Sometimes I'm just in the mood for something sweet and short and this one met my need perfectly. Some author's have trouble with plotting or pace when it comes to the shorter books, but that was not the case with this one.

The book is about a young man, Alasdair, who is from Scotland and visiting his cousin who has moved to the States. Trevor takes Alasdair to the local Ft. Wayne (IN) Highland Games for an afternoon of fun and then ditches him. Trouble is, Alasdair is blind and is in a strange location. He and his guide dog make it out of the crowd, but he is lost as to how to get back to Trevor's home from there.

And into his life walks, Trisha who sees his dilemma and comes to help. Trisha doesn't pity him or treat him as helpless, but she does spend the day with him and acts as a perfect guide because of her fun loving nature and ability to describe in such a way that he 'sees' what she is describing. They really hit it off and agree to see each other again.

The only fly in the ointment is that Trisha is keeping a secret. She is not the beauty that Alasdair keeps complimenting her to be. She loves that he thinks she is beautiful and hates not telling him the truth of what others see when they look at her. Her biggest fear is that once he knows the truth that he will only see her imperfection and not her.

The author uses Trisha's secret to build a little suspense by not allowing the readers to find out exactly what Trisha's 'ugliness' is until Alasdair finds out. I also enjoyed the theme of this romance- Two people that are constantly judged by others because of a physical flaw do not judge each other that way and find happiness as a result.

I highly recommend this short story to anyone who loves a sweet clean romance particularly if you are partial to highlanders in kilts. ;D