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Blades of Honor #2
Highland Resurrection
Gravely injured during the massacre at Berwick on Tweed and with no memory of his past, Brother Lazarus was raised by monks until called upon by the Catholic Church to take up arms and protect pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land. As a member of the ill-fated Knights Templar, he is haunted by the horror of battle and the atrocities he witnessed at the hands of the French King, Philip the Fair, in his attempt to destroy the once-sacred order. Aided by a disgruntled French guard, he escaped on the night before his execution and flees to Scotland, but remains a fugitive. King Philip is convinced he also absconded with religious artifacts and a valuable treasure.
Despite his attempt to remain sequestered with the monks who raised him, Lazarus visits Berwick, convinced it holds the key to his identity and past. While there, he prevents a lass from being raped—a Good Samaritan act that has him questioning his vows of celibacy and puts him and anyone around him in danger.
Sheena MacClaran, wrongly accused of being a whore, harbors secrets of her own, but finds herself drawn to the mysterious monk who tends to her injuries and befriends her wee brother. Has she finally found a man she can trust and love, or will demons from his past and a king’s wrath catch up with them and tear them apart forever?
Despite his attempt to remain sequestered with the monks who raised him, Lazarus visits Berwick, convinced it holds the key to his identity and past. While there, he prevents a lass from being raped—a Good Samaritan act that has him questioning his vows of celibacy and puts him and anyone around him in danger.
Sheena MacClaran, wrongly accused of being a whore, harbors secrets of her own, but finds herself drawn to the mysterious monk who tends to her injuries and befriends her wee brother. Has she finally found a man she can trust and love, or will demons from his past and a king’s wrath catch up with them and tear them apart forever?
188 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 6, 2016
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B.J. Scott
20 books90 followersPLEASE NOTE THERE ARE THREE AUTHORS WITH SAME NAME (B.J. SCOTT) MY BOOKS ARE HISTORICAL ROMANCE NOVELS
With a passion for history and romance, I have several exciting works in progress. Each manuscript offers a blend of passion, adventure and where appropriate, a dab of comic relief. Carefully researched historical facts are woven into the storyline, providing a backdrop from which steamy romance, gripping plots and vivid characters—dashing alpha heroes and resourceful, beguiling heroines you can't help but admire—spring to life. I also write contemporary, paranormal, time travel and romantic suspense.
After several years in the nursing and child and youth work fields, I met and married my knight in shinning armor and he whisked me away to his castle by the sea. Actually, it is a century old home in a small town on the shore of Lake Erie, where we reside with our three dogs and a cat.
While born in Canada, my ethnic background( grandparents back) were from Scotland, Ireland and England. Perhaps the reason for my facination with anything Celtic. In the fourth grade, I discovered the work of C.S Lewis, and was hooked. When I am not writing, working at my childcare job or on my small business, you will find me reading, camping or antique hunting.
I am a PAN member of Romance Writers of America, World Romance Writers, Celtic Heart Romance Writers, Savvy Authors and several writer critique groups.
Via B.J. Scott's Website
With a passion for history and romance, I have several exciting works in progress. Each manuscript offers a blend of passion, adventure and where appropriate, a dab of comic relief. Carefully researched historical facts are woven into the storyline, providing a backdrop from which steamy romance, gripping plots and vivid characters—dashing alpha heroes and resourceful, beguiling heroines you can't help but admire—spring to life. I also write contemporary, paranormal, time travel and romantic suspense.
After several years in the nursing and child and youth work fields, I met and married my knight in shinning armor and he whisked me away to his castle by the sea. Actually, it is a century old home in a small town on the shore of Lake Erie, where we reside with our three dogs and a cat.
While born in Canada, my ethnic background( grandparents back) were from Scotland, Ireland and England. Perhaps the reason for my facination with anything Celtic. In the fourth grade, I discovered the work of C.S Lewis, and was hooked. When I am not writing, working at my childcare job or on my small business, you will find me reading, camping or antique hunting.
I am a PAN member of Romance Writers of America, World Romance Writers, Celtic Heart Romance Writers, Savvy Authors and several writer critique groups.
Via B.J. Scott's Website
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July 5, 2016
Highland Resurrection ( Blades of Honor, Book 2) by BJ Scott
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Scotland, 1318
Lazarus the hero of this story is a monk who never took his vows, but did pledge his allegiance to the holy Knights of Jerusalem. The vows are piety, poverty, secrecy, humility, dedication to prayer, chastity plus dedication to the laws of the Catholic Church. He was found at the young age of 16 summers after Brother Simon, of Ayton Abbey found him as a teenager. He had a broken body piled up with the dead at the Battle of Berwick, which was the first significant battle for the Independence of Scotland.
Since found Lazarus has had no memories of himself, not even his own name! Brother Simon named him Lazarus. He has been more of a father caring for him ever since for these past twenty years. Lazarus escaped from a French Prison living hell two years ago and is now a wanted fugitive and hiding in the Ayton Abbey. He had been brutally beaten and tortured in al French prison as a member of the Knights Templar. Plus forcing him to watch them execute his fellow Knights for fabricated charges of heresy. This was a living hell for Lazardus turning his heart cold as ice living with many demons and nightmares!
’’The evil French King who ordered so many deaths of the Knights when Knights who were only sworn to protect the pilgrims only to escort them to the holy land. The French King is now dead but his son now sits on the throne and is his father's Devil's spawn!
The French believe the Knights that escaped made off with church’s treasures and artifacts he accuses them of stealing. The King wants to retrieve the Knights that escaped the French prison, being returned to France to be executed! He demands these treasures returned and the missing Knights are still hiding.
Lazarus has no idea where the other Knights are as they all went their separate ways after escape and only left with the clothes on his back. Now he is being hunted by French agents and Robert the Brus never who actually supported never openly the French in the execution of the Knights Templar, but to keep the peace with his country by giving permission to arrest the escaped convicts and returning them to France for execution. This even includes the Scottish Knights!
Lazarus believes The Brus is looking the other way to keep his French alliances peaceful. Lazarus still has many nightmare from prison, especially about a tragedy from one woman who had given him sanctuary. He fears for Brother Simon and the Brothers and is making plans to leave the Abbey as he fears a past tragedy may repeat itself.
The heroine of this story is Sheena MacLean a lass who was brutally raped and marked as whore by the evil spoiled Laird's son Roderick Morgan.He was to be married in a few days, but wanted the beautiful innocent teenage maiden, Sheena, who was only a merchant's daughter.
When Sheena refuses Roderick offer he then brutally rapes her and marks her as a whore. If he can't have her no one else will want her now, so he ruins her from any man wanting her, This puts her life in a downward spiral as her unfeeling father disowns her throws her out since she is ruined and marked a whore. Her step-mother died giving birth that night and she took her brother Quinn and has raised him since birth. Sheena and her brother never stay in one place for long always fearing Roderick will find them one day and force his will again.
Then one day she is spotted by two drunkards who plan on raping her and Sheena fights them off. Lazarus walks by and saves her though he could not escort her home luckily Ian Fraser happens by and agrees to escort her home, Sheena has been brutally beaten by the brutes her be rapists. Lazarus hears French agents are nearby,looking for him and he is so easy to be spotted in his robes of the brotherhood and ring of the Knights Templar he can't bear to remove.
He knew he had to run but has much guilt not being able to return Sheena or treat her wounds as the Brothers are trained in the healing arts. Lazarus has so much guilt about leaving and running away when Sheena needed him and sets out to find her and see if she has recovered. When he finally discovers Sheena realizing she is extremely terrified of men when she is found!
With this reaction he does not believe she is a woman of ill repute. Believing most likely someone markedly her that way for punishment or torure. Lazarus had found Sheena delirious with fever, broken ribs, sprained ankle, abrasions and near death. He sees they are near starving and set out to heal and care for Sheena and her young brother, Quinn.
Sheena’s brother Quinn take to him immediately, but it takes awhile fo Sheena but just as she starts to open her heart and trust him he decides to leave and she feels betrayed. Lazarus feels things too even though he is virgin but knows he can't offer her anything. Also fears she will be punished for harbor ing a fugitive reason he never tells her the truth and keeps her in the dark. Just in case me he is caught so she could not be charged not knowing the truth, mBeing a hunted man, is this couple ever able to let their secrets go and open their hearts! Both have had so much sadness and tragedy in their loves and have a hard time trusting others. Quinn like any child wants to a family, will warm your heart as he cling to a father figure.
Will Lazarus true origins and memories ever return? Will the French finally capture him and cart him off to France for execution? How are the Frasers involved in this story? What about Sheena will she be able to share her troubled past with Lazarus and start to trust a man? Will Lazarus ever tell Sheena the truth about his troubled past? Something she has feared for over seven years? Will these two ever get a break and able to find happiness with both having such troubled and tragic bleak pasts?
Readers will have to find out though I don't think we will truly find out until the next installment, Book 3 of ‘Blades of Honor series is released. That will be the next book in the series, as the wonderful cliff hanger ending that will just make readers yearn for more!
Ms. Scott does it again with another fast moving, powerful, emotional book that is layered with bits of true history and her signature style fictional romance. I really enjoyed Highland Resurrection and can't wait for the next book to see how this fabulous story resolves and hopefully gets the overdue-delayed HEA this couple definitely deserves!
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Scotland, 1318
Lazarus the hero of this story is a monk who never took his vows, but did pledge his allegiance to the holy Knights of Jerusalem. The vows are piety, poverty, secrecy, humility, dedication to prayer, chastity plus dedication to the laws of the Catholic Church. He was found at the young age of 16 summers after Brother Simon, of Ayton Abbey found him as a teenager. He had a broken body piled up with the dead at the Battle of Berwick, which was the first significant battle for the Independence of Scotland.
Since found Lazarus has had no memories of himself, not even his own name! Brother Simon named him Lazarus. He has been more of a father caring for him ever since for these past twenty years. Lazarus escaped from a French Prison living hell two years ago and is now a wanted fugitive and hiding in the Ayton Abbey. He had been brutally beaten and tortured in al French prison as a member of the Knights Templar. Plus forcing him to watch them execute his fellow Knights for fabricated charges of heresy. This was a living hell for Lazardus turning his heart cold as ice living with many demons and nightmares!
’’The evil French King who ordered so many deaths of the Knights when Knights who were only sworn to protect the pilgrims only to escort them to the holy land. The French King is now dead but his son now sits on the throne and is his father's Devil's spawn!
The French believe the Knights that escaped made off with church’s treasures and artifacts he accuses them of stealing. The King wants to retrieve the Knights that escaped the French prison, being returned to France to be executed! He demands these treasures returned and the missing Knights are still hiding.
Lazarus has no idea where the other Knights are as they all went their separate ways after escape and only left with the clothes on his back. Now he is being hunted by French agents and Robert the Brus never who actually supported never openly the French in the execution of the Knights Templar, but to keep the peace with his country by giving permission to arrest the escaped convicts and returning them to France for execution. This even includes the Scottish Knights!
Lazarus believes The Brus is looking the other way to keep his French alliances peaceful. Lazarus still has many nightmare from prison, especially about a tragedy from one woman who had given him sanctuary. He fears for Brother Simon and the Brothers and is making plans to leave the Abbey as he fears a past tragedy may repeat itself.
The heroine of this story is Sheena MacLean a lass who was brutally raped and marked as whore by the evil spoiled Laird's son Roderick Morgan.He was to be married in a few days, but wanted the beautiful innocent teenage maiden, Sheena, who was only a merchant's daughter.
When Sheena refuses Roderick offer he then brutally rapes her and marks her as a whore. If he can't have her no one else will want her now, so he ruins her from any man wanting her, This puts her life in a downward spiral as her unfeeling father disowns her throws her out since she is ruined and marked a whore. Her step-mother died giving birth that night and she took her brother Quinn and has raised him since birth. Sheena and her brother never stay in one place for long always fearing Roderick will find them one day and force his will again.
Then one day she is spotted by two drunkards who plan on raping her and Sheena fights them off. Lazarus walks by and saves her though he could not escort her home luckily Ian Fraser happens by and agrees to escort her home, Sheena has been brutally beaten by the brutes her be rapists. Lazarus hears French agents are nearby,looking for him and he is so easy to be spotted in his robes of the brotherhood and ring of the Knights Templar he can't bear to remove.
He knew he had to run but has much guilt not being able to return Sheena or treat her wounds as the Brothers are trained in the healing arts. Lazarus has so much guilt about leaving and running away when Sheena needed him and sets out to find her and see if she has recovered. When he finally discovers Sheena realizing she is extremely terrified of men when she is found!
With this reaction he does not believe she is a woman of ill repute. Believing most likely someone markedly her that way for punishment or torure. Lazarus had found Sheena delirious with fever, broken ribs, sprained ankle, abrasions and near death. He sees they are near starving and set out to heal and care for Sheena and her young brother, Quinn.
Sheena’s brother Quinn take to him immediately, but it takes awhile fo Sheena but just as she starts to open her heart and trust him he decides to leave and she feels betrayed. Lazarus feels things too even though he is virgin but knows he can't offer her anything. Also fears she will be punished for harbor ing a fugitive reason he never tells her the truth and keeps her in the dark. Just in case me he is caught so she could not be charged not knowing the truth, mBeing a hunted man, is this couple ever able to let their secrets go and open their hearts! Both have had so much sadness and tragedy in their loves and have a hard time trusting others. Quinn like any child wants to a family, will warm your heart as he cling to a father figure.
Will Lazarus true origins and memories ever return? Will the French finally capture him and cart him off to France for execution? How are the Frasers involved in this story? What about Sheena will she be able to share her troubled past with Lazarus and start to trust a man? Will Lazarus ever tell Sheena the truth about his troubled past? Something she has feared for over seven years? Will these two ever get a break and able to find happiness with both having such troubled and tragic bleak pasts?
Readers will have to find out though I don't think we will truly find out until the next installment, Book 3 of ‘Blades of Honor series is released. That will be the next book in the series, as the wonderful cliff hanger ending that will just make readers yearn for more!
Ms. Scott does it again with another fast moving, powerful, emotional book that is layered with bits of true history and her signature style fictional romance. I really enjoyed Highland Resurrection and can't wait for the next book to see how this fabulous story resolves and hopefully gets the overdue-delayed HEA this couple definitely deserves!
July 3, 2016
I loved this story of Lazarus (James Fraser) and Sheena!! At long last the eldest brother of the clan Fraser has been found...but not without problems. This was an exciting great read. I love all the Fraser books as BJ has done this series justice!! Cannot wait for the next book, they have to get Quinn back!! Great book BJ....
June 30, 2016
After being injured at the massacre at Berwick and with no memory of who he is or where he came from, Brother Lazarus was saved by the monks, mainly Brother Simon, and lived with them until he went to the Holy Land to take up arms and protect pilgrims traveling there. As a member of the Knights Templar, he has nightmares of the horrors he saw there at the hands of the French King who was trying to destroy the once–sacred order, thinking the Knights had information of treasures the King wanted for himself. Hiding with the monks who raised him Lazarus searches for answers to his past and thinks these answers are in Berwick. On one of his trips there he helps save a woman who is being attacked. He leaves her in the capable hands of Ian Fraser and hurries back to the Abby. He feels bad about leaving her with a stranger and goes back to make sure she is okay. While taking care of her he is afraid he has put her and her son in danger by being in their lives.
Everyone sees Sheena MacClaran as a whore because of the cut on her jaw, which she is not. However, she does have a secret she is keeping close to her heart. She finds herself drawn to the monk who is taking such good care of her and her little brother. Will they have a chance or will all the secrets and unknowns tear them apart?
From the very beginning of this story you are pulled in and can’t wait to find out what happens next. There are so many twist and turns that it keeps things a bit exciting. This story is very well put together, has a great plot and a strong hero and heroine. There are several secondary characters that are a great addition. I loved this book and can’t wait for the third one in this series!
I received this ARC for an honest review.
Everyone sees Sheena MacClaran as a whore because of the cut on her jaw, which she is not. However, she does have a secret she is keeping close to her heart. She finds herself drawn to the monk who is taking such good care of her and her little brother. Will they have a chance or will all the secrets and unknowns tear them apart?
From the very beginning of this story you are pulled in and can’t wait to find out what happens next. There are so many twist and turns that it keeps things a bit exciting. This story is very well put together, has a great plot and a strong hero and heroine. There are several secondary characters that are a great addition. I loved this book and can’t wait for the third one in this series!
I received this ARC for an honest review.
July 6, 2022
Very Very Good Story!
I absolutely loved this book. I loved the characters and storyline so much. Sheena, Quinn and Lazarus aka James Fraser overcame so much and now at the end of the story sheesh I have to hurry and start the 3rd story of 4. Such a good series. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰💜💜💜💜💜
I absolutely loved this book. I loved the characters and storyline so much. Sheena, Quinn and Lazarus aka James Fraser overcame so much and now at the end of the story sheesh I have to hurry and start the 3rd story of 4. Such a good series. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰💜💜💜💜💜
October 7, 2017
Good but could have been better
The premise and plot were good. The beginning chapters were great! My only complaint is that in later chapters the action was described in conversation, instead of the author showing the actual action. That would have made a good book into a great one.
The premise and plot were good. The beginning chapters were great! My only complaint is that in later chapters the action was described in conversation, instead of the author showing the actual action. That would have made a good book into a great one.
October 17, 2017
Brother Lazarus is a man with no past and a very bleak future. Once a proud member of the Knights Templar, he lost his past and memory during the Longshanks Massacre in 1296. Broken and lost, he was taken in by the monks from Ayton Abbey near the hamlet of Berwick-upon-Tweed. He lives a reclusive life, after having taken the vows of piety, poverty, secrecy, humility, chastity, dedication to prayer, and obedience to the laws of the Catholic Church. Tortured daily by vague shadows of the past, he prays for the answers that constantly elude him.
The year is 1296 and French troops are scouring the Highland towns and villages in search of fugitive knights. With his mortal enemy closing in on him, Lazarus fears for his life and freedom, and the thought of flight rules his brain. When he happens upon a lass being attacked by two drunks, he can’t turn away.
He is not alone; the young and beautiful Sheena MacLean is also in fear of her life and the safety of her younger brother, Quinn. She fled their home after being brutally raped by the local laird, Roderick Morgan. In a fit of anger, he cut her chin, leaving a scar and a sign to everyone that she is a whore. They flee and try to blend in with the landscape; a feat easier devised than executed.
These two damaged and lost souls find each other and slowly build a relationship of mutual respect and trust that turns into a passion that literally burns from the pages. The reader is treated to a glimpse of a time when life was cheap, honor was scarce, and love elusive. You go back into time and witness a love story that is both unique and moving. Sub- conscientiously you root for these three lost and vulnerable souls to find love, peace, happiness, and safety and I think many people will agree that this is a book well worth reading.
The year is 1296 and French troops are scouring the Highland towns and villages in search of fugitive knights. With his mortal enemy closing in on him, Lazarus fears for his life and freedom, and the thought of flight rules his brain. When he happens upon a lass being attacked by two drunks, he can’t turn away.
He is not alone; the young and beautiful Sheena MacLean is also in fear of her life and the safety of her younger brother, Quinn. She fled their home after being brutally raped by the local laird, Roderick Morgan. In a fit of anger, he cut her chin, leaving a scar and a sign to everyone that she is a whore. They flee and try to blend in with the landscape; a feat easier devised than executed.
These two damaged and lost souls find each other and slowly build a relationship of mutual respect and trust that turns into a passion that literally burns from the pages. The reader is treated to a glimpse of a time when life was cheap, honor was scarce, and love elusive. You go back into time and witness a love story that is both unique and moving. Sub- conscientiously you root for these three lost and vulnerable souls to find love, peace, happiness, and safety and I think many people will agree that this is a book well worth reading.
July 16, 2020
Poor Writing
This got as many as two stars from me because the actual story was good, but ruined by abysmal writing. Many spelling mistakes.and use of wrong words, stray commas in inappropriate locations, and odd, unrelated words inserted into a sentence, rendering it meaningless. Whole chunks of narrative made no sense at all. There was apparently no editing or even proof reading. The frequent use of modern expressions like "bolshie" in the dialogue and Americanisms like "wash up" when referring to people's ablutions, ignoring the fact that the setting is 13th century Scotland, not modern USA! Nobody goes "out OF" a door or looks "out OF" a window - just "out a" door or "out a" window! Who speaks like this? She conveys little sense of time or place. On the plus side she has a great imagination and would be a good storyteller of she could write better. All of these things would be improved by the use of a good editor! I paid good money for this book and feel cheated!
This got as many as two stars from me because the actual story was good, but ruined by abysmal writing. Many spelling mistakes.and use of wrong words, stray commas in inappropriate locations, and odd, unrelated words inserted into a sentence, rendering it meaningless. Whole chunks of narrative made no sense at all. There was apparently no editing or even proof reading. The frequent use of modern expressions like "bolshie" in the dialogue and Americanisms like "wash up" when referring to people's ablutions, ignoring the fact that the setting is 13th century Scotland, not modern USA! Nobody goes "out OF" a door or looks "out OF" a window - just "out a" door or "out a" window! Who speaks like this? She conveys little sense of time or place. On the plus side she has a great imagination and would be a good storyteller of she could write better. All of these things would be improved by the use of a good editor! I paid good money for this book and feel cheated!
October 22, 2017
Could have been 4 or 5 stars with better editing
This was an enjoyable book. However, poor editing ruined it for me. When medieval people say "Okay," for example, an expression that was not used in polite discourse as recently as 60 years ago, I cringe. There were a lot of sentence fragments as well that jarred.
Unrelated to the copyediting issues that would have been avoided with professional editing was another issue: teasers built into the story leading to the next in the series. I understand authors and publishers wanting to hook readers and convince them to buy more books in the series. But as a reader, with so many great stand-alone books by so many great authors, I find these techniques manipulative, and they spoil what was otherwise a good read.
This was an enjoyable book. However, poor editing ruined it for me. When medieval people say "Okay," for example, an expression that was not used in polite discourse as recently as 60 years ago, I cringe. There were a lot of sentence fragments as well that jarred.
Unrelated to the copyediting issues that would have been avoided with professional editing was another issue: teasers built into the story leading to the next in the series. I understand authors and publishers wanting to hook readers and convince them to buy more books in the series. But as a reader, with so many great stand-alone books by so many great authors, I find these techniques manipulative, and they spoil what was otherwise a good read.
October 31, 2017
Enjoyable but
This was a very enjoyable romance but my one complaint is the cliffhanger ending about Sheena's brother. I don't want to give anything away of the story but I dislike when a story that is heading for a happily ever after for all family members ends on a sad note. It also feels like a ploy to get the reader to purchase the next book to find out what happens. The love story itself between Lazarus and Sheena was very good and for that reason I gave it a 4 star rating as they did find their happily ever after together. I just felt it was marred by the cliffhanger at the end.
This was a very enjoyable romance but my one complaint is the cliffhanger ending about Sheena's brother. I don't want to give anything away of the story but I dislike when a story that is heading for a happily ever after for all family members ends on a sad note. It also feels like a ploy to get the reader to purchase the next book to find out what happens. The love story itself between Lazarus and Sheena was very good and for that reason I gave it a 4 star rating as they did find their happily ever after together. I just felt it was marred by the cliffhanger at the end.
March 11, 2020
Highland Resurrection
Loss memory of his past for over twenty years then found by his brothers. He was thought dead but by chance he was found. Now a hunted man by the French. Lazarus the name a monk gave him. He served as a knight in the holy land. Now back in Scotland he saved a lady from bad men that hurt her. Lazarus went to her home to repair her. They fell for each other but the French took her little brother until Lazarus gave himself up. So he did and he was beaten badly but his brothers saved him and little Quinn.
Loss memory of his past for over twenty years then found by his brothers. He was thought dead but by chance he was found. Now a hunted man by the French. Lazarus the name a monk gave him. He served as a knight in the holy land. Now back in Scotland he saved a lady from bad men that hurt her. Lazarus went to her home to repair her. They fell for each other but the French took her little brother until Lazarus gave himself up. So he did and he was beaten badly but his brothers saved him and little Quinn.
October 11, 2017
Highland Resurrection
Book 2 This was a very good book! Lazarus was found by Father Simon after a brutal massacre, as a fifteen year old left for dead with no memory. He becomes a Knight Templar fights in the Holy Land, gets sent to a French prison where he is brutalized. The heroine is the victim of attempted rape he saves. Good book in series.
Book 2 This was a very good book! Lazarus was found by Father Simon after a brutal massacre, as a fifteen year old left for dead with no memory. He becomes a Knight Templar fights in the Holy Land, gets sent to a French prison where he is brutalized. The heroine is the victim of attempted rape he saves. Good book in series.
July 27, 2018
Highland Thriller
Lots of ups and downs in this book and many interesting characters. I would have given it five stars if I didn't have to buy the next book to find out the ending. A real pet peeve of mine.
Lots of ups and downs in this book and many interesting characters. I would have given it five stars if I didn't have to buy the next book to find out the ending. A real pet peeve of mine.
February 14, 2019
The truth leaves you hanging
When Lazarus and Sheena meet both have secrets to be discovered. While those secrets do not hinder their love they do lead to complications that leave the reader hanging and clamoring for more.
When Lazarus and Sheena meet both have secrets to be discovered. While those secrets do not hinder their love they do lead to complications that leave the reader hanging and clamoring for more.
February 20, 2019
I'm sorry but sappy characters, sickeningly sweet, uneducated people with ridiculous vocabularies (including modern phrases), and the book ends on the middle of the fucking action. No, I'm not buying the next book.
June 30, 2020
It's a Cliffhanger
Good story. Easy to read. Not too angsty. I haven't read any of the previous series but it seems like there's more the reader is supposed to know about the secondary characters. I don't want to say more and ruin it for you.
Good story. Easy to read. Not too angsty. I haven't read any of the previous series but it seems like there's more the reader is supposed to know about the secondary characters. I don't want to say more and ruin it for you.
October 8, 2017
Highland Resurrection
This is a fast paced book with Knights Templar wicked French soldiers intent on murder, an attractive young woman and her young brother.
This is a fast paced book with Knights Templar wicked French soldiers intent on murder, an attractive young woman and her young brother.
October 10, 2017
Lost and Found
This story dealt with loss in many forms. It was heartwarming how those losses were remedied.. perhaps I will read other books in the series.
This story dealt with loss in many forms. It was heartwarming how those losses were remedied.. perhaps I will read other books in the series.
October 12, 2017
Interesting characters, but I was disappointed with the ending.
November 3, 2017
Excellent book.
Very good, except for the abrupt ending. Wonderful characters. I love this time period. Very dramatic. It was a very good read.
Very good, except for the abrupt ending. Wonderful characters. I love this time period. Very dramatic. It was a very good read.
November 19, 2017
Not a stand alone book
You can tell by the voice of the book that there are books before it. It also ends with a cliff hanger lead into the next book.
You can tell by the voice of the book that there are books before it. It also ends with a cliff hanger lead into the next book.
March 15, 2018
really interesting, a story about the Knights Templar
April 21, 2018
Great
Loved the story so very much but did not like how it ended,. You need to read another to find what happens, not good
Loved the story so very much but did not like how it ended,. You need to read another to find what happens, not good
February 9, 2019
Exciting!
Great writing! The horror of brutality that flows through this story is so actual, it is frightening. However, love overcomes.
Great writing! The horror of brutality that flows through this story is so actual, it is frightening. However, love overcomes.
February 24, 2019
Resurrection
Story to short. Needed more substance and inspiration. Quit before it got a good story going. I dislike being left hanging.
Story to short. Needed more substance and inspiration. Quit before it got a good story going. I dislike being left hanging.
August 5, 2020
Presumed dead
What an exciting story of a young lad killed with his father at a Highland meeting. The lad waking up and not knowing a soul, including himself!
What an exciting story of a young lad killed with his father at a Highland meeting. The lad waking up and not knowing a soul, including himself!
July 6, 2016
Brother Simon rescued a young boy when he was 15 years old the young boy was Brother Lazarus who is called that because he couldn't remember who he was or if he had any family, as he was found in the carnage at Berwick and Brother Simon saved his life.
He joined the Knights Templar and was consequently imprisoned in France where he escaped from the French guards and the king, where he returned to Scotland, but he is still on the run.
That was two years ago and every now and again he returned to Berwick to see if any of his memory could be returned to him it was when he was visiting Berwick that he came upon a young girl being accosted her name was Sheena, he managed to stop the attack and another man came and helped, as they were assessing her injuries French guards arrived and Lazarus not wanting to be caught turned to the other man whose name was Ian Fraser and asked him to take Sheena home, for payment, Lazarus gave Ian a dagger and unbeknownst to Lazarus that dagger held a very special key to his memory.
Filled with guilt Lazarus decided to go and try and find Sheena he didn't know whether she was alive or not, going to the village he found where she was living and that she was very ill and only had her seven year old brother Quinn looking after her and so he stayed and brought her back to health, she didn't trust men and tried her hardest to get Lazarus to go, but he was stubborn and carried on looking after her and Quinn, when she was well, Lazarus, who had started to have feelings for her decided that he needed to go as he didn't want her caught up in his mess, but she had started to have feelings for him as well, even though she had secrets of her own to keep. They had words and he left.
The French guards found out he was staying with Sheena and so paid a visit they took Quinn and told her that they would exchange Quinn for Lazarus. Going to the Abbey where Lazarus lived Sheena found him and told him what had happened he straightaway went to Father Marquis and gave himself up but all that Marquis did was put him in a cell his guards beating him and starving him of food and water this lasted three days and still Quinn was not returned to Sheena on the third day he was put on a horse and tied to it and taken to Berwick to catch a ship to be taken back to France to be executed. On the way the guards were ambushed and killed by some highland warriors upon which Lazarus found he was in fact Andrew James Fraser and his brothers had come to rescue him.
I could say more about this but I won't because I don't want to spoil it, all that I can say is that you are absolutely going to love it and you won't be able to put this book down.
He joined the Knights Templar and was consequently imprisoned in France where he escaped from the French guards and the king, where he returned to Scotland, but he is still on the run.
That was two years ago and every now and again he returned to Berwick to see if any of his memory could be returned to him it was when he was visiting Berwick that he came upon a young girl being accosted her name was Sheena, he managed to stop the attack and another man came and helped, as they were assessing her injuries French guards arrived and Lazarus not wanting to be caught turned to the other man whose name was Ian Fraser and asked him to take Sheena home, for payment, Lazarus gave Ian a dagger and unbeknownst to Lazarus that dagger held a very special key to his memory.
Filled with guilt Lazarus decided to go and try and find Sheena he didn't know whether she was alive or not, going to the village he found where she was living and that she was very ill and only had her seven year old brother Quinn looking after her and so he stayed and brought her back to health, she didn't trust men and tried her hardest to get Lazarus to go, but he was stubborn and carried on looking after her and Quinn, when she was well, Lazarus, who had started to have feelings for her decided that he needed to go as he didn't want her caught up in his mess, but she had started to have feelings for him as well, even though she had secrets of her own to keep. They had words and he left.
The French guards found out he was staying with Sheena and so paid a visit they took Quinn and told her that they would exchange Quinn for Lazarus. Going to the Abbey where Lazarus lived Sheena found him and told him what had happened he straightaway went to Father Marquis and gave himself up but all that Marquis did was put him in a cell his guards beating him and starving him of food and water this lasted three days and still Quinn was not returned to Sheena on the third day he was put on a horse and tied to it and taken to Berwick to catch a ship to be taken back to France to be executed. On the way the guards were ambushed and killed by some highland warriors upon which Lazarus found he was in fact Andrew James Fraser and his brothers had come to rescue him.
I could say more about this but I won't because I don't want to spoil it, all that I can say is that you are absolutely going to love it and you won't be able to put this book down.
July 15, 2016
MEDIEVAL HIGHLAND ROMANCE AT ITS BEST!!
Highland Resurrection, book 2 in B.J. Scott’s Blades of Honor series, is a page turning, one sitting, keeper shelf read. This author is one of my highly favored treasured authors. I mark my calendar for all future releases and place all releases on my auto purchase list. When beginning one of B.J. Scott’s books I want to make sure I have time to finish the book in one sitting. However, sometimes I can’t help myself and begin reading immediately upon getting the book in my hands, even reading into the night because I couldn’t put it down. This author writes sexy passionate romance which captures the reader from the first page and simply will not let go.
…Gravely injured during the massacre at Berwick on Tweed and with no memory of his past, Brother Lazarus was raised by monks until called upon by the Catholic Church to take up arms and protect pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land. As a member of the ill-fated Knights Templar, he is haunted by the horror of battle and the atrocities he witnessed at the hands of the French King, Philip the Fair, in his attempt to destroy the once-sacred order. Aided by a disgruntled French guard, he escaped on the night before his execution and flees to Scotland, but remains a fugitive. King Philip is convinced he also absconded with religious artifacts and a valuable treasure.
Despite his attempt to remain sequestered with the monks who raised him, Lazarus visits Berwick, convinced it holds the key to his identity and past. While there, he prevents a lass from being raped—a Good Samaritan act that has him questioning his vows of celibacy and puts him and anyone around him in danger.
Sheena MacClaran, wrongly accused of being a whore, harbors secrets of her own, but finds herself drawn to the mysterious monk who tends to her injuries and befriends her wee brother. Has she finally found a man she can trust and love, or will demons from his past and a king’s wrath catch up with them and tear them apart forever?...
This book begins with highly emotional sparks and takes the reader on the trip and into another world as they become joined with the characters. The story delivers all the way through filling every expectation of the reader. It doesn’t disappoint and is filled with every emotion imaginable. I highly recommend this author and book to anyone who loves reading top shelf historical romance.
Highland Resurrection, book 2 in B.J. Scott’s Blades of Honor series, is a page turning, one sitting, keeper shelf read. This author is one of my highly favored treasured authors. I mark my calendar for all future releases and place all releases on my auto purchase list. When beginning one of B.J. Scott’s books I want to make sure I have time to finish the book in one sitting. However, sometimes I can’t help myself and begin reading immediately upon getting the book in my hands, even reading into the night because I couldn’t put it down. This author writes sexy passionate romance which captures the reader from the first page and simply will not let go.
…Gravely injured during the massacre at Berwick on Tweed and with no memory of his past, Brother Lazarus was raised by monks until called upon by the Catholic Church to take up arms and protect pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land. As a member of the ill-fated Knights Templar, he is haunted by the horror of battle and the atrocities he witnessed at the hands of the French King, Philip the Fair, in his attempt to destroy the once-sacred order. Aided by a disgruntled French guard, he escaped on the night before his execution and flees to Scotland, but remains a fugitive. King Philip is convinced he also absconded with religious artifacts and a valuable treasure.
Despite his attempt to remain sequestered with the monks who raised him, Lazarus visits Berwick, convinced it holds the key to his identity and past. While there, he prevents a lass from being raped—a Good Samaritan act that has him questioning his vows of celibacy and puts him and anyone around him in danger.
Sheena MacClaran, wrongly accused of being a whore, harbors secrets of her own, but finds herself drawn to the mysterious monk who tends to her injuries and befriends her wee brother. Has she finally found a man she can trust and love, or will demons from his past and a king’s wrath catch up with them and tear them apart forever?...
This book begins with highly emotional sparks and takes the reader on the trip and into another world as they become joined with the characters. The story delivers all the way through filling every expectation of the reader. It doesn’t disappoint and is filled with every emotion imaginable. I highly recommend this author and book to anyone who loves reading top shelf historical romance.
February 27, 2017
Exciting story
A good story, but it seemed to drag just a bit at the beginning. After things started happening, it got exciting.
A good story, but it seemed to drag just a bit at the beginning. After things started happening, it got exciting.
August 30, 2016
Uncaged Book Reviews:
This is a nicely paced Highlander historical. Sheena, wrongly accused as a woman who lifts her skirts for money, is attacked on her way home from the markets. Brother Lazarus, who was raised by monks, sees the attack and comes to Sheena’s aid. Leaving her in the hands of a friend to get her home, he can’t stop the guilty feelings he has for not seeing her home herself. So he sets out to find her, and when he finds her, she’s very sick with an infection from the wound on her arm. Finding she is the caretaker of her younger brother, Brother Lazarus remains with her and her brother until she is well enough again.
But Brother Lazarus has secrets – and doesn’t know who he really is, and Sheena has secrets of her own. Unraveling the story around both of them, the author does a nice job interweaving the characters, with a bit of mystery, danger and action within the romance. Once you get to the halfway point, the book is hard to put down. Even though this is a series book, and this was not the first book in the series, I had no problems catching on, and can easily be read as a standalone. 4 1/2 stars
This is a nicely paced Highlander historical. Sheena, wrongly accused as a woman who lifts her skirts for money, is attacked on her way home from the markets. Brother Lazarus, who was raised by monks, sees the attack and comes to Sheena’s aid. Leaving her in the hands of a friend to get her home, he can’t stop the guilty feelings he has for not seeing her home herself. So he sets out to find her, and when he finds her, she’s very sick with an infection from the wound on her arm. Finding she is the caretaker of her younger brother, Brother Lazarus remains with her and her brother until she is well enough again.
But Brother Lazarus has secrets – and doesn’t know who he really is, and Sheena has secrets of her own. Unraveling the story around both of them, the author does a nice job interweaving the characters, with a bit of mystery, danger and action within the romance. Once you get to the halfway point, the book is hard to put down. Even though this is a series book, and this was not the first book in the series, I had no problems catching on, and can easily be read as a standalone. 4 1/2 stars
July 25, 2016
I think this is B. J. Scott's best yet, storywise. Lazarus has no memory of his past after being gravely injured in battle when he was a youth. Found and healed by monks from a nearby abbey, the only home he can remember, he longs to know who he is and who his family is. Sheena is a young woman still haunted by a traumatic incident in her past. She has no family, except her young brother. This is a story of two people who must come to terms with their past before they can move on to their future. A story of family and the desire to belong. I loved the way their romance developed. There are several twists and turns in the suspenseful plot. This is one book I stayed up most of the night reading. I just couldn't put it down.
I gave it 4 stars because of the rather abrupt epilogue that left me with several unanswered questions. But don't let that keep you from reading Highland Resurrection, book 2 of the Blades of Honor series.
I gave it 4 stars because of the rather abrupt epilogue that left me with several unanswered questions. But don't let that keep you from reading Highland Resurrection, book 2 of the Blades of Honor series.
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