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Cameron #2
Ride Out the Storm
RECKLESS IN THE FACE OF DANGER...
Cameron plunged through the night, no longer a child, not yet a woman, coal-black hair flying, emerald eyes blazing, her lithe body at one with the raging elements and the speeding stride of her bold black stallion.
SHAMLESS IN HER DESIRE...
for Alex, her proud Highland warrior, yet willing to play the lady for his sake, she returned to Glen Aucht to find their ancestral halls, their very marriage bed usurped by the hated English.
Rebellious, blind to risk, Cameron would strike out at insult and injury. She would flee Scotland for a savage New World--defying the man who claimed her--the man who would follow and find her, who swore to tame her, and with her Ride Out the Storm.
Cameron plunged through the night, no longer a child, not yet a woman, coal-black hair flying, emerald eyes blazing, her lithe body at one with the raging elements and the speeding stride of her bold black stallion.
SHAMLESS IN HER DESIRE...
for Alex, her proud Highland warrior, yet willing to play the lady for his sake, she returned to Glen Aucht to find their ancestral halls, their very marriage bed usurped by the hated English.
Rebellious, blind to risk, Cameron would strike out at insult and injury. She would flee Scotland for a savage New World--defying the man who claimed her--the man who would follow and find her, who swore to tame her, and with her Ride Out the Storm.
554 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1981
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Aleen Malcolm
6 books23 followersAILEEN MALCOLM-NARIZZANO
Artist, writer, actress, lover, mother, sister, friend, world traveler, activist, inspiration and so much more,
Aileen was born in Merton, Surrey, England, lived in Canada and the United States and traveled extensively before choosing Tortola as her home more than 25 years ago. She was a deeply private and passionate person who was blessed with a massively enquiring mind and a great joy of life. She saw beauty where others don't and championed the causes of the under-privileged and unrepresented everywhere. She had many hobby horses, which often made for lively and contentious discussion around the dinner table after a good meal and the digestifs had appeared.
Aileen was first and foremost an Artist and may be best known on Tortola for her beautiful watercolor paintings of Main Street - which are currently on display in the BVI Administration Building. Aileen was a prolific painter; published books; wrote poems and plays that were not only staged but archived in the New York City Performing Arts Library. Aileen was a lover, mother, sister, mentor, widow, world traveler, activist, protestor, planter, cook, dancer, swimmer, helper, giver, teacher, painter, writer, author, poet and golfer.
Aileen lived her life to the fullest - her way. She continues to be an inspiration to us all.
-Obituary
Artist, writer, actress, lover, mother, sister, friend, world traveler, activist, inspiration and so much more,
Aileen was born in Merton, Surrey, England, lived in Canada and the United States and traveled extensively before choosing Tortola as her home more than 25 years ago. She was a deeply private and passionate person who was blessed with a massively enquiring mind and a great joy of life. She saw beauty where others don't and championed the causes of the under-privileged and unrepresented everywhere. She had many hobby horses, which often made for lively and contentious discussion around the dinner table after a good meal and the digestifs had appeared.
Aileen was first and foremost an Artist and may be best known on Tortola for her beautiful watercolor paintings of Main Street - which are currently on display in the BVI Administration Building. Aileen was a prolific painter; published books; wrote poems and plays that were not only staged but archived in the New York City Performing Arts Library. Aileen was a lover, mother, sister, mentor, widow, world traveler, activist, protestor, planter, cook, dancer, swimmer, helper, giver, teacher, painter, writer, author, poet and golfer.
Aileen lived her life to the fullest - her way. She continues to be an inspiration to us all.
-Obituary
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December 15, 2014
This book is the second in a trilogy and picks up immediately where The Taming left off. If you haven't read the first book yet, and plan on reading it in the near future, this review may be a tad spoilerish. Everyone else should be fine.
After a long winter snowbound in a remote hunting lodge, Alexander and Cameron head home to his family estate planning to begin a new life in wedded bliss (hah). Alex and Cameron may have resolved their *issues*, but she's still the wild child from book #1, since there hasn't exactly been anytime to teach her how to dress and act like the lady of the manor. That's what Alex has planned for their arrival home, but things have been turned upside down in their absence and a vile, nasty, vicious English colonel has taken over the estate and allowed his soldiers to run amok raping and pillaging as they please. What will that nasty man do when he sets eyes on the beauteous Cameron - so innocent to the ways of the world she can't even grasp what rape is?
Alex is too busy trying to protect Cameron and his people from further harm, and he doesn't take time to explain it to Cameron so she'll understand and poor Cameron chafes at being locked in her room and well...
Tensions, tempers and misunderstandings are running a wee bit high and Cameron has to do what a girl allowed to run lose all her life has to do - escape! It gets even worse during a wild dinner party arranged by the evil colonel, especially with the surprise dinner guests . That was some wild and crazy dinner party.
"She was naked, her face bloody and her ebony hair wild. On her shoulder perched the raven, and the glass of the window was shattered."
Best. Dinner. Party. Ever.
Things happen that you don't need to know about until you read the book, but just about everybody ends up on a ship bound for Boston and parts beyond, Alex per orders from his superiors and Cameron still in search of ---->>>spoiler for those who haven't read book #1 and everyone ends up at Fort Detroit just when things are tense between the English, the French and the Indians.
I couldn't put this book down, it was non-stop action until the very last when the author took about twenty pages longer then necessary wrapping up the HEA. Other than that, this was a wild and crazy ride, but be cautioned there's some old skool cray-cray elements that might not suit the more PC-minded reader, YMMV. I loved how the author managed to make the English colonel and his flunky so OTT in disgusting badness without going too far and turning them into cartoonish Snidely Whiplashes. And boy, oh boy, that little prank that Cameron and accomplice pulled on him. Gruesome, but oh so effective. Love that Scots humor, and you'll find plenty of it here.
I haven't decided if I'm going to read the third book, based on Alex and Cameron's daughters, but I do have two other books from Malcolm on order. Definitely the right spot when one is in Highland withdrawal mode.
After a long winter snowbound in a remote hunting lodge, Alexander and Cameron head home to his family estate planning to begin a new life in wedded bliss (hah). Alex and Cameron may have resolved their *issues*, but she's still the wild child from book #1, since there hasn't exactly been anytime to teach her how to dress and act like the lady of the manor. That's what Alex has planned for their arrival home, but things have been turned upside down in their absence and a vile, nasty, vicious English colonel has taken over the estate and allowed his soldiers to run amok raping and pillaging as they please. What will that nasty man do when he sets eyes on the beauteous Cameron - so innocent to the ways of the world she can't even grasp what rape is?
Alex is too busy trying to protect Cameron and his people from further harm, and he doesn't take time to explain it to Cameron so she'll understand and poor Cameron chafes at being locked in her room and well...
Tensions, tempers and misunderstandings are running a wee bit high and Cameron has to do what a girl allowed to run lose all her life has to do - escape! It gets even worse during a wild dinner party arranged by the evil colonel, especially with the surprise dinner guests . That was some wild and crazy dinner party.
"She was naked, her face bloody and her ebony hair wild. On her shoulder perched the raven, and the glass of the window was shattered."
Best. Dinner. Party. Ever.
Things happen that you don't need to know about until you read the book, but just about everybody ends up on a ship bound for Boston and parts beyond, Alex per orders from his superiors and Cameron still in search of ---->>>spoiler for those who haven't read book #1 and everyone ends up at Fort Detroit just when things are tense between the English, the French and the Indians.
I couldn't put this book down, it was non-stop action until the very last when the author took about twenty pages longer then necessary wrapping up the HEA. Other than that, this was a wild and crazy ride, but be cautioned there's some old skool cray-cray elements that might not suit the more PC-minded reader, YMMV. I loved how the author managed to make the English colonel and his flunky so OTT in disgusting badness without going too far and turning them into cartoonish Snidely Whiplashes. And boy, oh boy, that little prank that Cameron and accomplice pulled on him. Gruesome, but oh so effective. Love that Scots humor, and you'll find plenty of it here.
I haven't decided if I'm going to read the third book, based on Alex and Cameron's daughters, but I do have two other books from Malcolm on order. Definitely the right spot when one is in Highland withdrawal mode.
June 24, 2017
4 and ½ Stars! America Before Independence!
I’m especially fond of stories set in the time before American’s Independence, so I grabbed up this one. Malcolm is a great storyteller, too, as you will see. Ride Out The Storm begins in 1762 as Alex and Cameron, just wed, are traveling back to his ancestral hall, Glen Aucht. Young Cameron is feeling unprepared to assume the role as his lady. Worse, when they arrive, the English redcoats have taken over and Alex has been recalled to service. A surly English colonel has taken over the estate, perpetuating all sorts of crimes on the people and the servants (a very worthy cast of secondary characters), who have resorted to stealth to protect their young mistress.
Cameron’s origins hide a secret. She has a twin brother she has not seen since she was eight. She learns he has left Scotland for the New World. Alex and his errant bride are separated as she defies him and leaves the Highlands for the wilderness of the New World near Ft. Detroit on the St. Lawrence River. Alex will serve as a British scout, hoping to regain his lands in Scotland while Cameron is on the run, searching for her brother.
The plot is intricate, the characters well developed and the story intriguing with some exciting, if not disturbing, action scenes. The pace is a bit slower that your typical romance, especially in the beginning, but it picks up to move along at a good clip. I loved Cameron’s free spirit and her courage and Alex’s persistence in claiming his bride, though during their separation, he was not faithful.
Malcolm captures the frustration and anger of the Scots and the Indians at the cruel treatment they receive from the English in America. The story has a very satisfying feel and is obviously based on much research into the history of the period. I recommend it!
Note: Ride Out The Storm is the continuation of the love story of Sir Alex Sinclair and Cameron, the wild Scottish lass he was forced to marry in The Taming. While you can read this as a stand alone, I recommend you begin with book 1. It was a very worthy post Culloden story of a proud Scot and his young Scottish bride. Both are great reads!
The Cameron trilogy:
The Taming
Ride Out the Storm
The Daughters of Cameron
I’m especially fond of stories set in the time before American’s Independence, so I grabbed up this one. Malcolm is a great storyteller, too, as you will see. Ride Out The Storm begins in 1762 as Alex and Cameron, just wed, are traveling back to his ancestral hall, Glen Aucht. Young Cameron is feeling unprepared to assume the role as his lady. Worse, when they arrive, the English redcoats have taken over and Alex has been recalled to service. A surly English colonel has taken over the estate, perpetuating all sorts of crimes on the people and the servants (a very worthy cast of secondary characters), who have resorted to stealth to protect their young mistress.
Cameron’s origins hide a secret. She has a twin brother she has not seen since she was eight. She learns he has left Scotland for the New World. Alex and his errant bride are separated as she defies him and leaves the Highlands for the wilderness of the New World near Ft. Detroit on the St. Lawrence River. Alex will serve as a British scout, hoping to regain his lands in Scotland while Cameron is on the run, searching for her brother.
The plot is intricate, the characters well developed and the story intriguing with some exciting, if not disturbing, action scenes. The pace is a bit slower that your typical romance, especially in the beginning, but it picks up to move along at a good clip. I loved Cameron’s free spirit and her courage and Alex’s persistence in claiming his bride, though during their separation, he was not faithful.
Malcolm captures the frustration and anger of the Scots and the Indians at the cruel treatment they receive from the English in America. The story has a very satisfying feel and is obviously based on much research into the history of the period. I recommend it!
Note: Ride Out The Storm is the continuation of the love story of Sir Alex Sinclair and Cameron, the wild Scottish lass he was forced to marry in The Taming. While you can read this as a stand alone, I recommend you begin with book 1. It was a very worthy post Culloden story of a proud Scot and his young Scottish bride. Both are great reads!
The Cameron trilogy:
The Taming
Ride Out the Storm
The Daughters of Cameron
January 11, 2025
Read: 1/2/25
3.5 stars
Setting: Scotland & Wilderness in Detriot, USA
I think I'm a glutton for punishment.
The story picks up right where the 1st book ended. It's 1762, and Alex and Cameron just wed, are traveling back home from their winter cabin. They are surprised to find their home occupied by a British general. Alex was served a notice from the army, but he's been gone for the winter. So he is under investigation for desertion, an excuse for the evil man to try and steal Alex's home like he did the neighbors.
Unfortunately, the book turned Alex into an unlikeable character after this event. I thought he was reasonable. He has to bow and scrape to this disgusting, pedophile officer in order to save his ancestral home, his people, and his life. The evil man was actually trying to sell girls to a white slave ship and impress the Scottish men. Alex tries to explain things to his wife, but she wants to ride her horse in storms. Cameron knows what's happening and is too self-absorbed to be helpful but criticized Alex for not doing enough. I really hate her during these pages!
Half of the book is about this dragged out situation. It got old! The author needed to edit and move on. The 2nd half is sooo much better!!!
2nd half:
Alex's way to save his wife, estate, and himself is by relisting. His wife has to pretend to be a boy again because she is wanted for witchcraft. Unlikely plot twist, but sure, okay. She's going because her twin is in the America Wilderness. Yes, God made two! Her brother is a friend to the Potawatomi chief during the French and Indian War. Cameron is separated from her husband but eventually finds her brother. Her marriage is pretty much over by then. The woods, she was definitely in her element, and it was all for the better. So the 2nd half, she's with her brother and friends, and Alex is a scot for the British army at Fort Detroit. Will these two realize how much they love each other, or will they go their own ways? It might surprise you! No, it probably won't
Problems:
1. The 1st half of the book. It's just long and boring. I started to hate the MC all over again.
2. I wish the MC were more likable.
3. It's not realistic, but I would have wished Alex would have figured a way out of his problem. He just ate shite! It was hard to read. It's not until the Scottish judge showed up and helped him that i felt he did anything to change his situation. I gave the author credit for showing some of the injustice done to the Scottish.
Liked:
1. The 2nd half was unique and interesting.
2. The great secondary characters saved the book! From the Scottish peasants to her brother's protectors, all were interesting. I truly loved that very old zany general who refused to quit the army at 70. The animals were a great addition, too. Sadly, they were all more interesting than the MC.
3. I really like this author's writing style, and I can't explain why.
Conclusion: This would have been a 2 star book, but the unique 2nd half deserves 2 stars.
I won't be reading the 3rd book. I think I've had enough of these characters. The next book is about their daughters and 2 selfish, beautiful Camerons are too much for me to contemplate.
3.5 stars
Setting: Scotland & Wilderness in Detriot, USA
I think I'm a glutton for punishment.
The story picks up right where the 1st book ended. It's 1762, and Alex and Cameron just wed, are traveling back home from their winter cabin. They are surprised to find their home occupied by a British general. Alex was served a notice from the army, but he's been gone for the winter. So he is under investigation for desertion, an excuse for the evil man to try and steal Alex's home like he did the neighbors.
Unfortunately, the book turned Alex into an unlikeable character after this event. I thought he was reasonable. He has to bow and scrape to this disgusting, pedophile officer in order to save his ancestral home, his people, and his life. The evil man was actually trying to sell girls to a white slave ship and impress the Scottish men. Alex tries to explain things to his wife, but she wants to ride her horse in storms. Cameron knows what's happening and is too self-absorbed to be helpful but criticized Alex for not doing enough. I really hate her during these pages!
Half of the book is about this dragged out situation. It got old! The author needed to edit and move on. The 2nd half is sooo much better!!!
2nd half:
Alex's way to save his wife, estate, and himself is by relisting. His wife has to pretend to be a boy again because she is wanted for witchcraft. Unlikely plot twist, but sure, okay. She's going because her twin is in the America Wilderness. Yes, God made two! Her brother is a friend to the Potawatomi chief during the French and Indian War. Cameron is separated from her husband but eventually finds her brother. Her marriage is pretty much over by then. The woods, she was definitely in her element, and it was all for the better. So the 2nd half, she's with her brother and friends, and Alex is a scot for the British army at Fort Detroit. Will these two realize how much they love each other, or will they go their own ways? It might surprise you! No, it probably won't
Problems:
1. The 1st half of the book. It's just long and boring. I started to hate the MC all over again.
2. I wish the MC were more likable.
3. It's not realistic, but I would have wished Alex would have figured a way out of his problem. He just ate shite! It was hard to read. It's not until the Scottish judge showed up and helped him that i felt he did anything to change his situation. I gave the author credit for showing some of the injustice done to the Scottish.
Liked:
1. The 2nd half was unique and interesting.
2. The great secondary characters saved the book! From the Scottish peasants to her brother's protectors, all were interesting. I truly loved that very old zany general who refused to quit the army at 70. The animals were a great addition, too. Sadly, they were all more interesting than the MC.
3. I really like this author's writing style, and I can't explain why.
Conclusion: This would have been a 2 star book, but the unique 2nd half deserves 2 stars.
I won't be reading the 3rd book. I think I've had enough of these characters. The next book is about their daughters and 2 selfish, beautiful Camerons are too much for me to contemplate.
August 11, 2024
Oh, good god. That was horrible.
I appreciate pieces of this novel, but the general reading experience could be compared to a shoeless walk across a Lego graveyard. I was in pain.
What wasn't bad:
- The scale/scope. I deeply loved the journey from the Scottish countryside to 1700s America. There were bits of Scottish inheritance law, maritime travel, some historical political maneuverings in America, bits of (likely inaccurate) homesteading. That's nice to see in a romance.
- The storytelling is classic bodice-ripper. It's flowery and deeply overdramatic, but that's what I signed up for. Half the fun of these older novels is just how batshit the authors allow themselves to be. Sensible pacing? Never heard of her.
- Unpredictable plot. It's page 100. What's going to happen on 101? You will never guess, and that's part of the magic. Does someone have a long-long twin brother? Why not. Will someone summon an animal? Sure. How about spending 200 pages with a character only to switch POVs and return to learn he's dead? Super cool. I'm only being partially facetious--the sheer unhinged nature of it all really is one of the draws for me.
What was bad:
- The ages of the main characters. I read this through the lens of its time period, but yikes.
- Absolutely insufferable heroine. Insufferable. Almost every single conversation between her (Cameron) and the MMC (Alex) went like this:
Him: "Hey, so listen to my reasonable plan."
Her: "I won't do what you say. You aim to tame me!"
Him: "Not really. I'm just trying to keep you alive."
Her: "You're ashamed of me, and I hate you, you bloody coward!"
And then she'll ruin the plans because her husband thinks she's immature (she is) and her defiance will teach him a lesson (it doesn't). The whole thing was exhausting. By about midpoint, they both hated each other for reasons based on willful miscommunication. That hatred (a deep, abiding, hell-black hatred) lasts until six pages before the story's end.
- This is a romance novel, but only in a technical sense. There's not much to root for here. I didn't like a single person. The main couple were at odds for 99% of the story, and no one else is happy, either.
- The writing, while sometimes enjoyable for the reasons I mentioned above, is also Too Much. The plot is rambling and scenes are grossly over-detailed. The dialogue is immensely cringy (at one point, a young girl insists she's no longer a young girl by angrily yelling, "I've got titties!") to the point where I had to skim the last hundred pages. Nothing about it was truly captivating.
I'd stay far, far away from this novel, if I were you. It's iconic in its own way, but this is one of those classics that deserves to stay in the past.
I appreciate pieces of this novel, but the general reading experience could be compared to a shoeless walk across a Lego graveyard. I was in pain.
What wasn't bad:
- The scale/scope. I deeply loved the journey from the Scottish countryside to 1700s America. There were bits of Scottish inheritance law, maritime travel, some historical political maneuverings in America, bits of (likely inaccurate) homesteading. That's nice to see in a romance.
- The storytelling is classic bodice-ripper. It's flowery and deeply overdramatic, but that's what I signed up for. Half the fun of these older novels is just how batshit the authors allow themselves to be. Sensible pacing? Never heard of her.
- Unpredictable plot. It's page 100. What's going to happen on 101? You will never guess, and that's part of the magic. Does someone have a long-long twin brother? Why not. Will someone summon an animal? Sure. How about spending 200 pages with a character only to switch POVs and return to learn he's dead? Super cool. I'm only being partially facetious--the sheer unhinged nature of it all really is one of the draws for me.
What was bad:
- The ages of the main characters. I read this through the lens of its time period, but yikes.
- Absolutely insufferable heroine. Insufferable. Almost every single conversation between her (Cameron) and the MMC (Alex) went like this:
Him: "Hey, so listen to my reasonable plan."
Her: "I won't do what you say. You aim to tame me!"
Him: "Not really. I'm just trying to keep you alive."
Her: "You're ashamed of me, and I hate you, you bloody coward!"
And then she'll ruin the plans because her husband thinks she's immature (she is) and her defiance will teach him a lesson (it doesn't). The whole thing was exhausting. By about midpoint, they both hated each other for reasons based on willful miscommunication. That hatred (a deep, abiding, hell-black hatred) lasts until six pages before the story's end.
- This is a romance novel, but only in a technical sense. There's not much to root for here. I didn't like a single person. The main couple were at odds for 99% of the story, and no one else is happy, either.
- The writing, while sometimes enjoyable for the reasons I mentioned above, is also Too Much. The plot is rambling and scenes are grossly over-detailed. The dialogue is immensely cringy (at one point, a young girl insists she's no longer a young girl by angrily yelling, "I've got titties!") to the point where I had to skim the last hundred pages. Nothing about it was truly captivating.
I'd stay far, far away from this novel, if I were you. It's iconic in its own way, but this is one of those classics that deserves to stay in the past.
May 14, 2023
I enjoyed this story but it is a part 2. I did not realize that until I was reading it and missing somethings. Definitely read part 1 The Taming first.
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March 20, 2025spring pile
March 1, 2016
PB-B @ 1981, 9/91. A novel about a fiery Scots Highland girl, raised by an outlaw to be free and wild, who falls in love and marries a proud Highland Warrior, who loves tradition and his ancestral halls. Their proud hautiness tears each other apart as they are forced to fight with the hated English. Good.
June 15, 2013
One of the first romance novels that I ever read and forever ruined me. :)
October 11, 2014
it was ok
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