A Promise In Midwinter

by Alyssa Stark

Elizabeth Campbell hold's Lachlan's fate in her hands. Charged by her step-father the Campbell Laird to nurse the gravely injured warrior back to health, Elizabeth finds herself falling in love with Lachlan's easy smile and mesmerizing gray eyes. She knows that as soon as Lachlan regains his strength, Laird Campbell will kill him publicly as Clan Campbell gathers for the Hogmanay celebration to herald the coming of a new year.

The last thing that Elizabeth expected was to fall in love with her clan's most fearsome enemy.

Unable to deny the love that beats for Lachlan with every pulse of her heart, Elizabeth offers him a chance at freedom. But with one condition. Lachlan must take her with him.

Drawn to Elizabeth by her bravery and beauty, Lachlan escapes the Campbells and steals Elizabeth away. The fiery lass has stolen his heart and he will do anything to keep her safe. Lachlan's midwinter promise will change Elizabeth's life forever. Will their fragile love survive the war that has rift between their clans?


**A Promise in Midwinter is a love story centered around the Highland Scotland tradition of Hogmanay.**

Genres: Historical Fiction, Romance, Short Stories

116 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 18, 2013

Reviews

[Maria Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found out about this book through a recommendation from a group. I was only able to find it online. A debut novel for the author, it was short and lovely story that I definitely need it more.

[Merissa (Archaeolibrarian) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the debut novella by Alyssa Stark and it is enjoyable and romantic. It is only a novella so the plot fairly skips along, as do most novellas. A lot of effort has been put into these characters to make them 'real' and to a certain point, that succeeds. The one character where I feel this has fallen short is that of John Campbell. He is written as the cold, stone hard man who has his daughter beaten for reading a book and yet at the end of the book, he literally changes his mind on a generations long feud by a few words from the same daughter. The ending therefore seemed a bit rushed, as thought everything had to be finished and tied up neatly with a bow. There is a story within this novella that is just begging to be released. If this story was fleshed out some more and the ending slowed down a bit, I think it would make it a whole lot better.

On the whole, a sweet little romance - the perfect accompaniment to a nice, hot toddy! :o)

[N. Kuhn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book started out so promising. I love historical romances! I love the way they develop. But the ending completely ruined this book for me. It was rushed, and really, it was transparent. It's as if the author couldn't figure out how to show a real change and development in their character, so the way it all unfolded, just felt cheesy. If the ending were re-written on this, I would gladly give it 5 stars. But as it is, I wouldn't recommend anyone waste their time on this. It was definitely a disappointment.

[Chelsea · Rating 5 out of 5]

I very much enjoyed this book. I smiled through most of it. I wish however that it was slightly longer so that we could see them fall in love a bit more, when she was nursing him back to health. Otherwise lovely just lovely.

[Lisa C. · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was unremarkable. Everything fell into place and was too perfect. I read it and a week later, didn't even remember what it was about. Light, easy read and the Hogmanay aspect was good to read about.

[Kirby · Rating 2 out of 5]

As cute as this story was the ending sucked and if you read it you'll know why...