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Isles/Templars #4
El rescate de la doncella
Escocia, siglo XIV. Lady Sorcha Macleod cree que el jinete enmascarado que raptó a su hermana Adela es sir Hugo Robison, el amor secreto de Adela. Al descubrir su error, Sorcha va a rescatarla, sin medir consecuencias. Sir Hugo, un caballero templario, debe interrumpir sus actividades secretas para ir tras ella. Pronto descubre en la indomable Sorcha a una mujer de fuego tan abrasador como su belleza, una fierecilla a la que anhela doblegar.
Cuando una mente perversa planea robar el tesoro oculto de los templarios y mantener a Adela como rehén, Sorcha y Hugo arriesgarán todo para salvar a la joven y proteger el secreto de la Orden.
Cuando una mente perversa planea robar el tesoro oculto de los templarios y mantener a Adela como rehén, Sorcha y Hugo arriesgarán todo para salvar a la joven y proteger el secreto de la Orden.
272 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2006
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About the author
Amanda Scott
172 books381 followersAmanda Scott, USA Today Bestselling Author and winner of Romance Writers of America’s RITA/Golden Medallion (LORD ABBERLEY'S NEMESIS) and Romantic Times’ Awards for Best Regency Author and Best Sensual Regency (RAVENWOOD'S LADY), Lifetime Achievement (2007) and Best Scottish Historical (BORDER MOONLIGHT, 2008), began writing on a dare from her husband. She has sold every manuscript she has written.
Amanda is a fourth-generation Californian, who was born and raised in Salinas and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in history from Mills College in Oakland. She did graduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in British History, before obtaining her Master’s in History from California State University at San Jose. She now lives with her husband and son in northern California.
As a child, Amanda Scott was a model for O’Connor Moffatt in San Francisco (now Macy’s). She was also a Sputnik child, one of those selected after the satellite went up for one of California’s first programs for gifted children. She remained in that program through high school. After graduate school, she taught for the Salinas City School District for three years before marrying her husband, who was then a captain in the Air Force. They lived in Honolulu for a year, then in Papillion, Nebraska, for seven. Their son was born in Nebraska. They have lived in northern California since 1980.
Scott grew up in a family of lawyers, and is descended from a long line of them. Her father was a three-term District Attorney of Monterey County before his death in 1955 at age 36. Her grandfather was City Attorney of Salinas for 36 years after serving two terms as District Attorney, and two of her ancestors were State Supreme Court Justices (one in Missouri, the other the first Supreme Court Justice for the State of Arkansas). One brother, having carried on the Scott tradition in the Monterey County DA’s office, is now a judge. The other is an electrician in Knoxville, TN, and her sister is a teacher in the Sacramento area.
The women of Amanda Scott’s family have been no less successful than the men. Her mother was a child actress known as Baby Lowell, who performed all over the west coast and in Hollywood movies, and then was a dancer with the San Francisco Opera Ballet until her marriage. Her mother’s sister, Loretta Lowell, was also a child actress. She performed in the Our Gang comedies and in several Loretta Young movies before becoming one of the first women in the US Air Force. Scott's paternal grandmother was active in local and State politics and served as president of the California State PTA, and her maternal grandmother was a teacher (and stage mother) before working for Monterey County. The place of women in Scott’s family has always been a strong one. Though they married strong men, the women have, for generations, been well educated and encouraged to succeed at whatever they chose to do.
Amanda Scott’s first book was OMAHA CITY ARCHITECTURE, a coffee-table photo essay on the historical architecture of Omaha, written for Landmarks, Inc. under her married name as a Junior League project. Others took the photos; she did the research and wrote the text on an old Smith-Corona portable electric. She sold her first novel, THE FUGITIVE HEIRESS - likewise written on the battered Smith-Corona in 1980. Since then, she has sold many more books, but since the second one she has used a word processor and computer. Twenty-five of her novels are set in the English Regency period (1810-1820). Others are set in 15th-century England and 14th- through 18th-century Scotland, and three are contemporary romances. Many of her titles are currently available at bookstores and online.
Amanda is a fourth-generation Californian, who was born and raised in Salinas and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in history from Mills College in Oakland. She did graduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializing in British History, before obtaining her Master’s in History from California State University at San Jose. She now lives with her husband and son in northern California.
As a child, Amanda Scott was a model for O’Connor Moffatt in San Francisco (now Macy’s). She was also a Sputnik child, one of those selected after the satellite went up for one of California’s first programs for gifted children. She remained in that program through high school. After graduate school, she taught for the Salinas City School District for three years before marrying her husband, who was then a captain in the Air Force. They lived in Honolulu for a year, then in Papillion, Nebraska, for seven. Their son was born in Nebraska. They have lived in northern California since 1980.
Scott grew up in a family of lawyers, and is descended from a long line of them. Her father was a three-term District Attorney of Monterey County before his death in 1955 at age 36. Her grandfather was City Attorney of Salinas for 36 years after serving two terms as District Attorney, and two of her ancestors were State Supreme Court Justices (one in Missouri, the other the first Supreme Court Justice for the State of Arkansas). One brother, having carried on the Scott tradition in the Monterey County DA’s office, is now a judge. The other is an electrician in Knoxville, TN, and her sister is a teacher in the Sacramento area.
The women of Amanda Scott’s family have been no less successful than the men. Her mother was a child actress known as Baby Lowell, who performed all over the west coast and in Hollywood movies, and then was a dancer with the San Francisco Opera Ballet until her marriage. Her mother’s sister, Loretta Lowell, was also a child actress. She performed in the Our Gang comedies and in several Loretta Young movies before becoming one of the first women in the US Air Force. Scott's paternal grandmother was active in local and State politics and served as president of the California State PTA, and her maternal grandmother was a teacher (and stage mother) before working for Monterey County. The place of women in Scott’s family has always been a strong one. Though they married strong men, the women have, for generations, been well educated and encouraged to succeed at whatever they chose to do.
Amanda Scott’s first book was OMAHA CITY ARCHITECTURE, a coffee-table photo essay on the historical architecture of Omaha, written for Landmarks, Inc. under her married name as a Junior League project. Others took the photos; she did the research and wrote the text on an old Smith-Corona portable electric. She sold her first novel, THE FUGITIVE HEIRESS - likewise written on the battered Smith-Corona in 1980. Since then, she has sold many more books, but since the second one she has used a word processor and computer. Twenty-five of her novels are set in the English Regency period (1810-1820). Others are set in 15th-century England and 14th- through 18th-century Scotland, and three are contemporary romances. Many of her titles are currently available at bookstores and online.
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August 14, 2021
I think the author is trying to make the heroine, Sorcha, be independent and adventurous, but she comes across too frequently as foolhardy, so I had trouble finishing this book. By the end, she gets a bit more common sense, but by then I no longer trusted her, so I can't say I was thrilled with this addition to the Templar series. Of course, I have re-read it out of order, so that may be part of the problem.
March 22, 2021
Al fin termine el libro, realmente son 3.5 estrellas.
Primero debo decir que no sabía que era una saga pero lo pude leer sin problema.
Como sabemos la historia gira en torno a Sorcha y Hugo, ambos tienen una química espectacular desde que se conocen y la aventura que les toca recorrer es genial ya que hay unos pequeños giros que nunca me hubiera imaginado.
La parte histórica también es interesante y esta muy bien desarrollada, aunque claro que no es que sea versada en ese campo pero se nota el gran trabajo de la autora.
Pero que fue lo malo para mi, pues la actitud de Sorcha, a pesar de tener una personalidad fuerte y valerosa digna de admirar, su curiosidad y a veces falta de sentido común me daba ganas de gritarle que se calle y se quede quieta. Y es que ella es la causante de lo que le pasa a Adela, su hermana por su imprudencia. Luego pone en peligro a Sidony, su otra hermana, la desobediencia de ella raya la imprudencia. Hugo pues a pesar de que a veces es prepotente pues tiene una mente analítica que me gustó. El final fue muy bonito porque es la felicidad después de la desavenencia.
Como lectura ligera si funciona
Primero debo decir que no sabía que era una saga pero lo pude leer sin problema.
Como sabemos la historia gira en torno a Sorcha y Hugo, ambos tienen una química espectacular desde que se conocen y la aventura que les toca recorrer es genial ya que hay unos pequeños giros que nunca me hubiera imaginado.
La parte histórica también es interesante y esta muy bien desarrollada, aunque claro que no es que sea versada en ese campo pero se nota el gran trabajo de la autora.
Pero que fue lo malo para mi, pues la actitud de Sorcha, a pesar de tener una personalidad fuerte y valerosa digna de admirar, su curiosidad y a veces falta de sentido común me daba ganas de gritarle que se calle y se quede quieta. Y es que ella es la causante de lo que le pasa a Adela, su hermana por su imprudencia. Luego pone en peligro a Sidony, su otra hermana, la desobediencia de ella raya la imprudencia. Hugo pues a pesar de que a veces es prepotente pues tiene una mente analítica que me gustó. El final fue muy bonito porque es la felicidad después de la desavenencia.
Como lectura ligera si funciona
February 4, 2018
Good read...
With a little bit of everything thrown in. I liked Hugo in the other book and it is great that he got a feisty wife. I'm confused over Adella's behaviors but hopefully she will come back to sanity. I'm looking forward to the next one in the series.
With a little bit of everything thrown in. I liked Hugo in the other book and it is great that he got a feisty wife. I'm confused over Adella's behaviors but hopefully she will come back to sanity. I'm looking forward to the next one in the series.
August 10, 2021
No le tenía muchas expectativas, pero la verdad es un libro entretenido no es muy denso a pesar que sea un libro con escenario de época, me encanta la tensión que hay entre los protagonistas quería más. Tengo que admitir que odio a Adela y quería que se muera pero bueno. 3,75☆
April 16, 2019
Excelente serie!. Muy bien escrita.
August 31, 2012
I love the setting for this book, Scotland in the late 1300s. The main characters Sorcha and Hugo are out searching for Sorcha's older sister Adela. Adela was kidnapped at her wedding, most people thought by Hugo at the time. That is because Sorcha got it into her head that the two loved each other and Hugo wouldn't let her sister marry some one else. But it wasn't, and by the time this was learned the kidnappers had a huge lead. Sorcha is sent home in disgrace by her father after confronting Hugo. But instead of heading home Sorcha decides to search for her sister. Hugo follows a time later and the two meet up and search together. The two of them have a spark that won't die down, even though they both exasperate the other. Its fun to see the spark fly between theses two as they fall for each other.
My main problem with this story is Sorcha and her meddling. If she wouldn't have meddled in her sisters life this would never have happened, its like she's a spoiled brat. That kind of behavior is really a turn off for me. But the setting and the rest of the story did soften the story for me and in the end I can say I enjoyed this book more than I was annoyed by Sorcha's behavior.
Disclosure: This book was provided to me by the publisher via NetGalley. The rating, review, and all opinions are my own
My main problem with this story is Sorcha and her meddling. If she wouldn't have meddled in her sisters life this would never have happened, its like she's a spoiled brat. That kind of behavior is really a turn off for me. But the setting and the rest of the story did soften the story for me and in the end I can say I enjoyed this book more than I was annoyed by Sorcha's behavior.
Disclosure: This book was provided to me by the publisher via NetGalley. The rating, review, and all opinions are my own
May 6, 2011
This is what a true romance is about.
I enjoyed the knight and his lady in distress, as they fought to find the way into one another's bed.
Great reading for a cold night, with a good wine and a fire blazing.
You can almost feel the stone walls of the bedchamber, smell the peat fires and taste the scottish fare.
I enjoyed the knight and his lady in distress, as they fought to find the way into one another's bed.
Great reading for a cold night, with a good wine and a fire blazing.
You can almost feel the stone walls of the bedchamber, smell the peat fires and taste the scottish fare.
December 24, 2009
good and a real mystery unfolds.
May 20, 2014
Boring. Nothing much happened.
April 15, 2015
I just couldn't bring myself to like Sorcha- a self-centered, spoiled lier.
October 28, 2015
3.5 stars!!! Hugo I love you!!!
March 4, 2008
a little slow to start but okay
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