Just what I needed. Kearsley has never disappointed before and this was no different. It appealed to all my soft spots for romance, historical fiction/romance, a little present day to connect and mirror it all, and, of course, Highlanders. I enjoyed the exploration here of a type of person that is normally less present in literature - the less than perfect heroine, the person who is not your typical, the one with Asperger's, the one left behind trying to find herself. It put a little bit of a different twist on the story that otherwise falls right in line with Kearsley's norm - enough to be different (plus some extra, lovely details, like the ciphers, the watch-making, the story telling), but not so much that you lose the magic you look for when you start one of her novels. It had all the sweet bits I wanted, the slow falling in love feeling, and I feel fuller and happier for having been able to read it. A wonderful Thanksgiving read - a day well spent.