August 2, 2011
Interesting read, takes place during queen Victoria's time. Two former lovers are forced by the Queen to look into a mystery in Scotland.
April 14, 2016
An OK read. I think Sutherland totally made this book could have cared less about the girl.
April 25, 2012
I really enjoyed this book! It was fun and the one-liners were great. The only gripe is what a bitch the heroine could be.
July 25, 2013
Really loved this book I had forgotten to add a lot of my books I read this year so I am fortunate that I kept a list on paper as well
July 3, 2015
I was OK. I didn't love either the storyline or the underlying romance.
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