Highland Sanctuary - Jennifer Hudson Taylor

It took me a while to read this one and through no fault of its own.  Every few years I get a cold that knocks me on my butt for a few days.  Well, this was the year and it hit me the end of last week.  At that point I was into the book, but my eyes wouldn't let me read.  It was frustrating!  Regardless of my personal issues, I finally started getting better and finished the book.  This is most definitely a sequel to Highland Blessings, although there is no series tag on it.  There is also room to make it a trilogy, as there is still another brother unaccounted for in the love department, but I couldn't find any evidence of a book being written for him.  I have seen both Highland Blessings and Highland Sanctuary up for free multiple times.  Highland Sanctuary is actually up for free as I write this.

At the beginning, we read about Serena and her mother.  When Serena is born, she has a seizure, and her father has her declared evil.  He wants to take her away and deal with her, but her mother takes her away to a remote village where she feels they will be safe.

Gavin is at the castle to help with repairs and deal with some security issues.  On their way to the castle, they come upon Serena and her mother.  Serena has had one of her fits and fallen off the wagon.  To protect her, her mother tells Gavin that she just fell off the wagon and hit her head.

As time goes by, they most definitely fall in love.  Serena knows that Gavin is next in line to be the leader of his clan and feels that her condition will drag him down and hurt not only him, but his family.  He offers to give up everything for her, but she won't let him make that sacrifice.

Eventually, Serena's secret comes out.  Although Gavin is the honorable man we all hope him to be, there are dire consequences to the revelation. 

I really enjoyed this book, even though there were some not so happy parts to the happy ending.  It was a great story and I liked the connection to the first book, even though I had read it some time ago, I really enjoyed that one as well.  In that book, we follow Akira, Gavin's sister.  I recommend that one as well.  I'm hoping that the author will write another book in the future to tell us what happened to Leith.  Both Highland Blessings and Highland Sanctuary get my Good Book review!