A review by planetarypan
The Laird by Grace Burrowes

5.0

This book was wonderful, but it should come with a HUGE trigger warning. (Although if you don't have an inkling about the direction of the awful side of the story pretty quickly, I would be surprised.) The OTP has been married for nine years -- all of which the groom has been gone. Of course, this is Michael's story, the conclusion from "The Captive" and "The Traitor". I have been intrigued by his character from the previous two books, and I really enjoyed his story, dark as it was. The fact that the OTP are already in love with each other makes this novel different from so many, but due to Michael's long absence, they have to find their way back to love... through a really murky, horrible bunch of baggage. Not once did Burrowes make you want to pity the characters in this novel, for they were all strong survivors, done horribly wrong by a person they trusted. I mostly just got pissed off at the townspeople much the same way that Michael does. Sorry to see this story end, though. (Kind of wouldn't mind the inevitable stories of Lachlan/Maeve and Gabby/St. Clair's son.)