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Reviewed by Amanda
Surrender – Pamela Clare
MacKinnon's Rangers Trilogy–Book One
Dorchester,
February 2006
ISBN-13: 978-0843954883
ISBN-10: 0843954884
Reviewed by Amanda
February 2006
After Anne Campbell’s mother is murdered at the hands of her uncle, she tries to flee, only to be caught and locked away, branded a thief and sold into slavery. She has no one left to turn to, but refuses to give up, even when the Abenaki Indians kill her owners and prepare to do the same to her. Amazingly, a man named Iain MacKinnon, a burly Scot serving the British Crown, rescues her.
Iain and his brothers, Morgan and Connor, only serve the crown because it is preferable to imprisonment and hanging, and wait for the day they are released from their service. They head the MacKinnon’s Rangers, a group well known for their fighting ability. Iain has watched many men and women be slain by the Abenaki, and is under orders not to interfere, but today is different, and Iain cannot help but disobey, no matter the cost.
Saving Anne does bring the wrath of the Abenaki on the Rangers, but when Anne recovers from the brutal attack and her protectors come to know her and her gentle nature, they find saving her was worth it. Especially Iain, who finds himself craving Anne in ways he knows he shouldn’t. He can’t offer her a good life, and in an effort to do the right thing, decides to send her away to a safe place, to Albany.
But Anne has deceived Iain, telling him that her owners were actually her family, and that her name was Annie Burns, not Anne Campbell. For once in her life, she is free…free of her uncle, and free from her slavery. To go to Albany, the very place where her indenture was arranged would surely change all of that. Anne must find a way to convince Iain to let her stay. By staying however, she is exchanging one danger for another, and pushing Iain over the brink of desire.
SURRENDER was full of adventure, passion, and desire. It wasn’t your cookie-cutter historical. At times there was violence, both sexual and war-related, so if that’s not your cup of tea, you might not enjoy this book. It was historically rich, Anne was smart and strong, and Iain was a worthy hero.
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