Highland Honor Book

I liked it much better than the first book. In the first book the hero's brother falls madly in love with the heroine (who didn't?). He leaves at the end of the book so he doesn't dishonor the family name with his lustful thoughts. He hires himself out as a mercenary for the French in their war with England.

The heroine is dressed as a boy (poorly) and on the run from her murdered husband's kin. She didn't murder him, but seemed like the most likely suspect. He was a sadistic bastard who needed murdering.

The one icky plot element was that the heroine looked a lot like the heroine from the first book. So much so that the hero was unsure if he loved her or if he was projecting. However, there wasn't a lot of comparing going on, which made it better. This heroine was different enough personality-wise though. I actually liked her. She did some stupid things, but was not a Mary Sue with an endless stream of wise thoughts.

Again, I found the casualness of sex without worry of pregnancy odd given the context. Definitely not for the historical purists.