Dancing For The Devil

by Marie Laval

Beautifully written and a gripping page turner - Amazon Reviewer Can her love heal his haunted heart? - Cape Wrath, Scotland, November 1847. Bruce McGunn is a man as brutal and unforgiving as his land. Discharged from the army, he is haunted by the spectres of his fallen comrades and convinced he is going mad. And he is running out of time to save his estate from the machinations of Cameron McRae, heir to the McGunn's ancestral enemies. When the clipper carrying McRae’s new bride is caught in a violent storm and docks at Wrath harbour, Bruce decides to revert to the old ways and hold the clipper and the woman to ransom. However, far from the spoilt heiress he expected, Rose is genuine, funny and vulnerable – a ray of sunshine in the long, harsh winter that has become his life. Rose is determined to escape Wrath and its proud master – the man she calls McGlum. Will she be reunited with Cameron McRae, the dazzlingly handsome aristocrat she married after a whirlwind romance in Algiers, or will she risk her heart and her honour to help Bruce discover the truth about his past and solve the brutal murders committed on his land?

286 pages, Paperback

Published October 27, 2017

About the author

Originally from Lyon in France, Marie studied History and Law at university there before moving to Lancashire in England where she worked in a variety of jobs, from PA in a busy university department to teacher of French in schools and colleges. Writing, however, was always her passion, and she spends her free time making up stories. She writes contemporary and historical romance. Her titles include A SPELL IN PROVENCE, ANGEL HEART, THE LION'S EMBRACE and DANCING FOR THE DEVIL, published by Accent Press. Her new romantic comedy, LITTLE PINK TAXI, is published by Choc Lit.

Reviews

[Jenny Twist · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rose is a headstrong young woman and when she falls head over heels in love with the dashing Cameron McRae, she marries him despite her friend’s dire warnings, and leaves her home in Algiers to follow him to his native Scotland. Here she meets the brutal but disturbingly attractive Bruce McGunn and finds herself embroiled in intrigue involving blackmail, rape, murder and the family ghost.

On the surface this looks like a typical ripping yarn but it is rather more than that. The background is that of the dispossession of the Scottish crofters, a policy carried out with an inhumanity which amounted to genocide. It also deals with the powerlessness of women in the 18th century. The crimes which are perpetrated on women are shocking to our 21st century eyes, not to mention the casual acceptance of injustice.

This is not just a love story. It is a little piece of history.