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A Question of Lust
Vin MacKintosh was alive.
The news dealt Moira MacKenzie the greatest shock of her life. There should have been joy. Rejoicing. Moira should have been thrilled to have the man she’d loved her entire life back, but after five years of mourning, Moira had forgotten one important detail.
She might have loved Vin, but Vin had never loved her back.
Moira had finally chosen to move on with her life and seek a husband and a life of her own when Vin reappeared. Though nothing but a one-sided love in the past, Moira’s friends convince her to give the love of a lifetime one last chance. To give Vin the opportunity to see her as a woman he could love.
Vin is a man tormented by the past and, with little hope that her dreams of true love will be fulfilled, Moira instead offers Vin the friendship he so desperately needs as he integrates himself back into a normal life.
After years as a prisoner of war, Vin MacKintosh returns with a scarred and battered soul. Plagued by guilt and nightmares from his years of torture and torment as a prisoner of war, he must readapt to a world where everyone he knew is a different person and the world a vastly different place.
With everyone he knows pointing out how much he has changed, Vin cannot help but turn to the one person who gives him encouragement and motivation to move on, Moira MacKenzie. As his best friend, Jason MacKenzie’s, younger sister. Vin has known Moira her entire life, her letters during the war provided him comfort and understanding. True friendship. Now that he is back, he needs those things more than ever.
However, Vin finds he cannot continue to look at Moira merely as a friend and little sister any longer. He cannot help but see her as a woman…and one too desirable to resist.
Torn between this new attraction and the guilt he’s been carrying with him for years, Vin fights his attraction to Moira thinking that lust could do nothing but ruin the friendship he needs even more than the truth of her brother’s death might.
What will Vin do when he realizes that what he feels for Moira is more than merely a question of lust?
The news dealt Moira MacKenzie the greatest shock of her life. There should have been joy. Rejoicing. Moira should have been thrilled to have the man she’d loved her entire life back, but after five years of mourning, Moira had forgotten one important detail.
She might have loved Vin, but Vin had never loved her back.
Moira had finally chosen to move on with her life and seek a husband and a life of her own when Vin reappeared. Though nothing but a one-sided love in the past, Moira’s friends convince her to give the love of a lifetime one last chance. To give Vin the opportunity to see her as a woman he could love.
Vin is a man tormented by the past and, with little hope that her dreams of true love will be fulfilled, Moira instead offers Vin the friendship he so desperately needs as he integrates himself back into a normal life.
After years as a prisoner of war, Vin MacKintosh returns with a scarred and battered soul. Plagued by guilt and nightmares from his years of torture and torment as a prisoner of war, he must readapt to a world where everyone he knew is a different person and the world a vastly different place.
With everyone he knows pointing out how much he has changed, Vin cannot help but turn to the one person who gives him encouragement and motivation to move on, Moira MacKenzie. As his best friend, Jason MacKenzie’s, younger sister. Vin has known Moira her entire life, her letters during the war provided him comfort and understanding. True friendship. Now that he is back, he needs those things more than ever.
However, Vin finds he cannot continue to look at Moira merely as a friend and little sister any longer. He cannot help but see her as a woman…and one too desirable to resist.
Torn between this new attraction and the guilt he’s been carrying with him for years, Vin fights his attraction to Moira thinking that lust could do nothing but ruin the friendship he needs even more than the truth of her brother’s death might.
What will Vin do when he realizes that what he feels for Moira is more than merely a question of lust?
289 pages, ebook
First published September 12, 2011
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About the author
Angeline Fortin
42 books280 followersAngeline Fortin is an award-winning author of historical and time-travel romance, offering readers fun, sexy, and often touching tales of love across time.
With a degree in U.S. History from UNLV and experience as a historical interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg, she brings authenticity and rich historical detail to every page. Her passion for the past—particularly the charm of Victorian London and the mystique of Edinburgh—shines through in her vividly crafted settings.
A former military wife, Angeline has lived coast to coast and everywhere in between, having visited 49 of the 50 U.S. states (Alaska, you’re next!). Her overseas travels—especially to beloved destinations like Scotland and England—provide endless inspiration for the time-travel adventures and heartfelt romances she crafts.
A native Minnesotan, Angeline currently resides in Rochester, Minnesota, with her husband and three beloved dogs: active Aussies, Blue and Pippi—who are extremely smart but have no idea what personal space is—and her sweet senior rescue mutt, Oliver. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her lost in a good book or film, tackling home design projects, or cheering for her beloved Minnesota Vikings with the endless faith that they will win the Superbowl… someday.
Above all, she loves what she does every single day: telling unforgettable stories.
Follow her adventures on social media—she’s just about everywhere!
With a degree in U.S. History from UNLV and experience as a historical interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg, she brings authenticity and rich historical detail to every page. Her passion for the past—particularly the charm of Victorian London and the mystique of Edinburgh—shines through in her vividly crafted settings.
A former military wife, Angeline has lived coast to coast and everywhere in between, having visited 49 of the 50 U.S. states (Alaska, you’re next!). Her overseas travels—especially to beloved destinations like Scotland and England—provide endless inspiration for the time-travel adventures and heartfelt romances she crafts.
A native Minnesotan, Angeline currently resides in Rochester, Minnesota, with her husband and three beloved dogs: active Aussies, Blue and Pippi—who are extremely smart but have no idea what personal space is—and her sweet senior rescue mutt, Oliver. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her lost in a good book or film, tackling home design projects, or cheering for her beloved Minnesota Vikings with the endless faith that they will win the Superbowl… someday.
Above all, she loves what she does every single day: telling unforgettable stories.
Follow her adventures on social media—she’s just about everywhere!
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August 31, 2019
Secretly in love with her big brother’s friend for as long as she can recall, Moria MacKenzie, having mourned Vin for years has decided to move on with her life and seek a husband/family of her own. However, even as she makes this decision, her life is rocked by Vin coming back from the dead, and her friends persuade her to give Vin the opportunity to see her as a woman. For his part, Vin is surprised by the childhood friend he now sees, Moria has grown into a beautiful woman, one he is not having brotherly thoughts about, but his guilt for what has happened prevent him from envisioning a future with the woman he desires.
I truly wish Moria hadn’t spent so much time thinking: , I would have expected her to say something, even if tentatively.
The attitudes displayed by everyone in this when it came to was not true to the historical period and its societal mores. It didn’t drive me tod distraction, but it was an issue that kinda jolted me out of the tale more than once, since the reactions didn’t feel entirely true.
Not a bad read, but I didn’t find myself fully engaged with the plot and characters. I may pick it up to re-read in the future but not as eagerly as the other books I have read by the author.
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99p on Amazon on the 30th August 2019.
I truly wish Moria hadn’t spent so much time thinking: , I would have expected her to say something, even if tentatively.
The attitudes displayed by everyone in this when it came to was not true to the historical period and its societal mores. It didn’t drive me tod distraction, but it was an issue that kinda jolted me out of the tale more than once, since the reactions didn’t feel entirely true.
Not a bad read, but I didn’t find myself fully engaged with the plot and characters. I may pick it up to re-read in the future but not as eagerly as the other books I have read by the author.
Potential Triggers:
99p on Amazon on the 30th August 2019.
February 3, 2015
The book really NEEDS proofreading!! It's difficult to go through all the typos, repeated or missed words and grammar errors to get to the story.
July 23, 2020
* sigh * So many mistakes 😕 A good proofreader wouldn't go amiss.
December 30, 2017
Great story, but the editing was so bad I nearly quit reading. On every page there were typos, duplicate words, or other deplorable errors.
November 8, 2018
Well written
But really dragged at times and the story may have suffered for all the reflection the hero and heroine went through.
But really dragged at times and the story may have suffered for all the reflection the hero and heroine went through.
September 15, 2014
Well, it seems I read the third and final story in a series, before I realized there was a series. I read this as an e-book. The story really appealed to me. It is about a relatively young man (if I remember correctly, he was 29), Vincent “Vin” MacKintosh, who enlisted in the British army along with one of his brothers and his best friend. At one point in time he, his brother, his best friend and two others were captured by the opposing forces and were prisoners. His brother and another managed to escape. Two others were tortured and killed. He and his best friend were recaptured and tortured as well. For five years they all believe they are dead. Eventually Vin is found and is trying to regain his strength and then returned to the bosom of his family to recuperate as best he can. During this time he is reunited with his best friend’s sister, Moira MacKenzie. They grew up together and had corresponded while he was in the service and maintained a very close friendship. Moira has always loved Vin (pronounced Van), but he has always looked on her as a sister. Moira, at 27 years-old, was finally trying to put her love for Vin behind her and move on with her life. Lord Harry Aylesbury has been courting Moira for a few months leading up to the announcement that Vin has been found alive. Now she doesn’t know what to do. Should she try to see if Vin’s feelings for her can change or should she just cut her losses and move on? The only problem she sees with the latter is that she will never really love another, but she and Harry get along quite nicely and would have a “comfortable” marriage. Her friends convince her to give Vin one last chance and they all decide to help in any way they can. During this time Vin is trying to fight the “lustful” stirrings he is feeling toward Moira as, he feels, they would not be welcome advances. He is so blinded by trying to keep her as his closest and dearest friend that he does not really examine his feelings…. And so the story goes.
This story was poignant, witty, humorous, and deals with PTSD in a time before they had a name for it. Very well done and I enjoyed it immensely.
This story was poignant, witty, humorous, and deals with PTSD in a time before they had a name for it. Very well done and I enjoyed it immensely.
August 26, 2013
I bought this book excitedly, seeing that it was a historical novel with a bit of a twist, in that the hero has PTSD, and has been a prisoner of war for five years. That’s not something that crops up in historical romances a lot, and it sounded like a good read. I wasn’t disappointed by it at all, and it will definitely go on my ‘to read again’ list.
I was impressed by how sensitively and realistically Vin’s physical and psychological problems were described and dealt with, and the others’ reactions to him and his outbursts. This realism makes the relationship between Vin and Moira seem more natural and believable, and it’s heartwarming how Moira helps him along. The writing was very good, and the pace of the story seemed right – not rushed and not drawn out, which would’ve probably ruined things. As you can probably tell, I’m a big fan of this book, but that isn’t to say that it’s flawless. The sexual aspect of Moira and Vin’s relationship didn’t quite work for me – though it was well written and sensual, but I have a history degree and I know the chances of extra-marital sex amongst the upper classes, more specifically with upper class *women*, were small at best. Eve’s reactions, as well as the others, don’t include the shock and horror that would’ve been present at the time, and if Moira had been ruined by Vin and he cared for her at all? He would have married her, because the alternative was social suicide and life-long spinsterhood or a very disadvantageous marriage. That was irritating, but I know that my annoyance here is probably a personal quirk. Aside from this, the book was a throughly satisfying read, and I’m very glad I picked it up, especially for such a bargain price. I throughly recommend it and I will be looking at the author’s other books!
I was impressed by how sensitively and realistically Vin’s physical and psychological problems were described and dealt with, and the others’ reactions to him and his outbursts. This realism makes the relationship between Vin and Moira seem more natural and believable, and it’s heartwarming how Moira helps him along. The writing was very good, and the pace of the story seemed right – not rushed and not drawn out, which would’ve probably ruined things. As you can probably tell, I’m a big fan of this book, but that isn’t to say that it’s flawless. The sexual aspect of Moira and Vin’s relationship didn’t quite work for me – though it was well written and sensual, but I have a history degree and I know the chances of extra-marital sex amongst the upper classes, more specifically with upper class *women*, were small at best. Eve’s reactions, as well as the others, don’t include the shock and horror that would’ve been present at the time, and if Moira had been ruined by Vin and he cared for her at all? He would have married her, because the alternative was social suicide and life-long spinsterhood or a very disadvantageous marriage. That was irritating, but I know that my annoyance here is probably a personal quirk. Aside from this, the book was a throughly satisfying read, and I’m very glad I picked it up, especially for such a bargain price. I throughly recommend it and I will be looking at the author’s other books!
June 25, 2016
I didn't read the first two books in this series, and even though I'm sure I missed some of the other family members love stories, it didn't seem to take away from this story. I really love a good tortured hero love story, so when I read the plot line here I had to read this book. Besides that, I have read a couple of other Angeline Fortin novels and enjoyed them immensely. So I was all set to love this book....and I did really like it, but there were some issues that stopped me from actually loving it. First of all, there were some editing issues, misspelled and omitted words here and there. Then I just felt as though the hero didn't connect the dots for way too long. It dragged on a bit at that point. I felt an emotional connection to the characters...very strongly in the first half of the book but it began to wane as the tale continued. By the end, I just wanted to see it finished. However, I do still recommend this novel. It had enough good things going for it that kept me entertained and involved. My heart went out to Vin and what he suffered as a prisoner of war and I also felt Moira's pain of unrequited love. The erotic scenes were scorching hot, a good thing in my opinion. Some editing could take this from a good story to a great one.
December 9, 2013
I always know when I am reading a good book because I will stay up into the small hours to finish it! On a school night no less! As addictive as the previous two in the series, and although you always know it's going to be a happy ending, it's still easy to get enthral led in the ups and downs of the characters. Loved it!
March 26, 2017
Five stars!
I loved this story! It was wonderful how moria could get Vincent to let go of his guilt and be able to find love. I love the friendships between the family and friends. Looking forward to the next book.
I loved this story! It was wonderful how moria could get Vincent to let go of his guilt and be able to find love. I love the friendships between the family and friends. Looking forward to the next book.
December 12, 2011
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April 16, 2012
A nice light historical romance romp. The series of 3 novels helps to round out the characters.
January 14, 2013
What a great book series!!! The third one was my favorite.
July 26, 2013
Loved this series!!!'
June 4, 2013
3.5/5
May 27, 2015
Another slightly too obtuse hero. The other issues made the character interesting enough to overlook it.
December 12, 2016
Enjoy the series but this was the slowest most difficult to read
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