In Highland Heat, we have a continuation of book two. The heroine of our story is Deirde, the older sister that thought she was loved, but her lover was only using her with broken promises and left her with a broken heart. Deirde was sent to service to the Church. Even though she is not content like her other sister is at the Nunnery, she is satisfied with hard work and spending time with her sister. Deirde is a woman who is ashamed of her past and wants to bring honor to her family’s name to make up for the scandal she has brought down upon it. When the Queen, asks for her aid to pose as a double so she can escape those hunting her. Deirde is more than willing, knowing it will bring her security in the future. But while on the road, she is captured and brought to Quinton Cameron clan. Quinton and Deirde have always had chemistry, but with them so close….they are likely to fog up the windows and discover a love they never expected to find.

Now this book was pretty entertaining and such lively fun and quite a page turner. I read this while on the go within one day!! I love Mary Wine’s style of writing these Highland romances, and she did good with this one. The heat in this book is way steamier than I was expecting from her but it does fit the situation. These two are off the charts when it comes to a sexual relationship. They become lovers about 1/3 of the way in the story. At first, it’s just some fun times in the bedroom. But Deirde wants more when she realizes how much she is beginning to care for Quinton. But Quinton was burned very badly when he was younger, so he has closed himself off from romantic entanglements. But Deirde is a woman he can’t forget or just let go of. We see how Deirde runs Quinton ragged with some quirky scenarios. What was quite interesting about this book, was seeing the politics take precedence. I was quite fascinated with the historic details here and seeing the balance of power between clans. The only downside to this story was the angst between these two was more prolonged than I would have liked but what was unique about the angst in this story was how lighthearted and fun it could be at times which balanced it out in the end.