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Will her irreplaceable spirit win the heart of the warrior she loves? Lily Ramsay is the sunshine at the center of the Ramsay clan. Even as a wee lassie, sick with a childhood illness, she had the power to spread smiles and laughter wherever she went. But when Lily’s beloved brother marries and becomes laird of the clan, Lily feels lost. Her once steadfast companion has little time for her, and his new wife has assumed the duties she used to carry out for the clan. While she couldn’t be happier for her loved ones, she longs for something more for herself. In truth, she longs for her brother’s best friend—the braw warrior she’s loved all her life. Kyle Maule has made it his mission to do aught he can to honor his sire’s legacy. His appointment as the new Ramsay laird’s second is a dream come true, but Lily Ramsay’s beauty and irrepressible spirit threaten to make Kyle forget himself and fumble on the job. Desperate to do his duty to his laird and his fallen sire, Kyle tries to quell his feelings for Lily—to protect her without succumbing to the desire to be with her. But Lily is not the sort of lass to be held at arm’s length. When an unexpected threat befalls her, Kyle will have to decide to either let her in all the way or step away from her forever. A stand-alone novel.

225 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 2016

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Keira Montclair

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Keira Montclair is the pen name of an author who lives in South Carolina with her husband. She writes fast-paced historical romance, often with children as secondary characters.

If she’s not writing, she prefers to spend time with her grandchildren. She’s worked as a high school math teacher, a registered nurse, and an office manager. She loves ballet, mathematics, puzzles, learning anything new, and creating new characters for her readers to fall in love with.

She considers her work done well when her readers shed tears over her stories, but there’s always a happy ending! Her bestselling series is a family saga that follows two medieval Scottish clans through three generations and now numbers over fifty books.

Contact her through her website, www.keiramontclair.com.

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Profile Image for Seon Ji (Dawn).
1,051 reviews278 followers
April 8, 2016
2.5 stars.

I have read all 8 of the Grant Clan series, and am continuing with this spin off. Nothing has come close to the first book "Rescued by a Highlander" but I find her books a nice easy comforting read.

This book is about Lily, who has now grown and found love with Kyle. The story is sweet, and cute. No emotional roller coasters or rakish heros, which is what I like but there was also little conflict and what little of it there was, was too easily resolved and nothing that kept me on the edge of my seat.

I think what made me lower the stars as much as I have is the childish almost hokey story as well as the childish heroine. It seemed to me the author had a hard time making Lily into a woman, and kept her mentally at age ten. Lily was very flat. I kept seeing her as a child and it felt awkward when she was so foward sexually towards Kyle, it almost made it seem like Kyle was a pedophile.
There was even a mention of him remembering when they were children, Lily was 5 and he 10...and it was just plain creepy..like he loved her then...

It seems to me that this author is hit or miss with her books. I will probably keep reading this series and hope the next one is better.

On a good note, I did like Kyle's character very much. The only thing I didn't like was the really weak excuse he had for not wanting to marry Lily sooner. In fact, there was a lot of weak logic that dictated the characters actions.

I know this author can do better.
Profile Image for Jenn.
1,035 reviews256 followers
July 26, 2016
Hmmmmm- so, this book started off decent enough, right? Right. Until it started getting a bit too 'special' for this reader. My favorite part of the book is the very last line- it cracked me up, and it was the perfect way to end the story.

I do have to admit that I am curious as to who the lass is that Jake Grant rescues- so I will probably check his story out just to see what that's about. I hope that lass isn't a 'special' kind of brand of lass.
19 reviews2 followers
November 30, 2016
Well I didn't hate it.
...but I didn't love it.
I started off really liking Kyle. He's strong, ambitious, loyal and very protective of Lily. I also started off excited to see grown up Lily. Her relationship with Torrian is so unique and Montclair sort of hit on their deep bond in her last book, but unfortunately it didn't come through at all in this book.

In Torrian's story Lily was stubborn and constantly standing up for her brother for her part in the story. Torrian has always been her best friend and Kyle is one of his best friends. It just seems like a natural love story. Too bad as soon as Lily's story starts she reverts to a shallow air-head with the emotional maturity of a 10 year old.

I mean, she pouts. She makes dumb decisions and Kyle has to save her butt. In the first scene Kyle has to save her from her own idiotic mistake and he's annoyed at her; so she pouts! She stomps around acting as if Kyle should adore her at all times and him being mad at her is just not allowed.

I see what the author was trying to do with Lily's character development. She's always been the center of attention, both from her father and her brother. Now things are changing rapidly for her and she has to figure out where she fits in now. Too bad it didn't work out that way. Lily just comes across as an extremely needy emotional ball of mess. She's mad at her dad who can't walk around with her anymore. She's mad at Torrian because he's busier now. Instead of making friends with Heather she's upset Heather runs the keep now (I also thought it was a bit weird Heather wasn't in the book AT ALL). She doesn't spend time with her younger siblings; she just looks for attention from Kyle and when he doesn't meet her expectations she gets mad and renames her horse? Don't ask me it didn't make sense to me either.

And Kyle. You moron. The prettiest, most popular girl in the clan likes you, the cheif's daughter no less, and you won't marry her because you have a job. Idiots.

Kyle is the best friend of the new chief and he wants to do a good job as his second. Sure, but in his jumbled logic that means he can't have a love life? His job is so important he can't be distracted by a woman. Well I'm pretty sure the chief's job is also important and he's married. Plus he's afraid his mother won't like him marrying the Lily? Kyle's logic just made no sense the entire time. I really wanted him to be a real person just so I could hit him.

As usual I found the bad guys unbelievable. You can only have so many out of their mind villains with no chance of winning. I don't know if Montclair is afraid of too much conflict, but I feel like most of her bad guys are unintelligent and put themselves situations they can't possibly win. It feels forced and unreal and there's no suspense because there's no way these hair-brained schemes can possibly work.

Ok, some of that was a bit harsh, but if you like the series please do read this book. It's keeps the series moving, it was sweet and parts of it were fun.

I think it's a pretty safe book too. Not a lot of triggers. She does get kidnapped, but other than his "I hurt you to bring you her because I love you" ramblings, I can't think of anything.

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Profile Image for Kiesha ~ Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd .
422 reviews16 followers
June 27, 2016
I was hoping the negative reviews about Lily were wrong but I have to agree. My biggest issue with Lily was that she was whiny and still acted like a child instead of a woman grown. Kyle is likable but his weak excuses for not marrying Lily (therefore saving us the CHORE of listening to whiny Lily) and his habit of treating her like a frigging princess. The best parts were the wolves and Logan and Gwyn & their kids....Logan and Gwyn saved yet another book IMO!

I'll never read this one again. Even if I re-read Loki and Torrian; i'll skip this one.

Story 2 (generous)
Narration: 4.5
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699 reviews14 followers
September 16, 2022
I liked Kyle and probably tolerated Lily at best. It seems like her being fragile and sick as a child has led to her just being pampered and spoiled for forever. And now that she's not the center of attention because her brother has gotten married, she's throwing a fit kind of. And yet I will continue to devour this whole series.
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85 reviews17 followers
November 23, 2016
Bless Keira Montclair. I've read this entire series (because, honestly, it's free via Kindle Unlimited). I'm choosing to write this review for Lily because it's easily the worst book of the lot, but, spoiler alert, they're all terrible.

I can tell she's trying. I really can. But Keira, girl, you gotta try harder. With everything. From your characters to your plots to your editing to your grasp of history, you gotta just... put in the effort here.

Lily is probably the dumbest, most asinine character I have encountered in a romance novel so far--and that's saying something. She is totally clueless, and not in an endearing lighthearted way. Rather, in a "are we sure this girl is ok?" way. She acts about 5 or 6 throughout the entire book despite being, what, 16-20? I get that Montclair is trying to portray her as a "sunshine" and "lighthearted," but writing a female character that is obsessed with ribbons and running through meadows just makes her seem like an idiot and/or a simpleton. It is entirely possible to write positive, lighthearted, and even whimsical characters without infantilizing them.

As other reviewers have said, this would just be annoying in any other book. If there was a plot. But there isn't really a plot. And Lily moving between being essentially a little girl to being a seductress is... really gross. Like, really disconcerting. But the same is true for other books and characters in the series as well.

Here's another issue: all of these books focus around characters who are ultimately all the same. Nothing distinguishes Lily from, say, Aline or Ashlyn or Molly. They're all the same! They are all borderline stupid. The men in the series? Same! They are so dumb, bordering on hysterical, caricatures of what Montclair clearly thinks Scottish people are like. God, every male character is just the same guy doing the same thing. The only thing that changes is their appearance, but just barely.

Also the dialogue kills me. People just say stuff. Like, go on monologues to each other. It's such a bizarre way of driving a story forward. Montclair describes a scene, then has a dialogue scene where everyone just repeats what happened, a leader in the story says something like, "Aye, you did good," despite the fact that the main character and/or the main character's beefcake laird actually did something really stupid, and it's done.

Please, Montclair, write a different plot, a different story. Take a writing class. Read a history book. I beg you. You have good ideas, but this isn't the way to go about it.

I think the most frustrating part is that the plots of every single book (including Lily) are throwaways. It's like Montclair is just writing to get the characters into bed. That's boring. I don't care. I don't care about the bed scenes. I want the other stuff. The plot! It feels like everyone is running through a maze just to help tip these characters into bed with each other. It's boring and it makes a mockery of the romance genre, personally.

Mostly, this reads like an early work of fanfiction (about what? Maybe Outlander? Who knows?) by someone quite young. It's not though. It's a book with an editor! An editor! Someone sat and edited this book and this is what came out! Wow! Bless their hearts! Bless!
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28 reviews23 followers
May 1, 2020
This book was a trial. I feel like we are being told that Lily is a free spirit but instead she is painted as being a six year old in a grown woman’s body. I had a rough time finishing this one.Like come on. This level of aloof? THIS level of childish? Then to say “don’t crush her spirit” lorddddddd she was running through a field with ribbons and singing. Like is this a Disney movie? She supposed to be Rapunzel?

I liked Kyle’s character as a whole. I understood his desire and drive to be the best. However, it was muddled a bit. Seemed to extreme w/o a good explanation. Repeating over and over “My dad made me promise I’d be the best Ramsey warrior with his last breath” honestly just felt forced and like an excuse. like sir. Please. Cut the dramatics🙄. However, I do understand him wanting to be the best and striving for that to honor his father, and feeling like love would make it difficult for him to focus. It’s a push but I get it. I didn’t like the constant lack of understanding from everyone else. I felt like saying to Torrian, “just because YOU can gain a new important position while gaining a new wife and juggle it well (of course with the help of the previous laird) doesn’t mean everyone else can and juggle it well”.

The conflict in this book was also very short lived and not even scary. While most of this books in this series are slightly off the mark to me, one thing I can say, the drama in each book has had me on edge. They have me waiting Impatiently for the next page. But this one fell soooooooooo short. The conflict wasn’t frightening. At one point I truly believed it was indeed made up for attention. And then the conflict was resolved so easily it seemed pointless to even mention. THENNNNN she can talk to wolves? Like... where exactly is this story going sis? Is she a magical fairy child princess? Because that’s what I got by the end. This book ended decent. Just decent enough for me to start the next book.
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Profile Image for Amparo TD.
1,334 reviews16 followers
March 27, 2023
Es la tercera entrega de la saga El Clan de las Highlands. En este libro nos cuenta la historia de Lily, la hermana de Torrian el nuevo laird del clan, y Kyle el mejor amigo de Torrian y su 2º. Ella esta enamorada de el desde pequeña, y el quiere honrar a su padre fallecido siendo el mejor guerrero de los Ramsey.
El libro esta bien, es una historia fresca, divertida en algunos momento. Es una historia donde seguimos viendo la unidad que tiene el clan Ramsey.
1,603 reviews12 followers
March 31, 2020
This is an OK Highlander romance, but Lily was incredibly naive, dumb, and annoying.

Lily was absolutely TSTL. I get that she had been very pampered, but she acted like a child most of the time. I really liked her in Torrian's story, and in the Clan Grant series -- but she acts like a little girl in most of this book. She just seemed like a total airhead, with absolutely no sense at all, and that made her really difficult to like. Her dancing and singing in the meadow while playing with ribbons just reinforces that -- children do things like that often, but adults? I don't think so. I also thought the stuff about her taming wild wolves was kind of ridiculous. It might be possible to tame them, but it would take a long time, and would not happen in a matter of minutes like it did in this book.

I mostly liked Kyle, but thought his determination that he couldn't do his job if he married Lily was a little silly. The way he kept thinking about that over and over got really old -- especially when it was obvious they were going to end up together. I also really wondered what he saw in Lily. Her childish behavior would turn many men completely off, but Kyle seemed to like it.

This one gets 3 stars from me -- it would have gotten more if Lily had not been such an airhead.

My rating system is below.
1 star -- Hated it, or did not finish. I usually only give this rating if some of the content is truly objectionable to me, like if one of the main characters does something really awful, and gets away with it.
2 stars -- Didn't like it. This rating usually means that I thought the writing wasn't very good, the editing was terrible, I didn't like the characters, or it had other major flaws.
3 stars -- I liked it, but had some minor issues with it. This rating means that there were minor editing issues, the story needed more character development, it was just too unrealistic, or had some other fairly minor issue. The majority of books I read get this rating – I do not consider it a bad rating.
4 stars -- I liked it a lot. This is a high rating for me, and I rarely give a higher one.
5 stars -- I loved it, and will probably read it again. Very few books are good enough to get this rating from me. The ones that do are usually classics.
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400 reviews
September 23, 2017
Binge reading at it's best!

I've been living with this family for months. I keep saying I'm going to take a break and I just can't do it. It's steamy, it's funny and I just love Highlanders. Lily was not my favorite heroine. She just came across as flighty. I didn't hate her, I just had to work to accept her. Now, that I'm thinking about it, her character worked for me. Her whole story is pretty much based on her accepting who she is to her Clan. Bravo! My binge is not over. What's next?
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May 12, 2020
Another great book in the series

I have loved this series as much as the last one. Very well written, the scenes with the wolves got a bit far fetched but if you can't do it in a romance novel you can't do it anywhere. I highly recommend this book if you just want to read a book that makes you want to read it in one setting.
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82 reviews
May 3, 2025
Loved it!!!

I don’t know why but I loved reading this book more than all the other Grant/Ramsey clan book. I think cause Lily is my kind of gal. Heart after the animals… but the story was just lovely! I think Kyle and Lily just became my favorite couple. The end was priceless! 🤣😂🤣
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89 reviews2 followers
January 13, 2018
Not my favorite. Lily was a bit cloying and I found it hard to like her. Kyle's indecisiveness was also a bit too much, the arguing back and forth between the two got old fast. I normally love Keiras' heroins, but this one didn't do it for me. Looking forward to moving on to Jake.
797 reviews
March 23, 2018
Very much enjoy the characters and how they are developing from previous book into current story. Still bit of conflict/mystery and romance but not overwhelming. Looking forward to next book in this series.
92 reviews1 follower
May 22, 2022
Feeling Fabulous!

I love this series so much! Such wonderful characters! I love them all and the adventures, the excitement, the romance, and the family dynamics, it takes me out of reality and makes so happy :)
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56 reviews1 follower
August 14, 2023
Lily (The Highland Clan Book 3)

I absolutely loved this book!! Was many surprises. Many " are you kidding me moments". Then at the end of the book I couldn't help but laugh out loud. Well done!!
2 reviews
November 9, 2024
Quite an interesting love story.

Kile and Lily loved Rach other from an early age but would not admit it to one another. Quite a lot of intrigue before they came together. Wonderful ending. Highly recommend the entire series.
178 reviews
November 17, 2024
Wee massive Lily all grown up!

A silly highland story woven into a vibrant Ramsey tale! Lily is grown up, creative and feeling short sighted because she doesn't have a special talent this wonderful story showcases Lily with all of her hidden gifts! Wonderful story!
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897 reviews6 followers
August 1, 2025
Me gustó la historia, aunque yo miré en la protagonista a alguien muy consentida, aniñada, inmadura, etc 🙈 el protagonista más centrado con un objetivo en mente , pero no lo tenía fácil con la actitud infantil de la protagonista, no es una mala historia, pero no es mi favorita.
1,044 reviews2 followers
June 21, 2017
Review

I'm really enjoying this series the characters are likeable the action is lively, the romance is richly woven, and the sex ain't bad.
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Author 2 books7 followers
September 1, 2017
OH my sweet Lilly

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This book was so sweet.. here we have Lilly all grown up... On to book 4.. I can't stop... Can't put them down... 😵
971 reviews5 followers
January 10, 2018
Can’t say enough about the decedents of the grant/Ramsey clan would highly recommend can’t wait to see how they end and continue
209 reviews
January 4, 2019
Excellent

I really enjoyrd Lily and Kyle's story. Both were such characters fighting love. But love always win out in the end. Lots of twists and turns.
1,476 reviews3 followers
January 16, 2020
Good read

Really good 👍 story Relaxing intriguing and suspenseful Could not put it down Looking forward to the next story Thank you
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2 reviews
June 10, 2021
Wonderful. Sexy, smartly written story! You can't go wrong choosing this read.
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2,099 reviews4 followers
August 29, 2021
Exciting love story

I have been reading your series and I have enjoyed seeing Lily and Kyle find their path to love and start their family.
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March 19, 2022
Good story

I enjoyed this story about the lads and lassies of the Grant and Ramsey clans! It was filled with love and laughter, mean men and good, honor and cowardice.
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